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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…
New Jersey-based National Public Radio affiliate WBGO’s “Toast Of The Nation” New Year’s Eve radio broadcast will be anchored in New Orleans. The show’s hosts will be located in front of the city’s famous music club, Tipitina’s.
“It’s an unprecedented move, but it’s an unprecedented circumstance,” said Becca Pullman, WBGO producer. “ ‘Toast Of The Nation’ wants to express solidarity and hope by broadcasting all night from New Orleans. We will say goodbye to the hardship of 2005 and hello to the tremendous hope we have for 2006.”
Featured performers include pianist Henry Butler, the Chico O’Farrill Afro-Cuban Jazz Orchestra, singer René Marie, Dizzy Gillespie All-Star Band and Hot 8 Brass Band.
For more info, go to wbgo.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.
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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…
