Mar 17, 2026 10:58 AM
Dakota Launches The Quinlan Room
Dakota, the internationally recognized Minneapolis music venue known for pairing world-class live performance with…
The historic Young-Quinlan Building at 9th and Nicollet in downtown Minneapolis.
Mar 17, 2026 10:58 AM
Dakota, the internationally recognized Minneapolis music venue known for pairing world-class live performance with…
“These days, with curated news, where people only get half the story, people can’t even speak to family members anymore,” Schneider laments.
Mar 10, 2026 1:43 PM
Maria Schneider is doing her part to try to fix what ails America. Which got her thinking about crows, specifically,…
Roland Kirk circa 1963 (pre-Rahsaan)
Mar 10, 2026 1:15 PM
In DownBeat’s February 2026 issue, we reviewed a fine selection of historical releases from multiple eras of jazz.…
Skonberg has new music she’ll be bringing to the Midwest Jazz Collective tour from two albums scheduled for release in 2026.
Mar 10, 2026 1:11 PM
Midwest Jazz Collective, a consortium of more than a dozen clubs and presenters dedicated to jazz across Illinois,…
“I was writing music that I felt was really honest,” Rowe says of her new album, “and I wanted to share myself with these players I’ve met in the last five to seven years.”
Mar 10, 2026 1:04 PM
In the press release to Ellen Rowe’s new album Vinton’s Cove (Smokin’ Sleddog), she speaks of it being “a balm…
“We’re going to do what we want to do; that’s how we got a fanbase in the first place,” says Snarky Puppy leader Michael League.
Mar 2, 2026 10:08 PM
Dreams are slippery things. From devout Jungians to the astrologers of TikTok, every new generation seeks to uncover…
Hammond came to the blues through the folk boom of the late 1950s and early 1960s, which he experienced firsthand in New York’s Greenwich Village.
Mar 2, 2026 9:58 PM
John P. Hammond (aka John Hammond Jr.), a blues guitarist and singer who was one of the first white American…
Vocalist Dee Dee Bridgewater will be among the headliners at this year’s DC JazzFest.
Mar 2, 2026 9:48 PM
The first wave of artists scheduled to perform at the 2026 DC JazzFest have been announced. This year’s headliners…
“I’m very proud of the music that I’ve written so far, but I’ve got a lot more work to do,” says drummer/composer Domo Branch.
Mar 2, 2026 9:37 PM
It’s wholly appropriate that Dominick “Domo” Branch would be doing a video via Zoom during the week of…
This year’s grant recipients, top row, from left: Dee Alexander, Kenny Barron, Gary Bartz, William Cepeda; center row, from left, Marilyn Crispell, Donald Harrison, Oliver Lake, Benny Maupin; bottom row, from left, Charles McPherson, Archie Shepp, Mary Stallings and Buster Williams.
Mar 2, 2026 9:26 PM
The Mellon Foundation and the Jazz Foundation of America is honoring the second cohort of Jazz Legacies Fellows, 12…
