Jul 26, 2022 2:27 AM
70th Annual DownBeat Critics Poll Delivers!
The 70th Annual DownBeat International Critics Poll has made history with pianist Jon Batiste being the first artist to…
Jon Batiste, the critics’ choice for Jazz Artist and Beyond Artist of the Year as well as Beyond Album of the Year.
Jul 26, 2022 2:27 AM
The 70th Annual DownBeat International Critics Poll has made history with pianist Jon Batiste being the first artist to…
Batiste performing his hit “Freedom” at this year’s Grammy Awards.
Jul 26, 2022 2:25 AM
On the surface of things, it seems counterintuitive that DownBeat critics would name the same musician both Jazz Artist…
When Allen played standards, she never sounded more like her own unique self.
Jul 26, 2022 2:20 AM
Everybody wanted to play with Geri Allen — Ornette Coleman, Betty Carter, Ron Carter and Tony Williams, Charlie Haden…
Jesup Wagon is dedicated to Dr. George Washington Carver (1864–1943), a son of slaves whose boundary-defying life accrued accomplishments in music and painting.
Jul 26, 2022 2:15 AM
A recording may become Jazz Album of the Year by epitomizing the sound of the moment or by pointing the direction where…
More than a mere rarity, the new A Love Supreme: Live In Seattle is an avant-garde gem that offers new insights into Coltrane’s iconic work.
Jul 26, 2022 2:10 AM
Until last year, John Coltrane was widely thought to have performed his masterpiece A Love Supreme only once live, on…
Jones sat down for a live interview last December in Chicago at the Midwest Clinic.
Jul 19, 2022 12:54 PM
Sean Jones is riding a career high right now. And he’s doing it in a very modern way. In today’s jazz world, those…
When it comes to jazz, Carrington digs deep into its intertwining legacies and reaches not for higher ground but for the illimitable heavens.
Jul 19, 2022 12:40 PM
Attending Terri Lyne Carrington’s three-day invitation series at the 42nd annual Festival International de Jazz de…
Jul 19, 2022 12:38 PM
Remarkably comprehensive and exhaustively researched, Philip Watson’s Bill Frisell, Beautiful Dreamer (Faber Books)…
Jul 19, 2022 12:36 PM
On Nov. 7, 1966, a 31-year-old Swiss fan of cutting-edge jazz made the short trip from his home in Basel across the…
Harpist Alina Bzhezhinska, one of 15 European artists DownBeat critics selected as must-hear music.
Jul 12, 2022 2:25 PM
Many of us at DownBeat have found ourselves stuck at home lately, wondering what’s happening elsewhere — especially…
