Jul 19, 2022 12:36 PM
Ezz-thetics Reissues ’60s Free-Jazz Classics
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…
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…
“I always let the music lead me, and it’s led me to a really rich life,” Hilton said.
Jul 12, 2022 1:42 PM
Pianist and composer Lisa Hilton is living an indie life where life is beautiful. Since 2001, with her debut album…
“Just like my parents who raised me to be who I am today, all my musical influences live inside me, in my bloodstream forever, as if they were my musical moms and dads,” Eli Degibri said.
Jul 12, 2022 1:36 PM
Israeli-born saxophonist Eli Degibri first began turning heads stateside after winning the 1999 Thelonious Monk…
“His music will live on forever,” the Onaje Allan Gumbs & Sandra Gumbs Community JazzArts Foundation said in a statement.
Jul 12, 2022 1:31 PM
On July 5, a street sign co-named Onaje Allan Gumbs Way was erected at the intersection of De Kruif Place and Dreiser…
“I knew that I would be playing music, and that it would be part of my identity, the way that it’s part of my dad’s identity,” Gerald Clayton (right) said of his upbringing with his father, John.
Jul 6, 2022 3:17 PM
Altadena, California, is nestled into the foothills of the San Gabriel mountains, a companion-community to its…
“Songwriting is intuitive for me,” Eugenie Jones said.
Jul 6, 2022 3:10 PM
Booking record dates in Seattle, Chicago, Dallas and New York demands a brand of grit, and high-level organizational…
“I came to terms with my influences — accepting that I love this or that player, but being comfortable in my own skin, recognizing that I have an identity,” Michael Weiss said.
Jul 6, 2022 2:30 PM
When DownBeat last ran an article about Michael Weiss, the occasion was the 1998 release of his second album, the…
BMI’s Senior Director of Jazz and Musical Theatre Patrick Cook (left) with Musical Director Andy Farber, prize winner Helen Sung and Assistant Musical Director Alan Ferber at the 33rd Annual BMI Jazz Composers Workshop Summer Showcase, held June 13 at Dizzy’s in New York.
Jul 6, 2022 1:30 PM
BMI’s 33rd Annual Jazz Composers Workshop Summer Showcase, held June 13 at Dizzy’s Club in New York, featured the…
Ernesto Cervini’s upcoming album Joy is based on author Louise Penn’s “Gamache” series of mystery books.
Jul 6, 2022 1:14 PM
The Canadian label Three Pines Records has announced the upcoming release of Joy, an ambitious recording by JUNO…
