Nov 29, 2021 10:55 PM
London Jazz Fest Adds New Spice
Over the past five years, London has established itself as the epicentre for a unique approach to improvised music.…
Myele Manzanza
Nov 29, 2021 10:55 PM
Over the past five years, London has established itself as the epicentre for a unique approach to improvised music.…
Jon Batiste’s We Are garnered 12 Grammy nominations.
Nov 29, 2021 10:18 PM
The Recording Academy has announced the nominees for the 2022 Grammy Awards. While there are plenty of potential…
Roy Hargrove enters the DownBeat Hall of Fame.
Nov 23, 2021 11:30 AM
The readers have spoken in the 86th annual DownBeat Readers Poll, paying special tribute to recently departed legends…
Slide Hampton: Rest in peace.
Nov 23, 2021 11:25 AM
Slide Hampton, the distinguished jazz trombonist, composer and arranger, passed away Nov. 18. He was 89.
Born…
The 25th anniversary package includes expansive liner notes and photography.
Nov 23, 2021 11:20 AM
When World Circuit Records released the Buena Vista Social Club’s eponymous album in 1997, there were no grand…
Julia A. Miller, owner of Delmark Records
Nov 23, 2021 11:15 AM
Guitarist, composer, electronic musician and Art Institute of Chicago professor Julia A. Miller took a bold step three…
Nov 23, 2021 11:10 AM
New Music USA and the Berklee Institute of Jazz and Gender Justice have launched Next Jazz Legacy, a program focused on…
JD Allen headed back to Cincinnati during COVID-19, where he woodshedded and created Queen City.
Nov 15, 2021 10:54 PM
Queen City (Savant), JD Allen’s latest album and his first solo-saxophone release, is an ambitious endeavor that he…
George Colligan
Nov 15, 2021 10:48 PM
Best known for his scintillating work as a pianist-keyboardist-organist during the past three decades on the…
Gregory Porter’s Still Rising
Nov 15, 2021 10:46 PM
Vocalist Gregory Porter has released a collection of hand-picked favorites on his 34-song retrospective Still Rising.
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