Nov 14, 2023 10:59 AM
Shyu, Tonooka, Jeanty Renew Improv-Forged Bond at Jazz Gallery
When Jen Shyu, Sumi Tonooka and Val Jeanty got together in February for a freely improvised set at the Stone, they…
Sumi Tonooka (left) and Jen Shyu perform at the Jazz Gallery on Nov. 5.
Nov 14, 2023 10:59 AM
When Jen Shyu, Sumi Tonooka and Val Jeanty got together in February for a freely improvised set at the Stone, they…
Michael Blake’s Chroma Nova, from left, Guilherme Monteiro, Skye Steele, Michael Bates, Mauro Refosco, Michael Blake, Christopher Hoffman and Rogerio Boccato.
Nov 14, 2023 10:47 AM
Over the course of four decades, from his early-’90s stint with the Lounge Lizards, subsequent recordings with the…
Endea Owens takes the Blindfold Test with writer Ashley Kahn onstage at this summer’s NorthSea Jazz Festival.
Nov 6, 2023 3:03 AM
At this early stage of her career, the bassist and bandleader Endea Owens — a product of the Detroit music scene…
Garzone and Daly keep the spirit of New York’s 52nd Street alive during a CD release party at Dizzy’s on Sept. 15.
Nov 6, 2023 2:49 AM
Following a string of tribute recordings — 2008’s Rahsaan Roland Kirk project Rah! Rah!, 2011’s Mary Joyce…
Vail Jazz Foundation will close the bulk of operations by year’s end.
Nov 6, 2023 2:36 AM
The Vail Jazz Foundation has announced that it will close the bulk of its operations by the end of the current calendar…
EFG London Jazz Festival brought three acts of its popular “Moment’s Notice” performance series to Enjoy Jazz on Oct. 9.
Nov 6, 2023 2:09 AM
In the second week of its 25th anniversary edition, Enjoy Jazz fortified its position among international music…
DeJong (right) backstage with Ornette Coleman in 2008.
Nov 6, 2023 1:50 AM
DownBeat considers itself duty-bound to compile obituaries for famous musicians and annually celebrates firmament…
Bennett had a wealth of material to draw upon, and he had a direct association with much of it.
Oct 31, 2023 1:50 PM
Perhaps no interpreter of American popular song had as long and distinguished a career as Tony Bennett. Yet in his…
“Charlie Christian with the Benny Goodman Sextet on record, that was it!” said Freeman of his early influences.
Oct 31, 2023 1:37 PM
Visit Chicago guitarist George Freeman, whose new album The Good Life (High Note) featuring Joey DeFrancesco and…
Herbie Hancock (left), Jahari Stampley, Connor Rohrer and Paul Cornish at this year’s competition, which took place Oct. 14–15 in New York.
Oct 31, 2023 1:28 PM
Jahari Stampley, a 23-year-old from Chicago, won the 31st annual Herbie Hancock Institute of Jazz International Piano…
