Nov 16, 2020 9:38 AM
Pioneering Drummer Viola Smith Was ‘An Advocate For The Rights Of All Women Musicians’
Viola Smith, a pioneering big band-era drummer known as the “fastest girl drummer in the world” who wielded…
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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