Dec 18, 2023 7:15 PM
Yule Tunes
’Tis the season. You enjoy Christmas music, but are leery of listening to the same old albums. Bored with, oh, the…
Vocalist Samara Joy reveals a core of benevolence on A Joyful Holiday.
Dec 18, 2023 7:15 PM
’Tis the season. You enjoy Christmas music, but are leery of listening to the same old albums. Bored with, oh, the…
The 313 Partnership from Third Man Records and Blue Note Records.
Dec 18, 2023 6:38 PM
Between Record Store Day’s still-fresh Black Friday releases and a bevy of reissues and new vinyl releases, there is…
Steve Davis Meets Hank Jones, Vol. 1 on Smoke Sessions Records.
Dec 18, 2023 6:26 PM
Smoke Sessions Records has expanded its growing list of vinyl offerings. In addition to the mammoth five-LP box of…
Craft Recordings has released a boxed set reissue of Thelonious Monk’s Brilliant Corners.
Dec 18, 2023 6:06 PM
Craft Recordings continues its deep-dive into jazz history with a slew of reissues featuring such brilliant artists as…
“The first Blues Deluxe album took seven days to finish, this one took five,” Joe Bonamassa says of Time Clocks, a tribute to, and continuation of, his first hit album 20 years ago.
Dec 12, 2023 1:45 PM
Perhaps the highest-profile blues guitarist on the planet today, Joe Bonamassa has packed iconic venues all over the…
A great Chicago blues night at SPACE, from left, Mike Wheeler, Roosevelt Purifoy, Cleo Cole, Bob Stroger, Billy Boy Arnold, Dave Specter, Sheryl Youngblood, Tad Robinson, Julia Miller, Larry Williams, Dick Shurman and Elbio Barilari.
Dec 12, 2023 12:44 PM
Chicago-based Delmark Records, founded by Bob Koester in St. Louis in 1953, is the oldest continually operating…
Christmas With You by Norah Jones and Laufey is one of numerous new holiday-themed releases to emerge in celebration of the season.
Dec 12, 2023 12:42 PM
Holiday-themed recordings by jazz and blues artists continue to roll in as we enter the heart of the season. The…
Follow the link to check out the 4-, 4.5- and 5-star album reviews published in DownBeat in 2023!
Dec 12, 2023 12:40 PM
What were the best albums of 2023? DownBeat’s annual list of the top albums reviewed in the magazine gives a glimpse.…
From left, first runner-up Darynn Dean, winner Tyreek McDole and second runner-up Ekep Nkwelle at his year’s “Sassy Awards” on Nov. 19.
Dec 12, 2023 12:35 PM
Singer Tyreek McDole on Nov. 19 became the second man to win the annual Sarah Vaughan International Jazz Vocal…
Bill Frisell and writer Ashley Kahn at this year’s North Sea Jazz Fest.
Dec 5, 2023 1:10 PM
Fortunate and few are the jazz headliners with options like guitar maestro Bill Frisell, who can choose to lead various…
