Jan 3, 2023 12:15 PM
DB Lifetime Achievement Award for Jazz Education: Ollie Liddel, The Reward of Teaching
Given his family background, it might have seemed predictable that Dr. Ollie Liddell, director of bands at Memphis…
Ollie Liddell
Jan 3, 2023 12:15 PM
Given his family background, it might have seemed predictable that Dr. Ollie Liddell, director of bands at Memphis…
Gifts is Acuña’s latest album — and his first in 17 years as a leader.
Dec 27, 2022 11:35 AM
When Alex Acuña bought his home 37 years ago in the Lake Balboa neighborhood of Los Angeles County, the Peruvian-born…
“With this album, I want to give a little glimpse of what’s coming, in my compositions, my melodies,” Acuña said.
Dec 27, 2022 11:31 AM
Singer-songwriter Claudia Acuña had thought about doing a duets album for a long time. The emotional exposure of the…
Zenón’s album Música de Las Américas challenges modern notions about who and what America is.
Dec 27, 2022 11:24 AM
While prepping for his latest recording, saxophonist-composer Miguel Zenón had plenty of time to research the history…
Amed’s album Unánime celebrates the work of contemporary and historic Latin composers.
Dec 27, 2022 11:18 AM
How do Latin and jazz combine to produce Latin jazz? To help her decipher the code, the virtuosic Argentinian…
Dec 27, 2022 11:03 AM
There’s so much going out in the world of Latin jazz! Here, DownBeat presents some great selections.
Dafnis Prieto…
Amadou & Mariam are among the acts scheduled to perform at the 2023 Big Ears Festival in Knoxville, Tennessee.
Dec 20, 2022 11:30 AM
Celebrating “Ten Years of Big Ears” during the weekend of March 30–April 2, 2023, the Big Ears Festival in…
Calvin Johnson appealed to listeners suffering from dementia during his Lincoln Center Moments program in December.
Dec 20, 2022 10:59 AM
On a chilly Dec. 9 in New York, the charismatic reed player Calvin Johnson gazed out upon the 70 or so people assembled…
George Coleman (left) and Eric Alexander are set to perform at Countdown 2023, A John Coltrane Festival.
Dec 20, 2022 10:45 AM
Countdown 2023, A John Coltrane Festival, starts Dec. 20 and runs through Jan. 8 at Smoke Jazz Club in New York.
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Keiko and Elvin Jones pictured on the cover of the late Hall of Fame drummer’s 1970 album Coalition.
Dec 20, 2022 10:30 AM
Keiko Okuya Jones: 1937–2022
Keiko Okuya Jones, widow of the hall-of-fame drummer and bandleader Elvin Jones,…
