Dec 27, 2022 11:31 AM
Claudia Acuña: El Arte del Duo
Singer-songwriter Claudia Acuña had thought about doing a duets album for a long time. The emotional exposure of the…
Dec 27, 2022 11:31 AM
Singer-songwriter Claudia Acuña had thought about doing a duets album for a long time. The emotional exposure of the…
Dec 27, 2022 11:24 AM
While prepping for his latest recording, saxophonist-composer Miguel Zenón had plenty of time to research the history…
Dec 27, 2022 11:18 AM
How do Latin and jazz combine to produce Latin jazz? To help her decipher the code, the virtuosic Argentinian…
Dec 27, 2022 11:03 AM
There’s so much going out in the world of Latin jazz! Here, DownBeat presents some great selections.
Dafnis Prieto…
Dec 20, 2022 11:30 AM
Celebrating “Ten Years of Big Ears” during the weekend of March 30–April 2, 2023, the Big Ears Festival in…
Dec 20, 2022 10:59 AM
On a chilly Dec. 9 in New York, the charismatic reed player Calvin Johnson gazed out upon the 70 or so people assembled…
Dec 20, 2022 10:45 AM
Countdown 2023, A John Coltrane Festival, starts Dec. 20 and runs through Jan. 8 at Smoke Jazz Club in New York.
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Dec 20, 2022 10:30 AM
Keiko Okuya Jones: 1937–2022
Keiko Okuya Jones, widow of the hall-of-fame drummer and bandleader Elvin Jones,…
Dec 13, 2022 3:52 PM
Need some additional gift ideas for the jazz fan on your shopping list? Check out DownBeat’s Best Albums of 2022.
Dec 13, 2022 12:33 PM
With all the new releases coming out around the holidays, here are a few team DownBeat is digging into right now!
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