Aug 3, 2022 12:21 PM
Ulysses Owens Jr. Big Band Brings Variety With Intention: Rising Star Large Ensemble of the Year
The votes are in, and the Ulysses Owens Jr. Big Band has been selected as Rising Star Large Ensemble of the Year in the…
Aug 3, 2022 12:21 PM
The votes are in, and the Ulysses Owens Jr. Big Band has been selected as Rising Star Large Ensemble of the Year in the…
Jul 26, 2022 2:27 AM
The 70th Annual DownBeat International Critics Poll has made history with pianist Jon Batiste being the first artist to…
Jul 26, 2022 2:25 AM
On the surface of things, it seems counterintuitive that DownBeat critics would name the same musician both Jazz Artist…
Jul 26, 2022 2:20 AM
Everybody wanted to play with Geri Allen — Ornette Coleman, Betty Carter, Ron Carter and Tony Williams, Charlie Haden…
Jul 26, 2022 2:15 AM
A recording may become Jazz Album of the Year by epitomizing the sound of the moment or by pointing the direction where…
Jul 26, 2022 2:10 AM
Until last year, John Coltrane was widely thought to have performed his masterpiece A Love Supreme only once live, on…
Jul 19, 2022 12:54 PM
Sean Jones is riding a career high right now. And he’s doing it in a very modern way. In today’s jazz world, those…
Jul 19, 2022 12:38 PM
Remarkably comprehensive and exhaustively researched, Philip Watson’s Bill Frisell, Beautiful Dreamer (Faber Books)…
Jul 19, 2022 12:36 PM
On Nov. 7, 1966, a 31-year-old Swiss fan of cutting-edge jazz made the short trip from his home in Basel across the…
Jul 12, 2022 2:25 PM
Many of us at DownBeat have found ourselves stuck at home lately, wondering what’s happening elsewhere — especially…