Nov 13, 2025 11:22 AM
Jack DeJohnette Enters the DB Hall of Fame
Editor’s Note: The print issue of our December issue went to press just two days before Jack DeJohnette passed away…
Jack DeJohnette: a tireless explorer who robustly embodied the jazz aesthetic as a kaleidoscopic drummer, pianist, tireless collaborator and marvelously creative and productive bandleader.
Nov 13, 2025 11:22 AM
Editor’s Note: The print issue of our December issue went to press just two days before Jack DeJohnette passed away…
“Instead of trying to invent a single tone, we need to give it those shades of colors that change to fit the emotional interpretation of what the music is,” Branford Marsalis said, reflecting on the collective mindset of his longstanding quartet with Joey Calderazzo, Justin Faulkner and Eric Revis.
Nov 13, 2025 11:05 AM
One afternoon in mid-September, a touring Branford Marsalis had some time to kill in Oberlin, Ohio. Rather than see the…
“I consider myself lucky to be an extrovert,” said Cohen. “I like people and their stories.”
Nov 13, 2025 10:57 AM
Emmet Cohen grinned as he recalled a joke the comedian Alonzo Bodden told about him on the recent week-long “Journey…
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For results of DownBeat’s 90th Annual Readers Poll, complete with feature articles from our December 2025 issue,…
The Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra’s trumpet section, from left, Wynton Marsalis (JALC managing and artistic director), Ryan Kisor, Kenny Rampton and Marcus Printup.
Nov 11, 2025 1:51 PM
“People are still swinging in the United States of America!” With those telling words, Wynton Marsalis closed the…
With over 600 recordings as a sideman and a dozen as a leader, Billy Hart offers his new autobiography.
Nov 11, 2025 1:09 PM
The new memoir by master drummer and bandleader Billy Hart, who turns 85 later this month and is still busy touring and…
To see the complete list of nominations for the 2026 Grammy Awards, go to grammy.com.
Nov 11, 2025 12:35 PM
The nominations for the 2026 Grammy Awards are in, with plenty to smile about for the worlds of jazz, blues and beyond.…
Marc Ribot delivered a transfixing set at the historic club Quasimodo during this year’s JazzFest Berlin.
Nov 11, 2025 12:04 PM
Marc Ribot sang barely above a murmur, fingerpicking a drift of arpeggios on acoustic guitar, as he stated the official…
“As one of the finest jazz publicists in the world, he championed artists with integrity and heart,” said writer María Cabeza of her husband, the late PR specialist Scott Thompson (1954–2025).
Nov 11, 2025 11:22 AM
Scott Thompson, a world-class public relations specialist who worked with numerous jazz artists as well as prominent…
In 1997, a Japanese promoter asked Vincent Herring (right) to bring “a young guy who nobody knows” on a tour with a four-saxophone band that also included Bob Berg and Donald Harrison. Herring invited Eric Alexander (left).
Nov 4, 2025 11:40 AM
Midway through their The Battle 2025 Japan Tour — one that began in Yokohama on July 10 and ended in Oyama on Aug. 3…