Oct 3, 2022 10:00 PM
Wadada Leo Smith Creates
At 80, Wadada Leo Smith seems to be having the time of his life. He maintains a healthy diet, drinking only one cup of…
“I work. That’s my joy,” says 80-year-old trumpeter Wadada Leo Smith.
Oct 3, 2022 10:00 PM
At 80, Wadada Leo Smith seems to be having the time of his life. He maintains a healthy diet, drinking only one cup of…
The University of Toronto Jazz Orchestra performs.
Sep 29, 2022 1:10 PM
Check out some features from DownBeat’s annual Student Music Guide, which contains essential information for students…
The William Paterson Jazz Orchestra performs with guest artist Randy Brecker at Jazz at Lincoln Center.
Sep 29, 2022 1:02 PM
In anticipation of its 50th anniversary in the spring of 2023, William Paterson University is already gearing up for…
Gunther Schuller, founder of NEC’s Third Stream department, now known as Contemporary Musical Arts.
Sep 29, 2022 12:57 PM
Gunther Schuller coined the term Third Stream in a lecture at Brandeis University in 1957, by which time he had long…
Guitarist Bill Frisell, right, rehearses with University of Washington students.
Sep 29, 2022 12:54 PM
When it comes to studying jazz, the best known programs usually come from the East, like Manhattan School of Music,…
Stephanie Austin Letson, left, leads Contra Costa College’s JAZZ-ology vocal group during a performance in Grenoble, France.
Sep 29, 2022 12:50 PM
All the steps in the progressive ladder of music education are vitally important, but community and junior college jazz…
“This is a tough time for all of us, and we put it into our music,” Sachal Vasandani, left, said of his new project with Romain Collin.
Sep 27, 2022 3:30 PM
In spring of 2021, Sachal Vasandani (who was DownBeat’s 1999 collegiate vocalist of the year) and Grammy-nominated…
“My dad saw Hendrix open for the Monkees here in Jacksonville, and he told me it was the first time he had ever dropped acid. Pretty intense,” Trucks said,
Sep 20, 2022 2:05 PM
It is hard to fathom the depth of loss that Derek Trucks must have felt in 2017. First, his uncle Butch Trucks, a…
Ramsey Lewis takes part in a live DownBeat interview at the The Midwest Clinic in December 2009. Saxophonist Kirk Whalum (not shown) also took part in the conversation.
Sep 13, 2022 1:31 PM
It’s the week before Christmas in Chicago. The tree in Daley Plaza has been decked out and glowing — all 90 feet of…
“We don’t really call ourselves jazz or any other type of players,” said DOMi, right, of the music she makes with JD BECK. “We’re just musicians.”
Sep 13, 2022 12:29 PM
DOMi & JD BECK had an auspicious record release gig for their debut album, NOT TiGHT. It was scheduled to drop on the…
