Jul 17, 2025 12:44 PM
DownBeat’s 73rd Annual Critics Poll: One for the Record Books
You see before you what we believe is the largest and most comprehensive Critics Poll in the history of jazz. DownBeat…
A new jazz series, “Made in Chicago: A Jazz Celebration,” will bring jazz to the new Jay Pritzker Pavilion at Millennium Park in Chicago for six concerts this summer.
The first five shows are on Thursday evenings in July and August, and the series concludes with Orbert Davis’ Chicago Jazz Philharmonic on Monday, Aug. 29. The Thursday shows feature the Chicago Jazz Ensemble conducted by Jon Faddis; Kurt Elling’s Scat Brothers and a Sister with Jon Hendricks, Mark Murphy and Sheila Jordan; Danilo Perez with Angel Melendez’s 911 Mambo Orchestra; the Exploding Star Orchestra; and Legends and Lions: Bebop Brass Meets Saxophone Summit.
For more information on the series, go to www.millenniumpark.org.
James Brandon Lewis earned honors for Artist of the Year and Tenor Saxophonist of the Year. Three of his recordings placed in the Albums of the Year category.
Jul 17, 2025 12:44 PM
You see before you what we believe is the largest and most comprehensive Critics Poll in the history of jazz. DownBeat…
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Chuck Mangione on the cover of the May 8, 1975, edition of DownBeat.
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The DownBeat Critics Poll provides a wonderful snapshot of the jazz scene today, with much to explore and many great…
