Jul 16, 2026 1:26 PM
Mary Halvorson: Artist of the Year, Guitarist of the Year
The first time Mary Halvorson won a DownBeat Critics Poll category, taking Guitarist of the Year for 2017, she was seen…
“I think it’s rare to find an improviser that all goes and nothing has to go at all,” says Ambrose Akinmusire of Mary Halvorson.
Jul 16, 2026 1:26 PM
The first time Mary Halvorson won a DownBeat Critics Poll category, taking Guitarist of the Year for 2017, she was seen…
“Tune For Tony”
May 18, 2021 9:10 AM
Back in 2003, keyboardist David Garfield released an album called Giving Back, and included in the set was his…
Saxophonist Archie Shepp (left) and pianist Jason Moran recorded a series of duets in 2017 and 2018 that are being released as Let My People Go.
Dec 10, 2020 9:49 AM
A pair of generation-defining performers announced their first collaborative album.
Saxophonist Archie Shepp and…
Unreleased recordings of the Dave Brubeck Quartet—saxophonist Paul Desmond (left), pianist Dave Brubeck, drummer Joe Morello and bassist Eugene Wright—are set for release on Dec. 4.
Oct 23, 2020 9:45 AM
First released on Dec. 14, 1959, The Dave Brubeck Quartet’s Time Out achieved prominence in popular culture in a…
Vocalist Luba Mason’s Triangle was released Oct. 23.
Oct 7, 2020 9:00 AM
Vocalist Luba Mason is as comfortable acting on stage as she is singing in a vocal booth, and equally adept at…
Bandleader Brandi Disterheft is set to release her fifth album, Surfboard, on Oct. 30.
Oct 5, 2020 1:59 PM
Bassist-vocalist Brandi Disterheft, a frequent rhythm partner of drummer Joe Farnsworth, drifts through originals and…
Emmet Cohen is set to issue his first album on Mack Avenue, Future Stride, Jan. 29.
Oct 2, 2020 9:00 AM
Emmet Cohen’s latest album, Future Stride, works to encompass the bounty of recorded jazz history.
Cohen, who in…
University Of The Arts in Philadelphia is among the 212 schools listed in this year’s Student Music Guide.
Sep 22, 2020 8:55 AM
DownBeat’s annual Student Music Guide contains essential information for students who are preparing to enter college…
Bassist Bootsy Collins is set to issue The Power Of The One, an album featuring a litany of jazz luminaries, as well as artists like rapper Snoop Dogg and blues guitarist Christone “Kingfish” Ingram.
Sep 16, 2020 9:00 AM
Bootsy Collins has been dispensing funk as a bandleader and with performers like James Brown and George Clinton for…
Edu Ribeiro (left), Reuben Rogers, Helio Alves and Romero Lubambo collaborate for AT PLAY.
Sep 8, 2020 11:29 AM
The legacy of recorded music in Brazil—jazz and otherwise—is such a monumental contribution to the world that…
