Jan 30, 2013 9:38 AM

The 10th anniversary of the Panama Jazz Festival marked a pivotal year in the country’s development. Held in the…

Jan 22, 2013 7:22 AM

On Jan. 14, pianist Mose Allison, alto saxophonist Lou Donaldson, Village Vanguard owner Lorraine Gordon and pianist…

Jan 21, 2013 8:25 AM

Now expanded to six venues and more than 70 artists, Winter Jazzfest is New York’s annual State of the Music address.…

Dec 18, 2012 7:25 AM

When Dizzy Gillespie and Chano Pozo introduced Afro-Cuban jazz to the masses, they gave us world music—quite literally.…

Dec 17, 2012 9:09 AM

Over the weekend, DownBeat learned that one of the victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shootings in Newtown,…

Dec 12, 2012 5:42 AM

Sitar virtuoso Ravi Shankar died on Dec. 11 at San Diego’s Scripps Hospital. Last week he underwent heart-valve…

Nov 12, 2012 4:20 AM

As part of Jazz at Lincoln Center’s John Coltrane Festival this fall, McCoy Tyner was a natural choice to tap into…

Nov 6, 2012 5:54 AM

As Hurricane Sandy swept across New York last week, the city’s jazz community was hit hard. Downtown clubs lost power…

Oct 29, 2012 11:37 AM

Spalding, Marsalis and Krall among winners

The results of the 77th Annual DownBeat Readers Poll are in. Legendary…

Oct 29, 2012 8:20 AM

To celebrate four decades of presenting jazz, Philadelphia’s Painted Bride Art
Center decided not to get nostalgic…