Aug 24, 2021 12:01 PM
Rising Stars Find Inspiration in the Collective
Editor’s Note: This article was written to commemorate some of the Rising Star winners in DownBeat’s 69th Annual…
Gerald Clayton was named Rising Star Artist of the Year and his trio won Rising Star Jazz Group.
Aug 24, 2021 12:01 PM
Editor’s Note: This article was written to commemorate some of the Rising Star winners in DownBeat’s 69th Annual…
Carla Bley, the 2021 critics’ choice for the DownBeat Hall of Fame
Aug 17, 2021 10:50 AM
Given the tenor of the times, Carla Bley’s extraordinary career shouldn’t have happened. What were the chances…
Yusef Lateef, 2021 Veterans Committee choice for the DownBeat Hall of Fame
Aug 17, 2021 10:43 AM
Yusef Lateef came out of the jazz continuum to pursue a career driven by his curiosity and desire to move beyond…
Booker Little, 2021 Veterans Committee choice for the DownBeat Hall of Fame
Aug 17, 2021 10:35 AM
The most wide-ranging article this magazine ever published about trumpeter Booker Little was his obituary. It was the…
Squint is Julian Lage’s debut on Blue Note Records.
Aug 3, 2021 9:53 AM
Clasping his hands to his chest, then raising them to the heavens, Julian Lage evoked echoes of the exuberant child he…
On his new recording, Jones honors friends and mentors he has recently lost.
Aug 3, 2021 9:20 AM
Sheltered in his music room, Willie Jones III adjusts the volume on a Billy Taylor record. He swivels around to face…
Ben Monder
Aug 3, 2021 9:05 AM
He might not be a household name among casual listeners, but it would be hard to find a single jazz musician who does…
Collier, at work in the midst of COVID, at Van Gelder Studios last September.
Aug 3, 2021 8:59 AM
Pandemic stories — we hear them wherever we go. Pretty much every story in this issue is a pandemic story in some…
Vijay Iyer
Jul 12, 2021 9:48 AM
By his own account, the Vijay Iyer of a decade ago was made to feel like a “token weirdo” when moving among the…
Ulysses Owens Jr. has created a multi-generational, multi-racial, multi-gender big band for today.
Jul 2, 2021 5:43 PM
On the opening track of drummer Ulysses Owens Jr.’s new big band album, he plays five sharp rim shots, which catapult…
