Apr 27, 2023 11:45 AM
It’s Jazz Festival Season!
For many, it’s been a long, hard winter, and we could just as easily be talking about Los Angeles as the Midwest or…
Piazza IV Novembre at the Umbria Jazz Festival, which celebrates its 50th anniversary this summer.
Apr 27, 2023 11:45 AM
For many, it’s been a long, hard winter, and we could just as easily be talking about Los Angeles as the Midwest or…
“I knew Dizzy’s music inside and out,” Cassidy said about playing in the Dizzy Gillespie All-Star Big Band. “That’s what I grew up chasing.”
Apr 25, 2023 1:03 PM
There’s a zen-like drive to alto saxophonist Sharel Cassity that’s undeniable — über calm on the exterior, but…
Apr 21, 2023 11:40 AM
Record Store Day hits April 22, so we deliver a glimpse at some of the vinyl dropping in and around that blessed…
Gretchen Valade
Jan 3, 2023 4:34 PM
EDITOR’S NOTE: As this edition of the DownBeat Enewsletter was about to go out, we learned of the passing of jazz…
That’s What Happened captures Miles Davis on the comeback trail of his career in the early to mid-1980s.
Dec 13, 2022 6:00 PM
With all the new releases coming out around the holidays, here are a few team DownBeat is digging into right now!
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Author Richard Koloda spent two decades researching this addition to the legend of free-jazz saxophonist Albert Ayler.
Dec 13, 2022 6:14 PM
When considering what to buy those who are impossible to buy for (guilty, as charged), loved ones can’t go wrong with…
Ramsey Lewis takes part in a live DownBeat interview at the The Midwest Clinic in December 2009. Saxophonist Kirk Whalum (not shown) also took part in the conversation.
Sep 13, 2022 2:41 PM
It’s the week before Christmas in Chicago. The tree in Daley Plaza has been decked out and glowing — all 90 feet of…
Michael Bourne shared his exuberance and enthusiasm for jazz with gusto, be it on the radio or in the pages of DownBeat.
Aug 23, 2022 3:21 PM
The DownBeat staff had to remove the name of a favorite contributor from the magazine’s masthead this month. Michael…
Jones sat down for a live interview last December in Chicago at the Midwest Clinic.
Jul 19, 2022 2:25 PM
Sean Jones is riding a career high right now. And he’s doing it in a very modern way. In today’s jazz world, those…
Charles Lloyd and the Marvels performing at Jazz Middelheim in Belgium.
Apr 29, 2022 10:25 AM
This year’s summer jazz festival season is cause for special, and excessive, celebration. The entire jazz ecosystem…
Left: Drummer Allison Miller will teach at Jazz Camp West this summer. Right: Summer Jazz at DePaul University offers its first camp at the famed jazz institution this summer.
Feb 22, 2022 3:54 PM
For anyone (make that all of us) who are just plain done with this pandemic, here’s a prediction: Jazz camps will go…
Martino dazzled as a player and demonstrated amazing resilience in overcoming life’s challenges.
Nov 2, 2021 1:34 PM
Jazz guitarist Pat Martino passed away Nov. 1 at age 77 following a long illness.
Known for his incredible guitar…
Collier, at work in the midst of COVID, at Van Gelder Studios last September.
Aug 3, 2021 4:28 PM
Pandemic stories — we hear them wherever we go. Pretty much every story in this issue is a pandemic story in some…
Charles Tolliver
Jun 8, 2021 1:11 PM
On June 16 at 6:30 p.m. (CDT), the Strata-East All-Stars will celebrate the 50th anniversary of the artist-driven label…
Lee Morgan (1938–’72)
Jun 8, 2021 11:24 AM
There aren’t many artists in the history of jazz who could turn a three-night engagement into 12 albums (eight CDs)…
Curtis Fuller
Jun 2, 2021 4:37 PM
It’s been a challenging few weeks with the loss of trombonist Curtis Fuller and bassist Mario Pavone as well as three…
Avishai Cohen with conductor Alexander Hanson and the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra
May 11, 2021 11:27 AM
Bassist and composer Avishai Cohen has been dreaming big for a long time. And part of that dream has been to expand his…
Triology 2 received the Grammy for Best Jazz Instrumental Album.
Mar 15, 2021 1:18 PM
Chick Corea, who passed away on Feb. 9, was awarded two Grammy Awards yesterday during the 63rd annual evening honoring…
Chris Collins, president and artistic director of the Detroit Jazz Festival Foundation, attributes the ability to pull off the live event to the professionalism of Detroit’s tech crews, musicians and foundation staff.
Sep 10, 2020 8:59 AM
The Detroit Jazz Festival pulled off a first—a live jazz fest with no audience—during the Labor Day weekend.
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Roy Hargrove at Chicago’s Jazz Showcase in 2017.
Nov 4, 2018 10:27 AM
Roy Hargrove, the acclaimed trumpeter who was part of the Young Lions jazz movement of the early 1990s, has been…
Ndugu Chancler at the Jazz Education Network conference in San Diego on Jan. 16, 2015.
Feb 24, 2020 10:17 AM
Leon “Ndugu” Chancler at the Jazz Education Network conference in San Diego on Jan. 16, 2015.
Feb 19, 2018 10:34 AM
In tribute to drummer Ndugu Chancler, who passed away on Feb. 3, below is the feature ‘Like Royalty,’ which was…
An all-star cast gathers at the JEN Conference. Front row, seated from left: Victor Wooten, Roy “Futureman” Wooten, Kirk Whalum, Jeff Coffin, Johnny Vidacovich, Stanton Moore, Branford Marsalis (standing), David Paich, Caleb Chapman, Rubén Alvarez, Howard Levy, Rashawn Ross and Randy Brecker with Caleb Chapman’s Crescent City Super Band.
Feb 9, 2017 9:35 AM
The 8th annual Jazz Education Network Conference had a little more glide in its stride this year when more than 4,000…
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T.S. Monk at home
Nov 9, 2021 3:04 PM
What’s it like to grow up the child of a famous father, the son of jazz royalty? What’s it like to share the name…