Jan 3, 2023 12:15 PM
DB Lifetime Achievement Award for Jazz Education: Ollie Liddel, The Reward of Teaching
Given his family background, it might have seemed predictable that Dr. Ollie Liddell, director of bands at Memphis…
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…
Dec 27, 2022 11:03 AM
There’s so much going out in the world of Latin jazz! Here, DownBeat presents some great selections. Dafnis Prieto…
That’s What Happened captures Miles Davis on the comeback trail of his career in the early to mid-1980s.
Dec 13, 2022 12:33 PM
With all the new releases coming out around the holidays, here are a few team DownBeat is digging into right now! Brian…
Blue Note has unearthed a previously unissued 1967 live recording with Elvin Jones as a leader called Elvin Jones Revival: Live At Pookie’s Pub.
Dec 13, 2022 12:27 PM
Three From Blue Note Blue Note Records continues to release waves of great sound on vinyl. In its Tone Poet series, the…
Author Richard Koloda spent two decades researching this addition to the legend of free-jazz saxophonist Albert Ayler.
Dec 13, 2022 12:15 PM
When considering what to buy those who are impossible to buy for (guilty, as charged), loved ones can’t go wrong with…
Ryan Truesdell (left) and Jim McNeely give each other the Blindfold Test onstage at ISJAC 2022 in Austin, Texas.
Dec 6, 2022 11:59 AM
During this year’s International Society of Jazz Arrangers and Composers symposium in Austin, Texas, celebrated jazz…
