Jan 10, 2023 10:51 AM
Ingrid Laubrock Sextet Kicks off jazzahead! Bridge Building
A delegation from the European jazz conference jazzahead! will head to New York City as part of its Building Bridges…
Laubrock is one of four artistic directors for jazzahead!’s Commissioned Works series.
Jan 10, 2023 10:51 AM
A delegation from the European jazz conference jazzahead! will head to New York City as part of its Building Bridges…
The Jack Rudin Jazz Championship provides participating university ensembles with quality literature and a forum for celebrating excellence.
Jan 10, 2023 10:41 AM
Jazz at Lincoln Center will conduct the third annual Jack Rudin Jazz Championship, a two-day invitational competition…
Gretchen Valade
Jan 3, 2023 12:45 PM
EDITOR’S NOTE: As this edition of the DownBeat Enewsletter was about to go out, we learned of the passing of jazz…
Randall Kline
Jan 3, 2023 12:30 PM
“Scalability” is a popular buzzword among businesses and organizations these days, and DownBeat Lifetime…
Jim Nadel
Jan 3, 2023 12:25 PM
When Jim Nadel presented the final concert of the 2022 Stanford Jazz Festival in late July, the newest entrant into the…
Miles Osland
Jan 3, 2023 12:20 PM
Miles Osland, DownBeat’s 2022 Lifetime Achievement Award for Jazz Education honoree at the collegiate level, had a…
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…
