Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers, First Flight to Tokyo: The Lost 1961 Recordings
Dec 20, 2021 11:43 PM
Looking for last-minute gifts for your favorite jazz fan? Looking for a little something under the tree to place there…
An all-star cast from 2019’s New York City Winter JazzFest.
Dec 20, 2021 11:35 PM
If COVID cooperates, there will be a live New York City Winter JazzFest, and it will be spectacular.
Scheduled for…
Wayne Shorter and Don Was discuss uncovered Art Blakey music on First Flight To Tokyo: The Lost 1961 Recordings.
Dec 14, 2021 10:51 AM
In a surprise interview, composer and saxophonist Wayne Shorter sat down with Don Was, president of Blue Note Records,…
Barry Harris was an extraordinary jazz pianist and a devoted keeper of the bebop flame.
Dec 14, 2021 10:49 AM
Pianist Barry Harris, an NEA Jazz Master who devoted his life to playing bebop and teaching the language of…
Greg Tate not only wrote about music and culture, he became an active participant, too.
Dec 14, 2021 10:44 AM
The death of cultural critic and practitioner Greg Tate in New York City on Dec. 7 unexpectedly cut short the career of…
Sylvie Courvoisier, piano, and Mary Halvorson, guitar, perform at Other Minds.
Dec 14, 2021 10:40 AM
The mood at Other Minds 25 — an anniversary celebration for Other Minds, the San Francisco-based arts organization…
Side-Eye is Pat Metheny (left), Joe Dyson and James Francies.
Dec 7, 2021 7:18 AM
In mid-March 2020, Pat Metheny and his band flew into South America from the Asia-Pacific, just days after his latest…
The spread from DownBeat’s October 2021 issue, clockwise: Yazz Ahmed, Steam Down, Nubya Garcia, Emma-Jean Thackray, Moses Boyd and Alexis Blondel.
Dec 7, 2021 7:15 AM
Midway through the 2010s, the excitement became palpable. A new sound was developing and it wasn’t just the jazz…
Emilio Castillo and David Garibaldi
Dec 7, 2021 7:10 AM
Tower of Power is as much an institution and brand as a band. The title of the horn-driven ensemble’s debut album,…
Jon Irabagon plays in the Falling Rock Canyon of South Dakota.
Dec 7, 2021 7:07 AM
In the pantheon of performers on unaccompanied saxophone, Jon Irabagon has a powerful claim to membership — one based…
