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…
The 4th Annual Philadelphia Jazz Summit, with a theme of “awakening,” plans two days of gathering the jazz industry — from musicians, educators and industry professionals to jazz lovers — Nov. 5–6.
Organizers aspire to deliver a holistic approach to personal and professional development through collective learning, healing and sharing during pandemic times.
From a macro vantage point, the event plans to look as the legacy of jazz as a historically Black art form now practiced around the world, then drill down to focus on nuts-and-bolts business from a pandemic-informed perspective.
Speakers for the event include musicians Victor Wooten, René Marie, Gerald Veasley, Sherrie Maricle, Shirazette Tinnin, Luke Carlos O’Reilly and Lauren Talese, and jazz historian and author Ashley Kahn.
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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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