Mar 17, 2026 11:31 AM
Joel Ross Follows the Word
On a stormy afternoon in January, Joel Ross led a quartet at the Louis Armstrong House Museum’s small jazz room in…
“This is the most explicit and boldest expression of what I believe,” Joel Ross said of his latest album, Gospel Music.
Mar 17, 2026 11:31 AM
On a stormy afternoon in January, Joel Ross led a quartet at the Louis Armstrong House Museum’s small jazz room in…
The Allstars, from left, Francko Mehrstein, Ludovic Beier, Samson Schmitt, Pierre Blanchard and Antonio Licusati.
Mar 17, 2026 11:21 AM
Django Reinhardt, the seminal Manouche Romani guitarist who electrified pre-War Paris with his hot gypsy jazz…
Anthony Braxton’s evolving compositional systems have shaped generations of improvisers and experimental composers.
Mar 17, 2026 11:11 AM
Composer and multi-instrumentalist Anthony Braxton will be honored with the 66th Edward MacDowell Medal in recognition…
The historic Young-Quinlan Building at 9th and Nicollet in downtown Minneapolis.
Mar 17, 2026 10:58 AM
Dakota, the internationally recognized Minneapolis music venue known for pairing world-class live performance with…
“These days, with curated news, where people only get half the story, people can’t even speak to family members anymore,” Schneider laments.
Mar 10, 2026 1:43 PM
Maria Schneider is doing her part to try to fix what ails America. Which got her thinking about crows, specifically,…
Roland Kirk circa 1963 (pre-Rahsaan)
Mar 10, 2026 1:15 PM
In DownBeat’s February 2026 issue, we reviewed a fine selection of historical releases from multiple eras of jazz.…
Skonberg has new music she’ll be bringing to the Midwest Jazz Collective tour from two albums scheduled for release in 2026.
Mar 10, 2026 1:11 PM
Midwest Jazz Collective, a consortium of more than a dozen clubs and presenters dedicated to jazz across Illinois,…
“I was writing music that I felt was really honest,” Rowe says of her new album, “and I wanted to share myself with these players I’ve met in the last five to seven years.”
Mar 10, 2026 1:04 PM
In the press release to Ellen Rowe’s new album Vinton’s Cove (Smokin’ Sleddog), she speaks of it being “a balm…
“We’re going to do what we want to do; that’s how we got a fanbase in the first place,” says Snarky Puppy leader Michael League.
Mar 2, 2026 10:08 PM
Dreams are slippery things. From devout Jungians to the astrologers of TikTok, every new generation seeks to uncover…
Hammond came to the blues through the folk boom of the late 1950s and early 1960s, which he experienced firsthand in New York’s Greenwich Village.
Mar 2, 2026 9:58 PM
John P. Hammond (aka John Hammond Jr.), a blues guitarist and singer who was one of the first white American…
