Jan 21, 2025 7:54 PM
Southern California Fires Hit the Jazz Community
Roy McCurdy and his wife had just finished eating dinner and were relaxing over coffee in their Altadena home, when he…
Gerald and John Clayton at the family home in Altadena during a photo shoot for the June 2022 cover of DownBeat. The house was lost during the Los Angeles fires.
Jan 21, 2025 7:54 PM
Roy McCurdy and his wife had just finished eating dinner and were relaxing over coffee in their Altadena home, when he…
The new Bad Plus, from left, Chris Speed, Reid Anderson, Dave King and Ben Monder.
Jan 21, 2025 7:48 PM
Especially by the fickle standards of jazz band shelf lives, The Bad Plus has enjoyed a very good run. With the release…
The Old Country: More From The Deer Head Inn arrives 30 years after ECM issued the Keith Jarret Trio live album At The Deer Head Inn.
Jan 21, 2025 7:38 PM
Last November, Keith Jarrett, who has not played publicly since suffering two strokes in 2018, greenlighted ECM to drop…
“It’s not older music. It’s our music,” says James Inglehart, who plays Louis Armstrong in a new musical on Broadway.
Jan 21, 2025 7:27 PM
Louis Armstrong’s career was long, diverse and full of the unexpected — both on stage and off. DownBeat often…
Strata-East co-founder Charles Tolliver performing at LPR during Winter Jazzfest 2025.
Jan 16, 2025 1:53 PM
The digital-only anthology Strata-East: The Legacy Begins, available Feb. 21 on all platforms, celebrates the…
This year’s NAMM Show is scheduled to go on as planned Jan. 21–25 at the Anaheim Convention Center in Southern California.
Jan 16, 2025 1:32 PM
In response to the wildfires that continue to burn in areas of Southern California, the National Association of Music…
Charles Lloyd’s Sangam featuring Zakir Hussain and Eric Harland will perform at this year’s Big Ears Festival.
Jan 9, 2025 12:17 PM
Knoxville, Tennessee’s Big Ears Festival has announced the daily schedule for its 12th edition, which runs March…
The Blue Note Jazz Festival kicks off the upcoming Hollywood Bowl season on June 14.
Jan 9, 2025 11:54 AM
The Blue Note Jazz Club is expanding to Los Angeles, bringing the reputation of its renowned New York flagship to the…
Bruce Finkelman (left) and Craig Golden of 16 On Center, an ambitious enterprise that oversees multiple Chicago-area venues.
Jan 9, 2025 11:40 AM
“Do you have the Midas touch?” DownBeat asked Craig Golden, partner with Bruce Finkelman of the remarkably…
Ravi Coltrane will lead “Impressions: Improvisatory Interpretations on A Love Supreme” on Jan. 12 at Roulette Intermedium.
Jan 2, 2025 11:25 AM
This year’s Winter Jazzfest will present two major events during its Jan. 9–15 run at various venues across New…
