Nov 27, 2018 10:21 AM
Art Ensemble Chronicled in Massive ECM Box Set
In the comprehensive, 296-page booklet that accompanies ECM’s 21-CD box set Art Ensemble Of Chicago And Associated…
ECM founder Manfred Eicher writes that he saw new possibilities in the improvised music of the Art Ensemble of Chicago.
Nov 27, 2018 10:21 AM
In the comprehensive, 296-page booklet that accompanies ECM’s 21-CD box set Art Ensemble Of Chicago And Associated…
Francesco Martinelli gives a presentation on his new book, The History of European Jazz, at the 2018 Jazz Fest Sarajevo in November.
Nov 27, 2018 10:14 AM
During late October and early November, journalist and author Francesco Martinelli—who serves as Director of the…
Alina Bzhezhinska currently is at work on a project that honors the music of Dorothy Ashby, another harpist who worked within the jazz idiom.
Nov 27, 2018 9:00 AM
Hailing from a firmly classical background, it was in part a discovery of Alice Coltrane’s work that helped steer…
Omara Portuondo performs at the Dominican Republic Jazz Festival.
Nov 26, 2018 4:00 PM
It’s not uncommon for contemporary jazz players to express the need for jazz to be taken to a new, younger generation…
John Legend is one of 21 artists whose new holiday albums are reviewed in our Yuletide Music Roundup.
Nov 26, 2018 11:55 AM
DownBeat offers cool gifts for everyone on your shopping list. Our 2018 Holiday Gift Guide is filled with books, vinyl…
The second volume in the Blue Note Review subscription series, Spirit & Time, focuses on drummers.
Nov 26, 2018 11:30 AM
The Blue Note label is following up its inaugural Blue Note Review set, 2017’s Peace, Love & Fishing, with a second…
Musicians perform during the 11th Fandango Fronterizo.
Nov 26, 2018 9:00 AM
Bandleader and pianist Arturo O’Farrill’s latest recording, Fandango At The Wall (Resilience Music Alliance),…
Singer Gregory Porter’s One Night Only–Live At The Royal Albert Hall will be released as a digital album and digital concert film on Nov. 30, and it will be released as a CD/DVD package on Dec. 21.
Nov 25, 2018 9:31 PM
In 2017, singer Gregory Porter explored the work of one his primarily influences on the acclaimed album Nat “King”…
Drummer Eric Harland teamed with tenor saxophonist Daniel Rovin and bassist Austin White to found the label GSI Records.
Nov 24, 2018 11:19 PM
One of the more intriguing new labels of 2018 is GSI Records, co-owned by drummer Eric Harland, tenor saxophonist…
Eddie C. Campbell (1939–2018)
Nov 24, 2018 7:06 PM
Eddie C. Campbell, a blues vocalist and guitarist who toured the world, died Nov. 20 at his home in Oak Park, Illinois,…
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