Maria Schneider and Donny McCaslin are set to stream a Tuesday conversation.
Nov 9, 2020 8:57 AM
As performers look to replace income from lost gigs and regain a sense of community amid the coronavirus pandemic, a…
Junius Paul is among the 25 artists DownBeat thinks will help shape jazz in the decades to come.
Nov 6, 2020 9:00 AM
Nearly six months into the pandemic, Chicago native Junius Paul packed up his stuff and moved out of his apartment,…
Marshall Allen composed the title tune on Swirling, the Sun Ra Arkestra’s first studio date in more than 20 years.
Nov 5, 2020 9:00 AM
For Swirling, the first Sun Ra Arkestra studio album in more than 20 years, saxophonist Marshall Allen set veterans of…
Adam O’Farrill is among the 25 artists DownBeat thinks will help shape jazz in the decades to come.
Nov 5, 2020 9:00 AM
The 26-year-old trumpet-playing son of pianist Arturo O’Farrill and grandson of composer/arranger Chico…
Bassists Nick Dunston (left) and Michael Formanek, and reedist Anna Webber have released recordings on the new digital arm of the Out Of Your Head imprint.
Nov 4, 2020 9:00 AM
Given the travails of releasing jazz recordings in the 21st century, it’s easy to imagine the name “Out Of Your…
Nduduzo Makhathini is among the 25 artists DownBeat thinks will help shape jazz in the decades to come.
Nov 4, 2020 8:43 AM
When he was 17, pianist Nduduzo Makhathini discovered jazz and realized that this was the door he had been seeking.…
George Benson is the newest inductee in the DownBeat Hall of Fame.
Nov 3, 2020 9:00 AM
DownBeat is proud to announce the results of its 85th Annual Readers Poll.
Readers have voted to induct…
Bassist Eric Revis leads a quintet on Slipknots Through The Looking Glass, an album released on pianist Kris Davis’ Pyroclastic imprint.
Nov 3, 2020 8:59 AM
When bassist and composer Eric Revis arrived in New York during the mid-’90s, he leaned heavily toward straightahead…
Michael Dessen (left), Steph Richards, Nicole Mitchell and Mark Dresser perform in San Diego at a 2018 telematic concert. Images of musicians collaborating with them in real time from New York City and Seoul, South Korea, are projected on video screens.
Nov 3, 2020 8:54 AM
During the pandemic, educators have wrestled with a pragmatic and philosophical question: How can music students…
Hedvig Mollestad is among the 25 artists DownBeat thinks will help shape jazz in the decades to come.
Nov 3, 2020 8:54 AM
“Especially in the beginning, when we were kind of searching for ourselves—we were just playing music and we…
