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…
Eddie Palmieri is set to stream a performance on Saturday.
(Photo: Courtesy Of Artist)As performers look to replace income from lost gigs and regain a sense of community amid the coronavirus pandemic, a number of musicians are using online streaming services to connect directly with fans. We’ll keep a running tab for the week below.
A fee is associated with some of the material listed here, and several items have been sourced from WBGO and Jazz at Lincoln Center. DB
Dec. 7: Angel Bat Dawid And Sistas Of The Nitty Gritty
Dec. 7: Markus Rutz Album Release
Dec. 7: Miguel Zenón In Conversation With Branford Marsalis
Dec. 7: Ari Hoenig Quartet
Dec. 8: Beady Belle, Arild Andersen Group (Big Ears)
Dec. 8: “Milford Graves Full Mantis” film with with director Jake Meginsky
Dec. 8: Jazz Composers’ Workshop Orchestra Concert With Frank Carlberg
Dec. 8: Will Bernard
Dec. 8: Paul Jost Quartet
Dec. 8: Ricardo Grilli Quintet
Dec. 8: The ASCAP Foundation Honors 2020
Dec. 9: Bill Charlap Trio
Dec. 9: Oscar Feldman Quartet
Dec. 10: Etienne Charles Trio
Dec. 10: Bird Calls (COVID-19 Musicians’ Emergency Fund Digital Concert)
Dec. 10: 60 Years Of Arhoolie Records (Taj Mahal, Ry Cooder, Bonnie Raitt)
Dec. 10: Juliet Kurtzman & Pete Malinverni
Dec. 10: Butcher Brown
Dec. 10: Theo Croker
Dec. 10: Scott Robinson
Dec. 10: Harish Raghavan
Dec. 10: Sean Jones
Dec. 10: Ken Fowser Quintet
Dec. 10: Matthew Shipp & Whit Dickey
Dec. 11: Nate Wooley
Dec. 11: Elephant9, Nils Petter Molvær Trio (Big Ears)
Dec. 11: The Klezmatics
Dec. 11: Tyshawn Sorey: Perle Noire (A Personal Portrait Of Josephine Baker)
Dec. 11: Maurice “Mobetta” Brown
Dec. 11: Sean Jones
Dec. 11: Tobias Meinhart Quartet
Dec. 11: Marta Sánchez Quintet
Dec. 11: Gerrit Hatcher/Joshua Abrams/Tyler Damon
Dec. 11: Ledisi
Dec. 11: Screening Of Throw Down Your Heart With Béla Fleck Q&A
Dec. 11: HaHa Holiday With Madeleine Peyroux
Dec. 11: Laila Biali Live Chat & Concert Rebroadcast
Dec. 12: Dragon Smoke
Dec. 12: Destiny Muhammad
Dec. 12: Eden Girma/Anjna Swaminathan, Erica Lindsay/Sara Serpa, Lesley Mok/Tomeka Reid
Dec. 12: Eddie Palmieri
Dec. 12: Kendra Shank & Pete McCann
Dec. 12: Sean Jones
Dec. 12: Oskar Stenmark Quartet
Dec. 12: Signatures In Brass Trumpet Summit (Marquis Hill/Theo Croker/Keyon Harrold/Kiveton Gelin)
Dec. 12: T.S. Monk & Producer Danny Scher Discuss Palo Alto
Dec. 13: Black Art Jazz Collective
Dec. 13: Peter And Will Anderson Quintet
Dec. 13: Lafayette Harris Jr. & Ken Filiano
Dec. 13: Joe Magnarelli Quintet
Updated Dec. 11
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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