Apr 14, 2026 11:45 AM
Verve Celebrates at 70
With a catalog that boasts recordings by everyone from Dizzy Gillespie and Stan Getz to Diana Krall and Jon Batiste,…
In honor of its 70th, Verve is releasing music by the legends, including Archie Shepp, Dizzy Gillespie and Ella Fitzgerald.
Apr 14, 2026 11:45 AM
With a catalog that boasts recordings by everyone from Dizzy Gillespie and Stan Getz to Diana Krall and Jon Batiste,…
Sound & Gravity showcases a diverse range of musical genres, including jazz, experimental, contemporary classical and indie music.
Apr 14, 2026 11:34 AM
After its inaugural run last year, Sound & Gravity will return Sept. 3–6 across several venues in the…
Jones said that actively pursuing a Grammy nomination gave her “the means by which I launched my music to a wider world,” a win even though the Grammy nod did not come her way.
Apr 7, 2026 1:03 PM
In 2025, after 12 years in the industry, I released my sixth album, Eugenie, on my own Open Mic record label. Despite…
Each of the 25 JAMs has delivered a poster featuring a jazz legend that is sent out to schools across the nation. This year’s poster features Tony Bennett.
Mar 30, 2026 10:20 PM
Every April for the past quarter century, something remarkable has happened across the United States and far beyond.…
The Jerome Sabbagh Quartet: from left, Nasheet Waits, Joe Martin, Ben Monder and Sabbagh.
Mar 30, 2026 10:10 PM
When tenor saxophonist Jerome Sabbagh wrote “Lone Jack,” which opens his most recent album, Stand Up (Analog Tone…
Joe Lovano is the Artist-in-Residence at this year’s Detroit Jazz Festival.
Mar 30, 2026 10:00 PM
The Detroit Jazz Festival announced this year’s lineup during a livestreamed preview event at the Gretchen C. Valade…
Pianist Edward Simon leads of a bevy of great new Latin releases.
Mar 24, 2026 11:21 AM
In last year’s March issue of DownBeat, we wrote about a collection of hot new Latin jazz releases to help folks…
“The idea that music is a way to erase denomination, political affiliation, political ideology labels and gender labels is a way to bypass everything,” says O’Farrill. “We get to the currency of love and truth.”
Mar 24, 2026 11:15 AM
In 2015, renowned pianist, bandleader and mover-shaker Arturo O’Farrill released the album Cuba: The Conversation…
The super group bassist Martin Wind assembled to play on Stars, from left: drummer Matt Wilson, clarinetist Anat Cohen, Wind and pianist Kenny Barron.
Mar 24, 2026 11:04 AM
From his native Flensburg, Germany, where he was born in 1968, to establishing a lasting presence on the New York jazz…
The Allstars, from left, Francko Mehrstein, Ludovic Beier, Samson Schmitt, Pierre Blanchard and Antonio Licusati.
Mar 17, 2026 11:21 AM
Django Reinhardt, the seminal Manouche Romani guitarist who electrified pre-War Paris with his hot gypsy jazz…
