Carla Bley (left), Steve Swallow and Andy Sheppard recorded Life Goes On for the ECM label.
Dec 15, 2020 8:57 AM
The list below is a roundup of the 5-, 4.5- and 4-star reviews that ran in the print edition of DownBeat during 2020.…
Anat Cohen is set to stream a Jazz House Kids presentation on Wednesday.
Dec 14, 2020 9:00 AM
As performers look to replace income from lost gigs and regain a sense of community amid the coronavirus pandemic, a…
George Benson’s latest album was recorded live at Ronnie Scott’s in London.
Dec 11, 2020 8:48 AM
As an 8-year-old busker, George Benson boasted a big voice and a broken-down ukulele that he wielded with prodigious…
Saxophonist Archie Shepp (left) and pianist Jason Moran recorded a series of duets in 2017 and 2018 that are being released as Let My People Go.
Dec 10, 2020 9:49 AM
A pair of generation-defining performers announced their first collaborative album.
Saxophonist Archie Shepp and…
Lee Konitz (1927–2020) was inducted into the DownBeat Hall of Fame in 2015.
Dec 10, 2020 8:52 AM
A week after his 90th birthday in October 2017, Lee Konitz—who died at 92 on April 15—recorded his final album, Old…
Black Artists’ Group members Charles “Bobo” Shaw (left), Joseph Bowie, Floyd LeFlore, Baikida Carroll and Oliver Lake
Dec 9, 2020 10:17 AM
Bryan Dematteis’ new documentary, The Black Artists’ Group of St. Louis: Creation Equals Movement, debuted in…
Alto saxophonist Immanuel Wilkins’ debut album is titled Omega.
Dec 9, 2020 8:56 AM
Immanuel Wilkins’ debut album, Omega (Blue Note), marks the emergence of a talented young instrumentalist, composer…
A four-disc Charles Mingus set is a highlight of our seasonal shopping guide for music fanatics.
Dec 8, 2020 8:46 AM
If you’re shopping for gifts this holiday season, DownBeat has got you covered with our 2020 Holiday Gift Guide.
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Jamie Cullum’s new holiday album, The Pianoman At Christmas, features 10 original compositions.
Dec 7, 2020 9:00 AM
As the year 2020 draws to a close, music fans have a bevy of new releases from which to choose to help them celebrate…
Mary Lou Williams’ long, fruitful career is lovingly chronicled by Tammy L. Kernodle in Soul on Soul: The Life and Music of Mary Lou Williams, which has been published in paperback for the first time.
Dec 7, 2020 9:00 AM
Mary Lou Williams was an idiosyncratic composer, arranger and pianist whose 60-plus-year career remains ruthlessly hard…
