The Marcus Belgrave Story, bassist Endea Owens discusses a difficult chapter in her life during which she questioned whether ...

Huntertones returned to the old-school way of recording for its latest album, Transmission. All six bandmates were in one ...

Pat Senatore, a well-regarded bassist and club owner, died Sept. 8 at his home in Los Angeles. He was 91. He grew up in the ...

The pairing of Terence Blanchard and Ravi Coltrane was billed as “The Miles/Coltrane Legacy,” a tour celebrating the twin centennials of 2026, focusing on the sounds and spirit they produced together ...

It’s always important to give space, take space and then create together,” Nils Petter Molvær says. “That’s the essence of a ...

American tenori di forza are a thing. Tenor saxophonists, that is. Sal Nistico, Sam Butera, Don Menza, Frank Tiberi, Jerry ...

As emcee Mark Ruffin noted at the commencement of an epic tribute to saxophonist Sonny Rollins at the Cathedral of Saint John the Divine in Morningside Heights, Manhattan, on Sept. 19, the gigantic ...

“I’m not going to create a powerful performance by overpowering the audience,” Okazaki explained. “I’m going to create a powerful performance by maintaining interest in what’s going to happen next.” ...

SML, from left, Booker Stardrum, Josh Johnson, Jeremiah Chiu, Anna Butterss and Greg Uhlmann. (Photo: Ariel Fisher) In 2016, guitarist Jeff Parker began a weekly gig on Monday nights at ETA, a newly ...

The DownBeat Critics Poll provides a wonderful snapshot of the jazz scene today, with much to explore and many great artists to discover. Completing the task this year were 226 participating critics, ...

There’s an old joke about how the drummer is usually the first player to arrive at the gig and the last to leave due to the mechanics of setting up their respective instrument, while the rest of band ...

DownBeat once described Vancouver’s Tony Wilson as “a talismanic West Coast figure.” (Photo: Courtesy Bandcamp) Vancouver, B.C.-based creative jazz guitarist Tony Wilson passed away in his sleep on ...