Nov 3, 2026 4:08 PM
San Diego Tijuana International Jazz Fest Bridges Nations
It’s challenging to pinpoint a defining element of this year’s San Diego Tijuana International Jazz Festival (SDTJ…
Brian Blade & The Fellowship Band shared their spiritual brand of jazz with San Diego Tijuana International Jazz Festival audiences.
Nov 3, 2026 4:08 PM
It’s challenging to pinpoint a defining element of this year’s San Diego Tijuana International Jazz Festival (SDTJ…
Brazilian drummer, singer, composer and improviser Mariá Portugal is the curator for Music Unlimited 40.
Nov 3, 2026 3:55 PM
Music Unlimited is a festival that occurs annually in the town of Wels, Austria. Its 40th edition will take place Nov.…
Ravi Coltrane on stage during the Detroit Jazz Festival’s John Coltrane Centennial Celebration.
Nov 3, 2026 3:48 PM
Distinguishing infrastructure updates at this year’s Motor City bonanza, the world’s biggest free jazz festival,…
Alto saxophonist Alden Hellmuth, tenor saxophonist Sergio Tabanico, bassist Felix Moseholm and drummer Eliza Salem perform at Close Up in New York during a D’Addario “After Dark” concert on Oct. 22.
Nov 3, 2026 3:21 PM
The New York City listening room Close Up lives up to its name—and on the evening of Oct. 22, local musicians,…
The Bay Area Giants of Jazz photo, which DownBeat published in its January 2000 issue, features vocalist Margie Baker wearing a yellow beret in the third row, right, from the bottom row.
Nov 3, 2026 3:06 PM
Margie Baker, a San Francisco-based jazz, blues and gospel singer and educator, died Sept. 27 at age 92.
Born on…
The members of Duchess, from left, Melissa Stylianou, Amy Cervini and Hilary Gardner.
Oct 27, 2026 12:08 PM
It’s interesting that in 2026, as the pool of songs that meet the Cambridge Online Dictionary definition of…
Competition winner Malou Oheix (center) with Herbie Hancock and Fondation Louis Vuitton’s Jean-Paul Claverie.
Oct 27, 2026 11:50 AM
Malou Oheix, a 27-year-old singer from Nantes, France, took first place at this year’s Herbie Hancock Institute…
Jason Moran plays Duke Ellington repertoire at the Church of Peace in Ludwigshafen.
Oct 27, 2026 11:06 AM
A week at Enjoy Jazz is just a slice. The annual autumn “Festival for Jazz and More” in Germany’s Rhine-Neckar…
“This was my chance to take everything that I had absorbed in Chicago and try to bring some more complexity,” Emma Dayhuff says of her new album, Mountains.
Oct 27, 2026 10:50 AM
As bassist Emma Dayhuff speaks over Zoom from her parents’ front porch outside of Bozeman, Montana, the open sky and…
Ravi Coltrane (right) makes a point during a live Blindfold Test at the Umbria Jazz Festival while pianist Greg Burk (far left), journalist Ashley Kahn and trumpeter Terence Blanchard listen.
Oct 20, 2026 12:53 PM
The pairing of Terence Blanchard and Ravi Coltrane was billed as “The Miles/Coltrane Legacy,” a tour celebrating…
