Aug 13, 2021 11:02 AM
Jazz Fest Canceled; New Orleans Reacts
New Orleans musicians reacted with distress and disbelief — along with some relief — to the latest COVID…
This year’s New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival has been canceled. It was scheduled to take place in October.
Aug 13, 2021 11:02 AM
New Orleans musicians reacted with distress and disbelief — along with some relief — to the latest COVID…
Helen Gillet performing at the Broadside as part of outdoor programming by SideBar in New Orleans during the pandemic.
Jun 22, 2021 12:26 PM
“Behold! The sky’s a shining shell!”
Gazing out at the socially distanced crowd gathered at the open-air…
Drummer Viola Smith died Oct. 21 at the age of 107 in Costa Mesa, California.
Nov 16, 2020 9:38 AM
Viola Smith, a pioneering big band-era drummer known as the “fastest girl drummer in the world” who wielded…
Copenhagen’s Jazzhus Montmartre received no-strings-attached grant funding from its local city council, enabling the venue to soldier on amid the protracted coronavirus pandemic.
Oct 20, 2020 12:01 PM
Before the pandemic brought live music to a halt in March, Jazzhus Montmartre in Copenhagen was riding high.
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New Orleans saxophonist Kidd Jordan said he once saw John Cage and Louis Armstrong perform on the same night.
Jun 8, 2020 9:59 AM
Master improvisers can turn on a dime. So, when keyboardist Darrell Lavigne called Kidd Jordan in early March to set up…
Dr. John (1941–2019)
Dec 3, 2019 9:29 AM
DownBeat devised the term “Beyond” to apply to music that defies easy categorization—and no one is a better…
Before she staked her claim on the Central Avenue jazz scene in Los Angeles, trumpeter Clora Bryant was a featured soloist in the International Sweethearts of Rhythm.
Feb 24, 2020 10:16 AM
Clora Bryant, a fiery trumpet player who broke gender barriers with her horn, swung with the Louis Armstrong and Dizzy…
Released in conjunction with a companion video series, Roxy Coss’ Quintet draws from her entire catalog and ranks as the the follow-up to The Future Is Female, the bandleader’s provocative response to the 2016 elections.
Sep 4, 2019 9:58 AM
Though she’s only 33, saxophonist Roxy Coss already has made her mark as a bandleader, while becoming a torchbearer…
Drummer Adonis Rose has big plans for the New Orleans Jazz Orchestra’s next chapter.
Jun 17, 2019 10:19 AM
Drummer Adonis Rose, a founding member of the Grammy-winning New Orleans Jazz Orchestra, had his work cut out for him…
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