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    “It was now or never because if you wait, wait, wait until you have some funding, maybe it will never happen,” Barbara Bruckmüller says of her ambitious new recording.

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    “At this point in my life I’m still looking for the note,” Charles Lloyd told DownBeat last year. “But I’m a little nearer.”

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    Benny Golson soaks in the music during a late-career performance at Chicago’s Jazz Showcase.

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    Students jam at The New School in New York.

    Sep 5, 2024 2:27 PM

    Where to Study Jazz 2025

    The road we call jazz can take you anywhere — from your quiet hometown to the grandest stages of the world; from…

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    “I figured you’d get this one,” laughed John Clayton, left, after Rufus Reid guessed Billy Childs. “This one’s a little soft pitch.”

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    “I figured you’d get this one,” laughed John Clayton, left, after Rufus Reid guessed Billy Childs. “This one’s a little soft pitch.”

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    The Lemon Bucket Orchestra dives into the crowd at the Ottawa Jazz Festival.

    Apr 11, 2024 12:38 PM

    Festival Frenzy!

    Ah, spring, when a jazz fan’s mind turns … to summer festivals! From fantastic locales to intimate encounters, from…

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    One of three beachside stages at the Rio das Ostras Jazz & Blues Festival.

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    Duane Davis (left), Oscar Hernandez and Terri Lyne Carrington at this year’s JEN Conference in New Orleans.

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    Looking toward the city side of learning, campers at the Summer Jazz Workshop of Fordham College at Lincoln Center performed in New York’s Times Square.

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    Chick Corea’s Elektric Band heads up a stellar group of boxed sets.

    Dec 19, 2023 1:07 PM

    Holiday Hits!

    Looking for that perfect last-minute gift? There’s plenty to choose from in this year’s edition of the DownBeat…

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    ​The 313 Partnership from Third Man Records and Blue Note Records.

    Dec 19, 2023 1:20 PM

    Great Reissues & Vinyl!

    Between Record Store Day’s still-fresh Black Friday releases and a bevy of reissues and new vinyl releases, there is…

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    Steve Davis Meets Hank Jones, Vol. 1 on Smoke Sessions Records.

    Dec 19, 2023 12:24 PM

    Smoke on Vinyl

    Smoke Sessions Records has expanded its growing list of vinyl offerings. In addition to the mammoth five-LP box of…

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    Craft Recordings has released a boxed set reissue of Thelonious Monk’s Brilliant Corners.

    Dec 19, 2023 12:26 PM

    Heaps of Craft

    Craft Recordings continues its deep-dive into jazz history with a slew of reissues featuring such brilliant artists as…

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    “I worked in a factory for a year, saving up money so I could study music in college,” said Wayne Shorter about his humble beginnings.

    Nov 22, 2023 12:46 PM

    Wayne Shorter, Artist of the Year

    With Wayne Shorter’s passing on March 2, the readers of DownBeat wanted to honor him one more time by naming him…

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    ​Philadelphia’s University of the Arts “Z” Big Band.

    Sep 28, 2023 3:51 PM

    The 2024 DownBeat College Guide

    In creating the DownBeat College Guide each year, a great deal of thought goes into what students and parents need to…

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    Piazza IV Novembre at the Umbria Jazz Festival, which celebrates its 50th anniversary this summer.

    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…

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    ​“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

    Sharel Cassity Finds Comfort

    There’s a zen-like drive to alto saxophonist Sharel Cassity that’s undeniable — über calm on the exterior, but…

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    Apr 21, 2023 11:40 AM

    We Love Vinyl!

    Record Store Day hits April 22, so we deliver a glimpse at some of the vinyl dropping in and around that blessed…

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    Gretchen Valade

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    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

    Great New Boxed Sets

    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

    Jazz To Read By

    When considering what to buy those who are impossible to buy for (guilty, as charged), loved ones can’t go wrong with…

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    ​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.

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    Michael Bourne shared his exuberance and enthusiasm for jazz with gusto, be it on the radio or in the pages of DownBeat.

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    Jones sat down for a live interview last December in Chicago at the Midwest Clinic.

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    Charles Lloyd and the Marvels performing at Jazz Middelheim in Belgium.

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    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

    Jazz Camps Will Swing On!

    For anyone (make that all of us) who are just plain done with this pandemic, here’s a prediction: Jazz camps will go…

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    Martino dazzled as a player and demonstrated amazing resilience in overcoming life’s challenges.

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    Collier, at work in the midst of COVID, at Van Gelder Studios last September.

    Aug 3, 2021 4:28 PM

    First Take: Songs of Resilience

    Pandemic stories — we hear them wherever we go. Pretty much every story in this issue is a pandemic story in some…

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    Charles Tolliver

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    Lee Morgan (1938–’72)

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    Curtis Fuller

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    Avishai Cohen with conductor Alexander Hanson and the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

    May 11, 2021 11:27 AM

    Avishai Cohen’s Symphonic Vision

    Bassist and composer Avishai Cohen has been dreaming big for a long time. And part of that dream has been to expand his…

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    Triology 2 received the Grammy for Best Jazz Instrumental Album.

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    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.

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    Roy Hargrove at Chicago’s Jazz Showcase in 2017.

    Nov 4, 2018 10:27 AM

    Roy Hargrove Dies at 49

    Roy Hargrove, the acclaimed trumpeter who was part of the Young Lions jazz movement of the early 1990s, has been…

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    Ndugu Chancler at the Jazz Education Network conference in San Diego on Jan. 16, 2015.

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    Leon “Ndugu” Chancler at the Jazz Education Network conference in San Diego on Jan. 16, 2015.

    Feb 19, 2018 10:34 AM

    Ndugu Chancler: Like Royalty

    In tribute to drummer Ndugu Chancler, who passed away on Feb. 3, below is the feature ‘Like Royalty,’ which was…

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    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

    JEN Grows Up

    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

    Growing Up Monk

    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…

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