Dec 28, 2018 9:00 AM

The list below is a round-up of the 5-star, 4.5-star and 4-star reviews that ran in print editions of DownBeat during…

Dec 27, 2018 1:04 PM

As 2018, slowly rolls toward its conclusion, ECM Records continues to issue scores of recordings that feature prominent…

Dec 27, 2018 9:00 AM

Melbourne, Australia-based pianist Andrea Keller creates jazz in its broadest sense—as an improvised music. During her…

Dec 26, 2018 9:00 AM

From jazz trumpeters and blues guitarists to genre-defining soul singers and avant-garde soothsayers, DownBeat presents…

Dec 21, 2018 9:00 AM

Medeski Martin & Wood’s new album offers a summation of the group’s purpose three decades into its…

Dec 20, 2018 9:00 AM

When bassist Anna Butterss moved to Los Angeles in 2014, her plan was to stay for no more than a year. Her main draw to…

Dec 19, 2018 9:45 AM

Now in his seventh decade, London-born bassist and composer Barry Guy has been a prolific and hugely influential…

Dec 18, 2018 9:00 AM

In Common, a newly formed quintet, had only a day-and-a-half to record its debut album. So, the co-leaders—tenor…

Dec 17, 2018 9:00 AM

Whether he was wielding his alto saxophone, flute or bass clarinet, Eric Dolphy was a godsend to the cadre of musicians…

Dec 14, 2018 10:31 AM

Jazz and r&b vocalist Nancy Wilson has died, according to a statement from her manager. Devra Hall Levy told the…