Dec 19, 2023 11:22 AM
Holiday Hits!
Looking for that perfect last-minute gift? There’s plenty to choose from in this year’s edition of the DownBeat…
Dec 19, 2023 11:22 AM
Looking for that perfect last-minute gift? There’s plenty to choose from in this year’s edition of the DownBeat…
Dec 18, 2023 7:15 PM
’Tis the season. You enjoy Christmas music, but are leery of listening to the same old albums. Bored with, oh, the…
Dec 18, 2023 6:38 PM
Between Record Store Day’s still-fresh Black Friday releases and a bevy of reissues and new vinyl releases, there is…
Dec 18, 2023 6:26 PM
Smoke Sessions Records has expanded its growing list of vinyl offerings. In addition to the mammoth five-LP box of…
Dec 18, 2023 6:06 PM
Craft Recordings continues its deep-dive into jazz history with a slew of reissues featuring such brilliant artists as…
Dec 12, 2023 1:45 PM
Perhaps the highest-profile blues guitarist on the planet today, Joe Bonamassa has packed iconic venues all over the…
Dec 12, 2023 12:44 PM
Chicago-based Delmark Records, founded by Bob Koester in St. Louis in 1953, is the oldest continually operating…
Dec 12, 2023 12:42 PM
Holiday-themed recordings by jazz and blues artists continue to roll in as we enter the heart of the season. The…
Dec 12, 2023 12:40 PM
What were the best albums of 2023? DownBeat’s annual list of the top albums reviewed in the magazine gives a glimpse.…
Dec 12, 2023 12:35 PM
Singer Tyreek McDole on Nov. 19 became the second man to win the annual Sarah Vaughan International Jazz Vocal…