Mar 2, 2026 9:26 PM
12 Visionary Artists Honored as Jazz Legacies Fellows
The Mellon Foundation and the Jazz Foundation of America is honoring the second cohort of Jazz Legacies Fellows, 12…
This year’s grant recipients, top row, from left: Dee Alexander, Kenny Barron, Gary Bartz, William Cepeda; center row, from left, Marilyn Crispell, Donald Harrison, Oliver Lake, Benny Maupin; bottom row, from left, Charles McPherson, Archie Shepp, Mary Stallings and Buster Williams.
Mar 2, 2026 9:26 PM
The Mellon Foundation and the Jazz Foundation of America is honoring the second cohort of Jazz Legacies Fellows, 12…
Terri Lyne Carrington will teach at the HMTM’s Jazz Institute until the end of 2028.
Feb 24, 2026 11:56 AM
Jazz drummer, composer, producer and educator Terri Lyne Carrington is the new Top Professor at the University of Music…
“To go solo is a balancing act because on one hand you need to stand your ground but on the other you’re stepping into a realm of extreme honesty,” Wojtek Mazolewski says.
Feb 24, 2026 11:41 AM
Over the past two decades, 49-year-old Polish bassist and composer Mazolewski has made his signature the restless…
“I always believe in having a positive message,” says drummer Brandon Sanders. “I want to touch my audience’s heart and get them to start listening to jazz.”
Feb 24, 2026 11:36 AM
When drummer Brandon Sanders walked onto the main stage at Dizzy’s Club in November for the release of his third…
Performing at MSM Summer in New York.
Feb 19, 2026 11:02 AM
Welcome to DownBeat’s annual guide to jazz camps and beyond! In this handy guide, you’ll find the camp that’s…
New Orleans Trad Jazz Camp
Feb 19, 2026 10:39 AM
Jazz camps have exploded around the globe as a summertime tradition for working on your chops and making new friends.…
Performing at the Frost Summer Intensive.
Feb 19, 2026 10:21 AM
Congratulations! You’ve decided to apply to a summer jazz camp for the first time. But along with the excitement of…
“It’s a fact — I love drummers,” says Jane Ira Bloom of working with Brian Shankar Adler. “I just light up next to the rhythmic energy of drums and percussion.”
Feb 17, 2026 11:00 AM
By some conceptual standards, the art of an effective duo is rooted in a central paradox. The objective is to celebrate…
Drummer Chad Taylor’s quintet for his new recording, Smoke Shifter, from left: Bryan Rogers, Matt Engle, Taylor, Jonathan Finlayson and Victor Vieira-Branco
Feb 17, 2026 10:56 AM
It is perhaps inevitable that Chad Taylor will forever be associated with Chicago. The drummer and composer played a…
While much free-jazz remains well off the beaten path, its adherents are more passionate and obsessive than ever.
Feb 17, 2026 10:35 AM
Original issues of most of the rugged recordings featured in the new coffee table book Now Jazz Now: 100 Essential Free…
