Lakecia Benjamin performs Nov. 6 at Roulette Intermedium in Brooklyn as a part of Jazzfest Berlin, which this year included livestreamed performances from both sides of the Atlantic.
Nov 19, 2020 5:23 PM
In curating Jazzfest Berlin, Artistic Director Nadin Deventer always looks for a unifying narrative. For this year’s…
Kuba Więcek is among the 25 artists DownBeat thinks will help shape jazz in the decades to come.
Nov 19, 2020 9:00 AM
Kuba Więcek is clicking the plunger of his pen with a kind of restlessness that’s manifested in his studies and…
Camille Thurman is among the 25 artists DownBeat thinks will help shape jazz in the decades to come.
Nov 18, 2020 9:00 AM
With ambition to spare and serious cred supported by a weighty professional resume, Camille Thurman has made a…
Cándido (1921–2020), shown performing in 2008
Nov 17, 2020 5:31 PM
Cándido Camero, an NEA Jazz Master who was regarded as the father of modern conga drumming, died Nov. 7 in New York.…
Bassist Luke Stewart is among the 25 artists DownBeat thinks will help shape jazz in the decades to come.
Nov 17, 2020 8:46 AM
The very act of identifying Luke Stewart’s latest project is exhausting. Rarely is there just one.
The prolific…
Vocalist Sheila Jordan is set to mark her 92nd birthday with a livestreamed performance on Wednesday, Nov. 18.
Nov 16, 2020 9:00 AM
As performers look to replace income from lost gigs and regain a sense of community amid the coronavirus pandemic, a…
Drummer Viola Smith died Oct. 21 at the age of 107 in Costa Mesa, California.
Nov 13, 2020 5:09 PM
Viola Smith, a pioneering big band-era drummer known as the “fastest girl drummer in the world” who wielded…
Christian Sands is among the 25 artists DownBeat thinks will help shape jazz in the decades to come.
Nov 13, 2020 8:56 AM
When pianist Christian Sands titled his latest Mack Avenue album Be Water, he had no idea how appropriate its…
Joel Ross is among the 25 artists DownBeat thinks will help shape jazz in the decades to come.
Nov 12, 2020 8:52 AM
Four years after moving to New York to study music, Joel Ross—already a veteran sideman—released his leader…
Alfredo Rodríguez is among the 25 artists DownBeat thinks will help shape jazz in the decades to come.
Nov 11, 2020 9:00 AM
On March 11, when the U.S. State Department advised Americans to “reconsider” international travel in response…
