Aug 21, 2020 8:52 AM
Blindfold Test: Kirk Whalum
During his four-decade career, Grammy-winning saxophonist Kirk Whalum has played numerous genres of music, infusing it…
Kirk Whalum’s most recent leader date is Humanité (Artistry/Mack Avenue).
Aug 21, 2020 8:52 AM
During his four-decade career, Grammy-winning saxophonist Kirk Whalum has played numerous genres of music, infusing it…
Bettye LaVette wanted to push up the release of her version of “Strange Fruit” to coincide with the recent wave of social justice protests.
Aug 20, 2020 9:13 AM
Bettye LaVette loathed Billie Holiday’s famous protest song, “Strange Fruit,” when she first heard it. She…
Chris Dingman’s latest release began as a way to ease his father’s discomfort as he died.
Aug 19, 2020 9:00 AM
As Joe Dingman lay dying from a rare heart condition at home, his son decided to try and ease his father’s acute…
Raw Poetic (left), Archie Shepp and Damu The Fudgemunk collaborated on the album Ocean Bridges.
Aug 18, 2020 8:57 AM
Even when family members share a musical calling, it might take decades for them to collaborate. That was the case for…
Marcus Roberts is among the artists who have recorded videos to promote Mighty Writers, a non-profit organization that teaches reading and writing to low-income and marginalized students.
Aug 17, 2020 9:00 AM
Jazz pianist Marcus Roberts is among the artists who have recorded videos for Mighty SONG Writers, a series that aims…
Bassist William Parker (shown here), pianist Matthew Shipp and drummer Bobby Kapp are set to stream a Thursday performance.
Aug 17, 2020 8:51 AM
As performers look to replace income from lost gigs and regain a sense of community amid the coronavirus pandemic, a…
Jimmy Cobb (left), Joe Segal and former DownBeat editor Dan Morgenstern appear at a NEA Jazz Masters awards luncheon on April 20, 2015, in New York.
Aug 14, 2020 1:22 PM
Few impresarios spent as many decades maintaining a home for jazz as Chicago’s Joe Segal, who died Aug. 10 at the age…
Joey DeFrancesco, widely celebrated as an organist, also sings and plays trumpet and tenor saxophone.
Aug 14, 2020 8:01 AM
With touring on hold due to the pandemic, multi-instrumentalist and jazz organ icon Joey DeFrancesco has been staying…
Matt Gold draws on Chicago’s deep well of talent for his debut album, Imagined Sky.
Aug 13, 2020 8:46 AM
Music, like a spoken language, has dialects.
Just as jazz from the East Coast is known for its hard-driving swing,…
Jimmy Heath, who was a 2003 NEA Jazz Masters fellowship recipient, is now a member of the DownBeat Hall of Fame.
Aug 12, 2020 8:55 AM
Jimmy Heath outlived most of his towering contemporaries during a career that saw the spirited saxophonist serve as a…
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