Jan 9, 2024 12:54 PM
Blue Note Quintet to Tour in Support of Label’s 85th Year
The Blue Note Quintet, an all-star collective of Blue Note recording artists, will embark on an extensive North American…
The Blue Note Quintet includes Gerald Clayton, Immanuel Wilkins, Joel Ross, Kendrick Scott and Matt Brewer. The all-star collective embarks on a North American tour this month.
Jan 9, 2024 12:54 PM
The Blue Note Quintet, an all-star collective of Blue Note recording artists, will embark on an extensive North American…
Veronica Swift has both a historical connection to the music and a desire to expand its artistic purview.
Dec 3, 2020 8:58 AM
Welcome to our enthusiastic, optimistic look at the future. Below, DownBeat presents short profiles of two dozen…
Lakecia Benjamin performs Nov. 6 at Roulette Intermedium in Brooklyn as a part of Jazzfest Berlin, which this year included livestreamed performances from both sides of the Atlantic.
Nov 30, 2020 6:27 PM
In curating Jazzfest Berlin, Artistic Director Nadin Deventer always looks for a unifying narrative. For this year’s…
Vocalist Sheila Jordan is set to mark her 92nd birthday with a livestreamed performance on Wednesday, Nov. 18.
Nov 19, 2020 10:57 AM
As performers look to replace income from lost gigs and regain a sense of community amid the coronavirus pandemic, a…
Joel Ross is among the 25 artists DownBeat thinks will help shape jazz in the decades to come.
Nov 13, 2020 8:56 AM
Four years after moving to New York to study music, Joel Ross—already a veteran sideman—released his leader…
Fay Victor is set for an online conversation Wednesday with another vocalist and improviser, Joan La Barbara, as a part of the The New School’s CoPA Conversations.
Feb 16, 2021 10:23 AM
As performers look to replace income from lost gigs and regain a sense of community amid the coronavirus pandemic, a…
Reedist Scott Robinson is set to stream a set via the Smalls website Friday alongside pianist Helen Sung, bassist Martin Wind and drummer Peter Van Nostrand.
Jul 20, 2020 8:48 AM
As performers look to replace income from lost gigs and regain a sense of community amid the coronavirus pandemic, a…
Terri Lyne Carrington and Social Science are among the groups planning to stream live sets this week.
May 21, 2020 9:50 AM
As performers look to replace income from lost gigs and regain a sense of community amid the coronavirus pandemic, a…
Jason Palmer aims to interpret the visual world of stolen art objects on The Concert: 12 Musings For Isabella.
Apr 6, 2020 3:28 PM
Some moments linger for years—even decades—before they spark creativity. And one of those singular times inspired…
Gard Nilssen Acoustic Unity performs at the 2019 Molde Jazz Festival in Molde, Norway, joined by trumpeter Ambrose Akinmusire (left) and saxophonist Joshua Redman.
Mar 24, 2020 10:49 AM
“Hans-Olav Solli and the crew at Molde International Jazz Festival let my dreams come true as the artist-in-residence…
Lakecia Benjamin performs during Winter Jazzfest, which ran Jan. 8-18 in Manhattan and Brooklyn.
Jan 22, 2020 1:32 PM
Peer groups serve as vital incubators for artistic development, but equally critical are intergenerational relationships…
John Scofield performs during a Beatles tribute at Umbria Jazz Winter in Italy.
Jan 21, 2020 4:12 PM
In contrast to the summer edition of the Umbria Jazz Festival, Umbria Jazz Winter in Orvieto, Italy, usually drives…
Bassist Harish Raghavan steps out with his first leader date, Calls For Action.
Nov 5, 2019 9:26 PM
It seems obvious to say that a bass player’s sound would be a deep one. But there is a real darkness to Harish…
Saxophonist Melissa Aldana and her quartet pay tribute to artist Frida Kahlo on Visions. The ensemble is set to play the Jazz at the Logan series on April 5.
Jan 24, 2020 10:49 AM
Now in its seventh year, the Jazz at the Logan series offers programing that works to encompass a range of the jazz…
Joel Ross and Good Vibes celebrate the vinyl release of Kingmaker on Friday, Aug. 2 at the Newport Jazz Festival in Newport, Rhode Island. Ross—who also played with Makaya McCraven and with the collective In Common—performed three sets in two days during the festival.
Aug 12, 2019 1:45 PM
By the time Paul Gonsalves shook up Fort Adams with 27 blistering choruses in 1956, the Newport Jazz Festival already…
Cécile McLorin Salvant performs at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival on May 3.
Jul 2, 2019 9:46 AM
Singer-songwriter Cécile McLorin Salvant is among the artists who topped multiple categories in the 2019 DownBeat…
Joel Ross performs May 25 at the Atlanta Jazz Festival.
May 31, 2019 11:53 AM
In the sticky, oppressive heat of a spring Atlanta day, Stefon Harris pounds out a chordal interval on his marimba in…
Joel Ross
May 29, 2019 2:26 PM
Some music videos can be described accurately as publicity clips, whereas others dig a little deeper and feel more like…
As part of the Chicago Jazz Festival, Grammy-winning singer Cécile McLorin Salvant will perform at the Jay Pritzker Pavilion in Millennium Park on Aug. 31 at 7:45 p.m.
Apr 25, 2019 9:58 PM
A parade of stars will perform at this year’s Chicago Jazz Festival (scheduled for Aug. 23–Sept. 1), including…
Melissa Aldana says that Visions connects her work “to the legacy of Latina artists who have come before me.”
Mar 29, 2019 12:23 PM
Drawn from a 2018 Jazz Gallery commission inspired by the life of artist Frida Kahlo, saxophonist and bandleader Melissa…
Joel Ross (left), Harish Raghavan, Matthew Stevens, Walter Smith III and Marcus Gilmore have a new album on Whirlwind.
Jan 22, 2019 9:47 AM
In Common, a newly formed quintet, had only a day-and-a-half to record its debut album. So, the co-leaders—tenor…
