Apr 15, 2025 11:55 AM
The Zeitgeist of Isaiah Collier
DownBeat has a long association with the Midwest Clinic International Band and Orchestra Conference, the premiere…
“At the end of the day, once you’ve run out of differences, we’re left with similarities,” Collier says. “Cultural differences are mitigated through 12 notes.”
Apr 15, 2025 11:55 AM
DownBeat has a long association with the Midwest Clinic International Band and Orchestra Conference, the premiere…
“I’m certainly influenced by Geri Allen,” said Iverson, during a live Blindfold Test at the 31st Umbria Jazz Winter festival.
Apr 15, 2025 11:44 AM
Between last Christmas and New Year’s Eve, Ethan Iverson performed as part of the 31st Umbria Jazz Winter festival in…
Saxophonist Houston Person joins Joe Alterman (left) on the pianist’s latest release, Brisket For Breakfast.
Apr 15, 2025 11:35 AM
The piano saved Joe Alterman’s life. Dealing with crippling obsessive-compulsive disorder as a teenager, Alterman…
“They are all part of the same harmonic river,” Anne Sajdera says about artists ranging from Ravel, Debussy and Isaac Albeniz to Geri Allen, Sullivan Fortner and Terence Blanchard.
Apr 15, 2025 11:24 AM
When Anne Sajdera enrolled at San Francisco Conservatory in the late 1980s, her fellow piano majors were mostly bearing…
Apr 10, 2025 2:15 PM
Once again, in preparation for Record Store Day — this Saturday, April 12 — DownBeat goes crate-diggin’ to bring…
The cover image of one of two new Sun Ra releases on vinyl.
Apr 10, 2025 2:10 PM
If you’re like DownBeat’s editors and need a good dose of music from the avant garde side of jazz, get to your…
Tony Williams’ Civilization is among the new entries in Blue Note’s Classic Vinyl Series.
Apr 10, 2025 2:05 PM
From a Record Store Day Exclusive to a trio of cool Tone Poet Society releases as well as a duo of additions to the…
Apr 10, 2025 2:00 PM
Resonance Records has been a valued and frequent contributor to RSD in past years. This year is no exception, with four…
A document of John Lee Hooker live in Paris.
Apr 10, 2025 1:55 PM
Here’s a fresh batch of blues on vinyl to break your heart and make you love it. And when that heart needs mending,…
More Mingus? Thank you!
Apr 10, 2025 1:50 PM
Here’s even more great music to please your ears and satisfy your hunger for historically significant recordings.…
