Jan 30, 2013 11:08 AM
Newly Discovered Johnny ‘Hammond’ Smith Music to Be Released
Organist Johnny “Hammond” Smith helped refine his instrument’s indelible groove when he started recording in the…
Jan 30, 2013 11:08 AM
Organist Johnny “Hammond” Smith helped refine his instrument’s indelible groove when he started recording in the…
Jan 30, 2013 9:38 AM
The 10th anniversary of the Panama Jazz Festival marked a pivotal year in the country’s development. Held in the…
Jan 22, 2013 7:22 AM
On Jan. 14, pianist Mose Allison, alto saxophonist Lou Donaldson, Village Vanguard owner Lorraine Gordon and pianist…
Jan 21, 2013 8:25 AM
Now expanded to six venues and more than 70 artists, Winter Jazzfest is New York’s annual State of the Music address.…
Dec 18, 2012 7:25 AM
When Dizzy Gillespie and Chano Pozo introduced Afro-Cuban jazz to the masses, they gave us world music—quite literally.…
Dec 17, 2012 9:09 AM
Over the weekend, DownBeat learned that one of the victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shootings in Newtown,…
Dec 12, 2012 5:42 AM
Sitar virtuoso Ravi Shankar died on Dec. 11 at San Diego’s Scripps Hospital. Last week he underwent heart-valve…
Nov 12, 2012 4:20 AM
As part of Jazz at Lincoln Center’s John Coltrane Festival this fall, McCoy Tyner was a natural choice to tap into…
Nov 6, 2012 5:54 AM
As Hurricane Sandy swept across New York last week, the city’s jazz community was hit hard. Downtown clubs lost power…
Oct 29, 2012 11:37 AM
Spalding, Marsalis and Krall among winners
The results of the 77th Annual DownBeat Readers Poll are in. Legendary…
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