Aug 12, 2025 10:33 AM
Latin Jazz Pianist-Composer Eddie Palmieri, 1936–2025
Famed Latin jazz composer, bandleader and pianist Eddie Palmieri passed away in his New Jersey home on Aug. 6. He was…
“I don’t guess I’m going to excite you; I know I’m going to excite you,” Palmieri said in an August 1994 DownBeat feature.
Aug 12, 2025 10:33 AM
Famed Latin jazz composer, bandleader and pianist Eddie Palmieri passed away in his New Jersey home on Aug. 6. He was…
Jordan was a dyed-in-the-wool bebopper whose formative musical experiences were with Charlie Parker.
Aug 12, 2025 10:24 AM
Sheila Jordan, a vocalist who was celebrated for her scatting and lyric-improvising abilities, died Aug. 11 at her home…
“Where the Future of Jazz Is Made” is the theme of Jazz-Con 2025.
Aug 12, 2025 10:14 AM
Jazz-Con 2025, a fully virtual, multilingual music business event designed specifically for independent jazz, classical…
“I love the place that fate or whatever has positioned me in Gil Evans’ life and legacy,” said Ryan Truesdell.
Aug 5, 2025 12:26 PM
“I originally set out to give two years of my life to Gil,” Ryan Truesdell said of his mindset in 2009, when he…
The Westerlies, from left: Addison Maye-Saxon, Riley Mulherkar, Andy Clausen and Chloe Rowlands.
Aug 5, 2025 12:20 PM
“Have you ever gotten together with 40 strangers and belted out songs for three hours?” Andy Clausen asks.…
“Playing duo is one of the most difficult things to do, after playing solo,” said drummer Lesley Mok, shown here with her duo cohort, pianist Phillip Golub.
Aug 5, 2025 12:11 PM
In the waning days of COVID, when the world was learning how to reconnect, two New York artists began meeting across…
Dawn Clement brought a new, loose-limbed edge — in both her playing and her programming — to an event that has sometimes felt stodgy.
Aug 5, 2025 12:03 PM
The weeklong student workshop and weekend festival Jazz Port Townsend celebrated its 46th birthday this July with a…
Chuck Mangione on the cover of the May 8, 1975, edition of DownBeat.
Jul 29, 2025 1:00 PM
Chuck Mangione, one of the most popular trumpeters in jazz history, passed away on July 24 at home in Rochester, New…
“All those female voices are choirs of women coming to heal the world from the imbalance of the masculine and feminine,” Meza says of her new album, Portal.
Jul 29, 2025 12:53 PM
Camila Meza has been on a journey of self-discovery since the multifaceted vocalist, guitarist and composer first…
Nicholas Payton looked very zen in this photo used for a feature in the January 2024 edition of DownBeat. His departure from Berklee College of Music was anything but.
Jul 29, 2025 12:45 PM
We live in divisive times. Earlier this year, we learned that the gifted composer, bandleader and trumpeter Nicholas…
