Dec 9, 2020 10:17 AM
New Documentary Chronicles Black Artists’ Group Of The ’60s
Bryan Dematteis’ new documentary, The Black Artists’ Group of St. Louis: Creation Equals Movement, debuted in…
Black Artists’ Group members Charles “Bobo” Shaw (left), Joseph Bowie, Floyd LeFlore, Baikida Carroll and Oliver Lake
Dec 9, 2020 10:17 AM
Bryan Dematteis’ new documentary, The Black Artists’ Group of St. Louis: Creation Equals Movement, debuted in…
Alto saxophonist Immanuel Wilkins’ debut album is titled Omega.
Dec 9, 2020 8:56 AM
Immanuel Wilkins’ debut album, Omega (Blue Note), marks the emergence of a talented young instrumentalist, composer…
A four-disc Charles Mingus set is a highlight of our seasonal shopping guide for music fanatics.
Dec 8, 2020 8:46 AM
If you’re shopping for gifts this holiday season, DownBeat has got you covered with our 2020 Holiday Gift Guide.
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Jamie Cullum’s new holiday album, The Pianoman At Christmas, features 10 original compositions.
Dec 7, 2020 9:00 AM
As the year 2020 draws to a close, music fans have a bevy of new releases from which to choose to help them celebrate…
Mary Lou Williams’ long, fruitful career is lovingly chronicled by Tammy L. Kernodle in Soul on Soul: The Life and Music of Mary Lou Williams, which has been published in paperback for the first time.
Dec 7, 2020 9:00 AM
Mary Lou Williams was an idiosyncratic composer, arranger and pianist whose 60-plus-year career remains ruthlessly hard…
Recordings of Charles Mingus’ 1964 and 1975 performances in Bremen, Germany, represent two very different periods of the bandleader’s career.
Dec 7, 2020 9:00 AM
Charles Mingus—rightly or wrongly—is frequently characterized as a wildly inventive but frustrated composer, caught…
Kevin Whitehead recently published Play the Way You Feel: The Essential Guide to Jazz Stories on Film.
Dec 7, 2020 9:00 AM
In 1991, a panel of jazz musicians faced an audience of fans eager with questions. One fan cited a cluster of movies—…
Warren Wolf gets into the holiday spirit with his album Christmas Vibes.
Dec 7, 2020 9:00 AM
For years, vibraphonist Warren Wolf and 3D Jazz Trio pianist Jackie Warren cared not a whit about Christmas music. But…
Charlie Parker: The Mercury & Clef 10-Inch LP Collection (Verve/UMe) is just one of the releases coinciding with Bird’s centennial.
Dec 7, 2020 9:00 AM
Charlie Parker’s alto saxophone remains one of the most recognizable sounds in the history of recorded jazz, even 65…
Christian McBride was voted Jazz Artist of the Year and topped the Bass category in this year’s DownBeat Readers Poll.
Dec 7, 2020 8:56 AM
Christian McBride has some valuable wisdom to share. He knows how to make jazz more popular with young people and how…
