Sep 4, 2020 12:29 PM
Jazz In Brief
Grants Announced: Efforts to offset the financial setbacks performers face because of the coronavirus pandemic…
Tom Harrell is among the recipients of a second round of Jazz Coalition grants.
Sep 4, 2020 12:29 PM
Grants Announced: Efforts to offset the financial setbacks performers face because of the coronavirus pandemic…
Maria Schneider’s new release is a double album titled Data Lords.
Sep 4, 2020 8:59 AM
As one of the top composer-arrangers on New York’s big band jazz scene, Maria Schneider has covered a vast swath of…
Jeff Denson, dean of instruction at the California Jazz Conservatory in Berkeley, has shifted to teaching online classes.
Sep 3, 2020 9:00 AM
This fall, life on campuses across the country will depend on safety guidelines related to the coronavirus pandemic.…
In 1982, Mark Anthony Lee (center) recorded “I’m Just A Boogie Roller.”
Sep 2, 2020 8:56 AM
By 1976, the initial incarnation of Stax Records was gone from the musical landscape, but the dreams of superstardom it…
Mark Colby (1949–2020)
Sep 1, 2020 10:00 AM
Saxophonist Mark Colby died Aug. 31 from complications related to cancer, according to an email sent to DownBeat from…
Kahil El’Zabar (left) enlisted David Murray for his latest leader date.
Sep 1, 2020 8:45 AM
Kahil El’Zabar and David Murray have been exchanging spiritual energy for more than 40 years. When they met in 1975…
Dee Dee Bridgewater performs at the SFJAZZ Center in San Francisco during September 2017.
Aug 31, 2020 8:55 AM
As performers look to replace income from lost gigs and regain a sense of community amid the coronavirus pandemic, a…
Terri Lyne Carrington, seen here in New York at Power Station at BerkleeNYC, is the first female instrumentalist to top the Jazz Artist category in the DownBeat Critics Poll.
Aug 28, 2020 9:30 AM
The global protests following the Memorial Day killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis might yet herald important social…
Since they first met, pianist Antonio Adolfo has gone on to be one of the foremost bandleaders in Brazilian jazz, and Milton Nascimento became one of Brazil’s most essential and influential singers.
Aug 27, 2020 9:00 AM
Two young musicians in Rio De Janeiro became friends and, briefly, collaborators back in 1967.
Antonio Adolfo, a…
On his new album, Ambrose Akinmusire includes original compositions that pay tribute to Roscoe Mitchell and Roy Hargrove.
Aug 26, 2020 9:00 AM
Hearing Ambrose Akinmusire perform brings to mind Louis Armstrong’s description of first hearing cornetist Bix…
