Nov 23, 2021 11:30 AM

The readers have spoken in the 86th annual DownBeat Readers Poll, paying special tribute to recently departed legends…

Nov 23, 2021 11:25 AM

Slide Hampton, the distinguished jazz trombonist, composer and arranger, passed away Nov. 18. He was 89.

Born…

Nov 23, 2021 11:20 AM

When World Circuit Records released the Buena Vista Social Club’s eponymous album in 1997, there were no grand…

Nov 23, 2021 11:15 AM

Guitarist, composer, electronic musician and Art Institute of Chicago professor Julia A. Miller took a bold step three…

Nov 23, 2021 11:10 AM

New Music USA and the Berklee Institute of Jazz and Gender Justice have launched Next Jazz Legacy, a program focused on…

Nov 15, 2021 10:54 PM

Queen City (Savant), JD Allen’s latest album and his first solo-saxophone release, is an ambitious endeavor that he…

Nov 15, 2021 10:48 PM

Best known for his scintillating work as a pianist-keyboardist-organist during the past three decades on the…

Nov 15, 2021 10:46 PM

Vocalist Gregory Porter has released a collection of hand-picked favorites on his 34-song retrospective Still Rising.

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Nov 15, 2021 10:37 PM

Reed player Ken Vandermark’s face said it all. He was delighted to have played in front of an appreciative audience…

Nov 15, 2021 10:35 PM

G. Thomas Allen’s falsetto vocals make him unusual for a male singer — and they helped him become the first man…