Dec 9, 2025 12:16 PM
The Fiery Poetry of Trio of Bloom
The art of the trio is a sturdy yet intimate, changeable and sometimes fragile phenomenon. Triangular geometry has its…
Craig Taborn (left), Nels Cline and Marcus Gilmore turn a producer’s pet project into a jam for the ages.
Dec 9, 2025 12:16 PM
The art of the trio is a sturdy yet intimate, changeable and sometimes fragile phenomenon. Triangular geometry has its…
Lee Ritenour, right, with journalist Ashley Kahn, center, and pianist Greg Burk, who translated for the Italian audience.
Dec 9, 2025 12:04 PM
Genial and relaxed at 73, guitarist Lee Ritenour took time while on tour in Europe this summer to participate in his…
“Miles could hear so well that he could hear the future,” Bartz said..
Dec 2, 2025 2:10 AM
Resplendent in a shimmering gold jacket, his long gray locks kissed by the evening breeze, Gary Bartz was floating…
“Beyonce’s doing it great, and Rihanna,” says Braxton Cook of balancing family and the demands of a music career. “But we got to make that cool amongst the dudes.”
Dec 2, 2025 1:45 AM
Braxton Cook, an alumnus of jazz trumpeter Chief Xian aTunde Adjuah’s (formerly Christian Scott) band who went solo…
Souvik Dutta calls Abstract Logix his side hustle, one that allows him to work with some of the greatest fusion artists in the world.
Dec 2, 2025 1:44 AM
Growing up in Calcutta, Souvik Dutta had the usual exposure to Indian classical music in his home. “From the time I…
Avishai Cohen, right, with writer Ashley Kahn at the North Sea Jazz Fest.
Nov 25, 2025 1:03 PM
Trumpeter Avishai Cohen’s first Blindfold Test took place in the midst of his summer European tour, on the “Central…
Nov 25, 2025 12:51 PM
If you’re shopping for jazz lovers this holiday season, do we have good news for you! DownBeat has gathered up a…
“None of us gets to go through this life without some kinds of loss,” says Nnenna Freelon of her memoir about the death of her husband, sister and even the family dog.
Nov 25, 2025 12:25 PM
Loss is too gentle a word for the understanding of death, for the fullness of its destruction. Its injustices. Six…
“It’s a pleasure and an honor to interpret the music of Oscar Peterson in his native city,” said Jim Doxas in regard to celebrating the Canadian legend. “He traveled the world, but never forgot Montreal.”
Nov 18, 2025 12:16 PM
In the pantheon of jazz luminaries, few shine as brightly, or swing as hard, as Oscar Peterson. A century ago, a…
The Chicago AACM Great Black Music Ensemble’s 60th anniversary concert, held at the Logan Center in May.
Nov 18, 2025 12:12 PM
Group celebrations and individual artists’ achievements galore mark this year’s 60th anniversary of the birth of…
