Jan 25, 2022 12:13 PM
Roy Hargrove: Once in a Lifetime
Three years after he passed away on Nov. 2, 2018, at age 49, trumpeter Roy Hargrove enters the DownBeat Hall of Fame.…
“For me, Roy Hargrove was one of the most dedicated stewards of this music, the Black American tradition,” said trumpeter Theo Croker, who considered Hargrove a mentor.
Jan 25, 2022 12:13 PM
Three years after he passed away on Nov. 2, 2018, at age 49, trumpeter Roy Hargrove enters the DownBeat Hall of Fame.…
Don Byron pulls no punches while taking the “Test.”
Jan 25, 2022 12:03 PM
It’s hard to think of a jazz, Afro-Caribbean or new music/classical genre upon which Don Byron, an immediately…
“In equal measure, he was super-disciplined and playfully childlike,” says Tim Garland.
Jan 25, 2022 11:57 AM
EDITOR’s NOTE: Throughout an international career starting in the late 1980s, Tim Garland has become known as a…
“It’s all about community,” Todd Stoll says of J@LC’s jazz outreach.
Jan 25, 2022 11:49 AM
Having joined the Jazz at Lincoln Center education program 10 years ago, Todd Stoll has overseen the organization’s…
“I always wanted the elders to be there, so I can make sure that I was moving in the right direction,” Kenny Garrett said of his relationship with legends of jazz.
Jan 17, 2022 6:22 PM
Kenny Garrett’s latest album, Sounds From The Ancestors, is a message to all of the legendary artists who helped…
Kurt Elling’s SuperBlue sends the artist in a new direction.
Jan 17, 2022 6:20 PM
Still feeling the effects of a fiery, four-night run at Ronnie Scott’s in London, Kurt Elling — DownBeat’s Male…
Forman, Hamilton and Clayton take on the roles (and instruments) of legends Kessel, Manne and Brown.
Jan 17, 2022 6:17 PM
Last May, guitarist Bruce Forman was driving to a gig when something unusual happened. “On my way there,” he…
Some of the acts appearing at Big Ears 2022, clockwise from top left: John Medeski, Yasmin Williams, Julian Lage, Ben Lamar Gay, Maeve Gilchrist George and Claire Rousay.
Jan 17, 2022 6:08 PM
Big Ears 2022 will take place live in downtown Knoxville, Tennessee, March 24–27, according to festival organizers.…
Joey DeFrancesco has added the tenor saxophone to the growing list of instruments he performs on.
Jan 11, 2022 1:31 PM
Joey DeFrancesco remembers the exact moment when he got “bit by the bug.”
The year was 2018, and the organist was…
Matt Wilson
Jan 11, 2022 1:20 PM
Matt Wilson’s 14th album, Hug!, issued in mid-2020 on Palmetto, upholds the 57-year-old drummer’s reputation as a…
