The New York City listening room Close Up lives up to its name—and on the evening of Oct. 22, local musicians, industry ...

It’s challenging to pinpoint a defining element of this year’s San Diego Tijuana International Jazz Festival (SDTJ Jazz), ...

Margie Baker, a San Francisco-based jazz, blues and gospel singer and educator, died Sept. 27 at age 92. Born on Oct. 11, ...

Malou Oheix, a 27-year-old singer from Nantes, France, took first place at this year’s Herbie Hancock Institute International ...

Why do standards endure? Duchess, Yoko Miwa & Mikayla Shirley and Lizz Wright & Kenny Banks Jr. offer very personal reflections on the love of performing classic secular and gospel songs. It’s ...

Benny Goodman used Billie on a record (Columbia) of “My Mother’s Son In Law” when [Jack] Teagarden, [Gene] Krupa and others were in his recording band—before he really organized his present combo. The ...

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 Down Neck neighborhood of Newark, New Jersey. Violin was his first ...

Two new box sets feature Oscar Peterson both live and in studio. (Photo: DownBeat Archive) Nineteen years after his passing, Oscar Peterson (1925–2007) still has the ability to amaze listeners with ...

“I specifically remember Linda walking into class every week with 10-page-long new compositions. I was very inspired — you were very capable,” says Fabian Almazan of meeting his future wife when they ...

“He was such a beautiful guy,” George Garzone says of the late tenor saxophonist Michael Brecker. He pays tribute to Brecker on his new recording, Themes For Good Friends. (Photo: Michael Jackson) ...

Ravi Coltrane (right) makes a point during a live Blindfold Test at the Umbria Jazz Festival while pianist Greg Burk (far left), journalist Ashley Kahn and trumpeter Terence Blanchard listen. (Photo: ...