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    Bonnie Eisele and Les DeMerle performing at the Amelia Island Jazz Festival, which they also present.

    News, From the Magazine

    Apr 16, 2025 9:22 PM

    Amelia’s Island Jazz Vibe

    Les DeMerle learned by doing. DeMerle toured around with the Harry James Big Band for more than a decade and put…

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    Ruth Griggs, president of the Northampton Jazz Festival, emphasizes “creating and growing partnerships and building a positive reputation for jazz and the festival in the community.”

    News, From the Magazine

    Apr 16, 2025 9:15 PM

    Northampton Jazz Festival: Small Town, Big Jazz Heart

    Mention the word “festival” to jazz fans and chances are they’ll first think of legendary annual events at…

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    News, From the Magazine

    Apr 16, 2025 9:05 PM

    Complete Listings: DownBeat’s 2025 International Jazz Festival Guide

    In preparation for this year’s bountiful Jazz Festival Season, DownBeat brings you a detailed preview of the best…

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    “At the end of the day, once you’ve run out of differences, we’re left with similarities,” Collier says. “Cultural differences are mitigated through 12 notes.”

    Interview, From the Magazine, Isaiah Collier

    Apr 15, 2025 11:55 AM

    The Zeitgeist of Isaiah Collier

    DownBeat has a long association with the Midwest Clinic International Band and Orchestra Conference, the premiere…

  • Ethan_Iverson_by_David_Moressi_2024_copy.jpg

    “I’m certainly influenced by Geri Allen,” said Iverson, during a live Blindfold Test at the 31st Umbria Jazz Winter festival.

    Interview, From the Magazine, Ethan Iverson

    Apr 15, 2025 11:44 AM

    Blindfold Test: Ethan Iverson

    Between last Christmas and New Year’s Eve, Ethan Iverson performed as part of the 31st Umbria Jazz Winter festival in…

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    Saxophonist Houston Person joins Joe Alterman (left) on the pianist’s latest release, Brisket For Breakfast.

    News, From the Magazine, Joe Alterman

    Apr 15, 2025 11:35 AM

    Joe Alterman: Pianistic Salvation

    The piano saved Joe Alterman’s life. Dealing with crippling obsessive-compulsive disorder as a teenager, Alterman…

  • Anne_Sajdera_by_Fifi_LaRue_2025_copy.jpg

    “They are all part of the same harmonic river,” Anne Sajdera says about artists ranging from Ravel, Debussy and Isaac Albeniz to Geri Allen, Sullivan Fortner and Terence Blanchard.

    News, From the Magazine, Anne Sajdera

    Apr 15, 2025 11:24 AM

    Anne Sajdera: Harmonic Connections

    When Anne Sajdera enrolled at San Francisco Conservatory in the late 1980s, her fellow piano majors were mostly bearing…

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    News, From the Magazine

    Apr 10, 2025 2:15 PM

    We Love Vinyl!

    Once again, in preparation for Record Store Day — this Saturday, April 12 — DownBeat goes crate-diggin’ to bring…

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    The cover image of one of two new Sun Ra releases on vinyl.

    News, From the Magazine, Pharoah Sanders, Sun Ra, Morphine, Angel Bat Dawid, Junius Paul, Makaya McCraven, Damon Locks

    Apr 10, 2025 2:10 PM

    Messages from the Fringe

    If you’re like DownBeat’s editors and need a good dose of music from the avant garde side of jazz, get to your…

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    ​Tony Williams’ Civilization is among the new entries in Blue Note’s Classic Vinyl Series.

    News, From the Magazine, Cannonball Adderley, Grant Green, Art Blakey, Kenny Burrell, Art Pepper, Tony Williams

    Apr 10, 2025 2:05 PM

    Blue Note’s Cookin’ Up Classics!

    From a Record Store Day Exclusive to a trio of cool Tone Poet Society releases as well as a duo of additions to the…

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