Dec 10, 2020 8:52 AM
Lee Konitz ‘Always Pursued Truth’
A week after his 90th birthday in October 2017, Lee Konitz—who died at 92 on April 15—recorded his final album, Old…
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…
Dec 9, 2020 10:17 AM
Bryan Dematteis’ new documentary, The Black Artists’ Group of St. Louis: Creation Equals Movement, debuted in…
Dec 9, 2020 8:56 AM
Immanuel Wilkins’ debut album, Omega (Blue Note), marks the emergence of a talented young instrumentalist, composer…
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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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…
Dec 7, 2020 9:00 AM
Mary Lou Williams was an idiosyncratic composer, arranger and pianist whose 60-plus-year career remains ruthlessly hard…
Dec 7, 2020 9:00 AM
Charles Mingus—rightly or wrongly—is frequently characterized as a wildly inventive but frustrated composer, caught…
Dec 7, 2020 9:00 AM
In 1991, a panel of jazz musicians faced an audience of fans eager with questions. One fan cited a cluster of movies—…
Dec 7, 2020 9:00 AM
For years, vibraphonist Warren Wolf and 3D Jazz Trio pianist Jackie Warren cared not a whit about Christmas music. But…
Dec 7, 2020 9:00 AM
Charlie Parker’s alto saxophone remains one of the most recognizable sounds in the history of recorded jazz, even 65…