Jul 13, 2023 3:41 AM
Bartz, Blanchard, Myers, Jenkins Named NEA Jazz Masters
Gary Bartz, Terence Blanchard, Amina Claudine Myers and Willard Jenkins have been named recipients of the 2024 NEA Jazz…
Jul 13, 2023 3:41 AM
Gary Bartz, Terence Blanchard, Amina Claudine Myers and Willard Jenkins have been named recipients of the 2024 NEA Jazz…
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When it comes to the caliber, variety and release pace of his recordings, heavyweight bassist/composer/arranger Leon…
Jul 11, 2023 12:08 PM
The 92nd Street Y, New York has named pianist/composer Aaron Diehl as the new artistic director of the Jazz in July…
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When Arizona native Rachel Eckroth spoke with DownBeat in March, she was in Denmark, wrapping up a…
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Peter Brötzmann, a German saxophonist and clarinetist whose music charted a provocative, uncompromising new course for…
Jun 27, 2023 12:44 PM
Wayne Escoffery sits comfortably in a soft chair in a hotel room in Denver. He is traveling once again with the Mingus…
Jun 27, 2023 12:41 PM
The Ravinia Steans Music Institute, based in Highland Park, Illinois, has been committed to cross-pollinating the…
Jun 20, 2023 2:37 PM
After more than 30 years of living as an expatriate in Italy, the amiable Ralph Towner is sitting comfortably at his…
Jun 20, 2023 2:30 PM
In 2020, the pandemic scuppered plans for a concert at London’s Barbican, which would have paid homage to 50 years of…