Aretha Franklin (1942-2018)
Dec 26, 2018 9:00 AM
From jazz trumpeters and blues guitarists to genre-defining soul singers and avant-garde soothsayers, DownBeat presents…
Drummer Billy Martin (left), keyboardist John Medeski and bassist Chris Wood all have recording projects outside of their trio.
Dec 21, 2018 9:00 AM
Medeski Martin & Wood’s new album offers a summation of the group’s purpose three decades into its…
Josh Johnson (left), Alex Boneham, Jay Bellerose and Jeff Parker perform at ETA in L.A.’s Highland Park neighborhood.
Dec 20, 2018 9:00 AM
When bassist Anna Butterss moved to Los Angeles in 2014, her plan was to stay for no more than a year. Her main draw to…
Barry Guy performed on Louisiana Variations, Syllogistic Moments and Sidereus Nuncius: The Starry Messenger, each released in 2018.
Dec 19, 2018 9:45 AM
Now in his seventh decade, London-born bassist and composer Barry Guy has been a prolific and hugely influential…
Joel Ross (left), Harish Raghavan, Matthew Stevens, Walter Smith III and Marcus Gilmore have a new album on Whirlwind.
Dec 18, 2018 9:00 AM
In Common, a newly formed quintet, had only a day-and-a-half to record its debut album. So, the co-leaders—tenor…
Recordings that make up Musical Prophet: The Expanded 1963 New York Studio Sessions sat in a Long Island home, untouched, for decades.
Dec 17, 2018 9:00 AM
Whether he was wielding his alto saxophone, flute or bass clarinet, Eric Dolphy was a godsend to the cadre of musicians…
Nancy Wilson (1937–2018)
Dec 14, 2018 10:31 AM
Jazz and r&b vocalist Nancy Wilson has died, according to a statement from her manager. Devra Hall Levy told the…
Ralph Peterson teaches at Berklee College of Music in Boston.
Dec 13, 2018 9:00 AM
On a hot August afternoon in Boston, Ralph Peterson greets an incoming class of freshmen for orientation week at Berklee…
The Bowman Trio
Dec 12, 2018 9:00 AM
Scandinavian jazz is its own thing. Affective, free-spirited and daringly improvisational. Finnish jazz, a vibrant…
Rodrigo Amado (right) recently issued History Of Nothing (Trost).
Dec 12, 2018 9:00 AM
Portuguese saxophonist Rodrigo Amado prides himself on the fact that all of the music made under his leadership has been…
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