Aug 27, 2021 1:58 PM
Detroit Jazz Fest Goes Virtual, Again
The Detroit Jazz Festival will be delivered virtually, once again, over the Labor Day weekend.
Billed as the largest…
The Rodney Whitaker Septet performs at the 2020 virtual Detroit Jazz Festival.
Aug 27, 2021 1:58 PM
The Detroit Jazz Festival will be delivered virtually, once again, over the Labor Day weekend.
Billed as the largest…
Béla Fleck introduces My Bluegrass Heart.
Aug 27, 2021 1:50 PM
The summer calendar is winding down, but there are some great streaming opportunities for the month of September. Here…
Maria Schneider’s Data Lords was the critics’ pick for Album of the Year.
Aug 24, 2021 12:08 PM
Editor’s Note: This article was written to commemorate Maria Schneider’s CD Data Lords being named Album of the…
Gerald Clayton was named Rising Star Artist of the Year and his trio won Rising Star Jazz Group.
Aug 24, 2021 12:01 PM
Editor’s Note: This article was written to commemorate some of the Rising Star winners in DownBeat’s 69th Annual…
Norah Jones performs live, for the first time since COVID-19, during the JFA Gala on June 30.
Aug 24, 2021 11:57 AM
Midway through the 2021 Jazz Foundation of America Gala on June 30, singer Norah Jones took her seat at the piano, the…
Sarah Elizabeth Charles, one of more than 100 artists to receive a Jazz Coalition grant
Aug 24, 2021 11:49 AM
The Jazz Coalition, an artistic and financial support initiative for jazz musicians during the pandemic, has announced…
Carla Bley, the 2021 critics’ choice for the DownBeat Hall of Fame
Aug 17, 2021 10:50 AM
Given the tenor of the times, Carla Bley’s extraordinary career shouldn’t have happened. What were the chances…
Yusef Lateef, 2021 Veterans Committee choice for the DownBeat Hall of Fame
Aug 17, 2021 10:43 AM
Yusef Lateef came out of the jazz continuum to pursue a career driven by his curiosity and desire to move beyond…
Booker Little, 2021 Veterans Committee choice for the DownBeat Hall of Fame
Aug 17, 2021 10:35 AM
The most wide-ranging article this magazine ever published about trumpeter Booker Little was his obituary. It was the…
The French Quarter Festival will be back next spring.
Aug 17, 2021 10:28 AM
On the heels of the cancellation of the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, the city’s French Quarter Festival has…
