Dec 26, 2024 1:14 PM
Dafnis Prieto Fights for Originality
Back in the prehistoric era of music, before the internet and digital age, roughly from the late 1940s to the late…
“We as humans are adapting to machinery and technology that we created,” says Prieto, adding that the results are mixed, at best.
Dec 26, 2024 1:14 PM
Back in the prehistoric era of music, before the internet and digital age, roughly from the late 1940s to the late…
“It was so mysterious and intriguing,” Ian Faquini says of the music of Guinga. From left, Natalie Cressman, Faquini and Guinga.
Dec 26, 2024 1:06 PM
In the past five years, composers Natalie Cressman and Ian Faquini have issued multiple duo releases, unveiling a sound…
“Sassy Awards” winner April May Webb performs at this year’s finals.
Dec 26, 2024 1:02 PM
As part of NJPAC’s TD James Moody Jazz Festival, the New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) in Newark named April…
Charlton Singleton of band Ranky Tanky performed in the The Soraya’s Jazz Club in January.
Dec 26, 2024 12:46 PM
The $125 million Younes and Soraya Nazarian Center for the Performing Arts on the California State University,…
“Watching people like Max Roach or Elvin Jones and seeing how they utilize the whole drum kit in a very rhythmic and melodic way and how they stretched time — that was a huge inspiration to me,” Hussain said in DownBeat.
Dec 17, 2024 9:58 AM
Tabla master Ustad Zakir Hussain, one of India’s reigning cultural ambassadors and a revered figure worldwide…
“Hope is important, and it always shows up in my music,” Mitchell said.
Dec 17, 2024 9:40 AM
Flutist Nicole Mitchell put new friends through changes for the 2024 album Bamako*Chicago Sound System (FPE), which she…
Martial Solal performing at the Village Vanguard after his 80th birthday in 2007.
Dec 17, 2024 9:33 AM
Martial Solal, whose irrepressible wit and incomparable wizardry at the piano captivated and confounded listeners for…
Dec 17, 2024 9:13 AM
Check out DownBeat’s 2024 Holiday Gift Guide to find something for the music lover on your shopping list. From vinyl,…
“A lot of people now see me walk with a cane, and they think it’s me being hip,” Orrin Evans said. “But it’s a combination of me being hip and needing a cane.”
Dec 12, 2024 2:00 AM
Pianist Orrin Evans wants to have a word. “I’ll be 50 in March, and I have been doing this for 30 years,” he said…
Queen Latifah extols Harlem and the Apollo Theater at this year’s Kennedy Center Honors.
Dec 12, 2024 1:58 AM
Cuban-American jazz trumpet legend Arturo Sandoval and Harlem’s Apollo Theater were among the honorees at the 2024…
