Oct 5, 2021 11:46 AM
Buena Vista Social Club Celebrates 25th Anniversary
When World Circuit Records released Buena Vista Social Club’s eponymous album in 1997, there were no grand…
25 years later, the seminal recording still matters.
Oct 5, 2021 11:46 AM
When World Circuit Records released Buena Vista Social Club’s eponymous album in 1997, there were no grand…
Bibb delivers an intimate one-man show in Tales From A Blues Brother, which premieres Oct. 8 on Qwest TV.
Oct 5, 2021 11:31 AM
On Friday, Oct. 8, Qwest TV by Quincy Jones will premiere Tales From A Blues Brother, a one-man performance of spoken…
“When I go up on that stand, the only thing I’m thinking of is music.” —Dr. Lonnie Smith
Sep 29, 2021 12:10 PM
Dr. Lonnie Smith, one of the greatest musicians to ever touch the Hammond B-3 organ, died Sept. 28 at home in Ft.…
Robert Glasper
Sep 28, 2021 12:16 PM
Keyboardist, composer and jazz party starter Robert Glasper begins a jam-packed, star-studded, 33-day residency at the…
Artist-in-resdience Dee Dee Bridgewater performs with pianist Bill Charlap.
Sep 28, 2021 12:01 PM
The heroic Detroit Jazz Festival pivoted again this year, two weeks before a live festival kick-off scheduled for Labor…
Saxophonist Camille Thurman, above, and the Darrell Green Quartet will reimagine the music of Burt Bacharach in June.
Sep 28, 2021 11:59 AM
Jazz at Lincoln Center has announced the lineup for its 2021–’22 season of live, in-person performances.
The…
Giveton Gelin, the 2019 Rising Stars winner in North America
Sep 28, 2021 11:58 AM
While the live music industry is slowly recovering from the pandemic, the LetterOne Rising Stars Jazz Award is once…
Sep 21, 2021 1:43 PM
DownBeat’s Where to Study Jazz Guide 2022 is now available. Just follow the link and fill out the brief form to receive…
Ledisi takes on the challenge of singing the music of Nina Simone and making it her own.
Sep 21, 2021 11:33 AM
Thirteen might be an unfortunate number for some, but for multihyphenate vocalist Ledisi, it proved to be verifiably…
Ravi Coltrane says that Orrin Evans, above, “can reach that spirit.”
Sep 21, 2021 11:27 AM
On an early summer night in newly vaccinated New York, the Blue Note was packed with cheering clubgoers. And pianist…
