Apr 15, 2025 11:24 AM
Anne Sajdera: Harmonic Connections
When Anne Sajdera enrolled at San Francisco Conservatory in the late 1980s, her fellow piano majors were mostly bearing…
“They are all part of the same harmonic river,” Anne Sajdera says about artists ranging from Ravel, Debussy and Isaac Albeniz to Geri Allen, Sullivan Fortner and Terence Blanchard.
Apr 15, 2025 11:24 AM
When Anne Sajdera enrolled at San Francisco Conservatory in the late 1980s, her fellow piano majors were mostly bearing…
Apr 10, 2025 2:15 PM
Once again, in preparation for Record Store Day — this Saturday, April 12 — DownBeat goes crate-diggin’ to bring…
The cover image of one of two new Sun Ra releases on vinyl.
Apr 10, 2025 2:10 PM
If you’re like DownBeat’s editors and need a good dose of music from the avant garde side of jazz, get to your…
Tony Williams’ Civilization is among the new entries in Blue Note’s Classic Vinyl Series.
Apr 10, 2025 2:05 PM
From a Record Store Day Exclusive to a trio of cool Tone Poet Society releases as well as a duo of additions to the…
Apr 10, 2025 2:00 PM
Resonance Records has been a valued and frequent contributor to RSD in past years. This year is no exception, with four…
A document of John Lee Hooker live in Paris.
Apr 10, 2025 1:55 PM
Here’s a fresh batch of blues on vinyl to break your heart and make you love it. And when that heart needs mending,…
More Mingus? Thank you!
Apr 10, 2025 1:50 PM
Here’s even more great music to please your ears and satisfy your hunger for historically significant recordings.…
Saxophonist Javon Jackson and bassist Danton Boller at Louis Armstrong Center’s Jazz Room on March 1.
Apr 8, 2025 1:29 PM
Tonight, April 8, tenor saxophonist Javon Jackson will bring to the Village Vanguard a tribute to his late performing…
The Blue Note Jazz Festival New York kicks off May 27 with a James Moody 100th Birthday Celebration at Sony Hall.
Apr 8, 2025 1:23 PM
Blue Note Entertainment Group has unveiled the lineup for the 14th annual Blue Note Jazz Festival New York, featuring…
George Freeman, shown here at Chicago’s Green Mill, performed well into his 90s.
Apr 8, 2025 12:56 PM
Guitarist George Freeman, a mainstay of the Chicago jazz scene, died April 1 at age 97 — just days before being…
