Sep 22, 2021 4:19 PM
A Jazz Education Initiative To Strengthen Jazz at HBCUs
One of the clear victories for jazz is in the field of education. Many predominantly white institutions of higher…
Sep 22, 2021 4:19 PM
One of the clear victories for jazz is in the field of education. Many predominantly white institutions of higher…
William A. Brower Jr.
May 3, 2021 10:54 AM
William A. Brower Jr., a former DownBeat contributor and longtime fixture on the Washington, D.C., jazz scene as a…
All About That Basie (Concord) includes a clutch of pop tunes that The Count Basie Orchestra makes its own.
Sep 20, 2018 5:26 PM
The Count Basie Orchestra was founded in 1936 in Kansas City, Missouri, and continues to this day, decades after its…
Geri Allen in 1979
Jul 2, 2018 4:12 PM
A year after pianist, composer, bandleader and teacher Geri Allen died of cancer on June 27, 2017, innumerable tributes…
Vocalist Kellylee Evans’ new album is titled Come On.
Nov 13, 2017 5:51 PM
After being off the scene for nearly two years due to a concussion, Canada-based vocalist Kellylee Evans returned to…
Ricky Riccardi (left) is an Armstrong scholar and archivist at Queens College. The trumpeter released the single “What A Wonderful World” in 1967.
Oct 4, 2017 12:16 PM
The Louis Armstrong House Museum in Queens, New York, marks the 50th anniversary of the trumpeter’s enduring hit…
Regina Carter performs at the 2017 DuPont Clifford Jazz Festival, which ran from June 21-–24 in Wilmington, Delaware.
Jun 27, 2017 3:55 PM
Danilo Pérez, Somi and Regina Carter headlined the 29th edition of the DuPont Clifford Brown Jazz Festival, which ran…
Ahmad Jamal will release a new album, Marseille, on July 7.
Jul 2, 2020 9:44 AM
For nearly seven decades, Ahmad Jamal has influenced generations of pianists, from Red Garland to Aaron Diehl. His…
Herbie Hancock (left), Christian McBride, Wayne Shorter, Danilo Pérez, John Patitucci and Brian Blade take a bow after a performance at New Jersey Performing Arts Center on April 23.
May 2, 2017 12:55 PM
It’s a little over a mile, walking distance, from 106 South Street, where Wayne Shorter grew up in Newark’s…
Matthew Shipp
Feb 27, 2017 1:13 PM
Ever since bursting onto the New York scene from the New England Conservatory of Music in 1984, pianist Matthew Shipp…
Catherine Russell (left), Patti Austin and Angélique Kidjo perform in a tribute to author Ralph Ellison at NJPAC in Newark, New Jersey, on Nov. 1.
Nov 14, 2016 3:56 PM
Jazz and blues were central to Ralph Ellison, author of the 1952 novel Invisible Man. Reminiscing about his childhood…
Walter Becker (left), Keith Carlock and Donald Fagen of Steely Dan perform at the Beacon Theatre in New York on Oct. 18.
Oct 20, 2016 3:44 PM
When guitarist Walter Becker and vocalist-keyboardist Donald Fagen—who together make up the group Steely Dan—dropped…
James Carter pays tribute to Philadelphia jazz icons during a performance in the city on June 9.
Jun 22, 2016 9:55 AM
When saxophonist James Carter stepped to the mic at Alma Mater, an impressive restaurant, bar and beer garden located…
Stephon Alexander is the author of The Jazz of Physics: The Secret Link Between Music and the Structure of the Universe.
Jun 21, 2016 4:06 PM
The idea of a musical universe—The Music of the Spheres—goes back a long way, from Pythagoras and the ancient Greeks to…
