Jan 9, 2025 11:54 AM
Blue Note Jazz Club Expands into Los Angeles
The Blue Note Jazz Club is expanding to Los Angeles, bringing the reputation of its renowned New York flagship to the…
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…
“With jazz I thought it must be OK to be Black, for the first time,” says singer Sofia Jernberg.
Jan 2, 2025 10:50 AM
On Musho (Intakt), her recent duo album with pianist Alexander Hawkins, singer Sofia Jernberg interprets traditional…
Trombonist Ryan Porter, left, with saxophonist Kamasi Washington at last summer’s Hollywood Bowl Jazz Festival.
Jan 2, 2025 10:36 AM
On a warm summer night at the annual Hollywood Bowl Jazz Festival, where nearly 18,000 people packed onto the benches…
“Sassy Awards” winner April May Webb performs at this year’s finals.
Dec 26, 2024 1:02 PM
As part of NJPAC’s TD James Moody Jazz Festival, the New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) in Newark named April…
Charlton Singleton of band Ranky Tanky performed in the The Soraya’s Jazz Club in January.
Dec 26, 2024 12:46 PM
The $125 million Younes and Soraya Nazarian Center for the Performing Arts on the California State University,…
“Watching people like Max Roach or Elvin Jones and seeing how they utilize the whole drum kit in a very rhythmic and melodic way and how they stretched time — that was a huge inspiration to me,” Hussain said in DownBeat.
Dec 17, 2024 9:58 AM
Tabla master Ustad Zakir Hussain, one of India’s reigning cultural ambassadors and a revered figure worldwide…
Martial Solal performing at the Village Vanguard after his 80th birthday in 2007.
Dec 17, 2024 9:33 AM
Martial Solal, whose irrepressible wit and incomparable wizardry at the piano captivated and confounded listeners for…
Dec 17, 2024 9:13 AM
Check out DownBeat’s 2024 Holiday Gift Guide to find something for the music lover on your shopping list. From vinyl,…
