Nov 6, 2020 9:00 AM
Junius Paul Carries The Torch, Pushes Ahead
Nearly six months into the pandemic, Chicago native Junius Paul packed up his stuff and moved out of his apartment,…
Junius Paul is among the 25 artists DownBeat thinks will help shape jazz in the decades to come.
Nov 6, 2020 9:00 AM
Nearly six months into the pandemic, Chicago native Junius Paul packed up his stuff and moved out of his apartment,…
Adam O’Farrill is among the 25 artists DownBeat thinks will help shape jazz in the decades to come.
Nov 5, 2020 9:00 AM
The 26-year-old trumpet-playing son of pianist Arturo O’Farrill and grandson of composer/arranger Chico…
Bassists Nick Dunston (left) and Michael Formanek, and reedist Anna Webber have released recordings on the new digital arm of the Out Of Your Head imprint.
Nov 4, 2020 9:00 AM
Given the travails of releasing jazz recordings in the 21st century, it’s easy to imagine the name “Out Of Your…
Nduduzo Makhathini is among the 25 artists DownBeat thinks will help shape jazz in the decades to come.
Nov 4, 2020 8:43 AM
When he was 17, pianist Nduduzo Makhathini discovered jazz and realized that this was the door he had been seeking.…
George Benson is the newest inductee in the DownBeat Hall of Fame.
Nov 3, 2020 9:00 AM
DownBeat is proud to announce the results of its 85th Annual Readers Poll.
Readers have voted to induct…
Michael Dessen (left), Steph Richards, Nicole Mitchell and Mark Dresser perform in San Diego at a 2018 telematic concert. Images of musicians collaborating with them in real time from New York City and Seoul, South Korea, are projected on video screens.
Nov 3, 2020 8:54 AM
During the pandemic, educators have wrestled with a pragmatic and philosophical question: How can music students…
Hedvig Mollestad is among the 25 artists DownBeat thinks will help shape jazz in the decades to come.
Nov 3, 2020 8:54 AM
“Especially in the beginning, when we were kind of searching for ourselves—we were just playing music and we…
Makaya McCraven is among the 25 artists DownBeat thinks will help shape jazz in the decades to come.
Oct 30, 2020 8:49 AM
If one were looking for an album to illustrate an aesthetic shared by several musicians who appear on DownBeat’s…
Jimmy Macbride is among the 25 artists DownBeat thinks will help shape jazz in the decades to come.
Oct 29, 2020 8:46 AM
Considering the environment in which he was raised, it’s not terribly surprising that Jimmy Macbride was creating…
Shabaka Hutchings is among the 25 artists DownBeat thinks will help shape jazz in the decades to come.
Oct 28, 2020 9:00 AM
Shabaka Hutchings’ M.O. is to spend much of each year on the road, circling the globe at the helm of three…
