Jan 10, 2023 10:55 AM
Storyville’s Clock Strikes 70
The oldest and largest independent jazz record label in Europe is currently celebrating its 70th anniversary, and…
Karl Emil Knudsen, second from left, with members of Papa Bue’s Viking Jazz Band, which recorded Storyville’s first million-selling record.
Jan 10, 2023 10:55 AM
The oldest and largest independent jazz record label in Europe is currently celebrating its 70th anniversary, and…
Gretchen Valade
Jan 3, 2023 12:45 PM
EDITOR’S NOTE: As this edition of the DownBeat Enewsletter was about to go out, we learned of the passing of jazz…
Randall Kline
Jan 3, 2023 12:30 PM
“Scalability” is a popular buzzword among businesses and organizations these days, and DownBeat Lifetime…
Jim Nadel
Jan 3, 2023 12:25 PM
When Jim Nadel presented the final concert of the 2022 Stanford Jazz Festival in late July, the newest entrant into the…
Miles Osland
Jan 3, 2023 12:20 PM
Miles Osland, DownBeat’s 2022 Lifetime Achievement Award for Jazz Education honoree at the collegiate level, had a…
Ollie Liddell
Jan 3, 2023 12:15 PM
Given his family background, it might have seemed predictable that Dr. Ollie Liddell, director of bands at Memphis…
Gifts is Acuña’s latest album — and his first in 17 years as a leader.
Dec 27, 2022 11:35 AM
When Alex Acuña bought his home 37 years ago in the Lake Balboa neighborhood of Los Angeles County, the Peruvian-born…
“With this album, I want to give a little glimpse of what’s coming, in my compositions, my melodies,” Acuña said.
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…
Zenón’s album Música de Las Américas challenges modern notions about who and what America is.
Dec 27, 2022 11:24 AM
While prepping for his latest recording, saxophonist-composer Miguel Zenón had plenty of time to research the history…
Amed’s album Unánime celebrates the work of contemporary and historic Latin composers.
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…
