Apr 18, 2016 1:41 PM
Jazz Icon Henry Threadgill Wins Pulitizer Prize
Composer and reedist Henry Threadgill has been awarded the Pulitzer Prize in music for his 2015 album In For A Penny,…
Henry Threadgill (Photo: Courtesy Pi Recordings)
Apr 18, 2016 1:41 PM
Composer and reedist Henry Threadgill has been awarded the Pulitzer Prize in music for his 2015 album In For A Penny,…
Vijay Iyer (left) performs with Wadada Leo Smith at the Met Breuer on March 31. (Photo: Deirdre Bird Rose)
Apr 18, 2016 11:32 AM
Throughout March, pianist Vijay Iyer’s tenure as Artist-In-Residence at the Met Breuer resulted in what was perhaps…
Jack DeJohnette’s 2016 solo piano album, Return, is a vinyl-only release offered by Newvelle Records. (Photo: © William Semeraro)
Apr 15, 2016 9:53 AM
DownBeat has announced that it will introduce a new column titled Vinyl. This column, which will debut in the August…
Apr 14, 2016 9:54 AM
To celebrate the 90th birthdays of Miles Davis and John Coltrane, Jazz at Lincoln Center will hold a special four-day…
Chick Corea (left) performs with Stefon Harris during a tribute concert to the 2016 NEA Jazz Masters at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., on April 4 (Photo: Shannon Finney/NEA)
Apr 13, 2016 11:48 AM
Besides producing and streaming a star-studded tribute concert at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., on April 4…
The hardest-to-find titles sold on Record Store Day are the limited-run/regional focus releases. The LP Dark Territory, by Dave Douglas’ band High Risk, is limited to 600 copies.
Apr 12, 2016 4:11 PM
Fat Possum is offering the Junior Kimbrough track “I Gotta Try You Girl,” remixed by Daft Punk as a 12-inch single,…
Theo Bleckmann (left) and Ben Monder perform at Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo, Michigan, on April 9. (Photo: John Ephland)
Apr 12, 2016 2:08 PM
Singer Theo Bleckmann and guitarist Ben Monder performed before an intimate audience at Western Michigan University’s…
Marc Ribot (left) and Joe Henry perform at the Big Ears Festival in Knoxville, Tennessee, on April 1. (Photo: Bill Foster/Big Ears Festival)
Apr 12, 2016 1:27 PM
One of the hallmarks of the annual Big Ears Festival, held each spring in Knoxville, Tennessee, is collaboration. This…
The Last Word On First Blues, the first-ever box set of Ginsberg’s singer-songwriter recordings, is due out May 20 on Omnivore Recordings (Photo: Courtesy omnivorerecordings.com)
Apr 11, 2016 7:52 AM
In 1971, Beat poet Allen Ginsberg and folk singer Bob Dylan collaborated on a little-known recording project with poet…
River Guerguerian (left), Chris Rosser and Eliot Wadopian are Free Planet Radio (Photo: Jesse Kitt)
Apr 11, 2016 5:53 AM
Asheville, North Carolina, may seem like an unlikely place for a world jazz trio to be flourishing, but Free Planet…
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