DownBeat Magazine

12/01/2025

GET the 90th ANNUAL DB READERS POLL!
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10/30/2025

Anthony Jackson, Rest In Peace
Bassist Anthony Jackson, a consummate accompanist, renowned virtuoso and ubiquitous session player with more than 500 recordings to his credit, died at his home on Staten Island on Oct. 19 from Parkinson’s disease. He was 73.

Bassist Anthony Jackson, a consummate accompanist, renowned virtuoso and ubiquitous session player with more than 500 recordings to his credit, died at his home on Staten Island on Oct. 19 from Parkinson’s disease. He was 73. An…

10/27/2025

In Memoriam: Jack DeJohnette 1942-2025
Jack DeJohnette, a bold and resourceful drummer and NEA Jazz Master who forged a unique vocabulary on the kit over his 60-year career, died Oct. 26 at a hospital in Kingston, New York. He was 83.

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10/15/2025

We are proud to feature the great Gary Bartz on DownBeat's November cover. Also, straight from New Orleans...Cha Wa, Trio of Bloom (the power trio featuring Craig Taborn, Nels Cline and Marcus Gilmore) and our Fall/Winter Festival Guide. Also, don't miss the DownBeat Honors and the Live Blindfold Test with Lee Ritenour!

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07/17/2025

THE RESULTS ARE IN! Find out who's being honored in the 73rd Annual DownBeat Critics Poll! With 251 critics voting in 62 categories and more than 1,400 artists and albums listed, this is the largest critics poll in jazz history. See the complete results by subscribing to our eNewsletter. Just click below and we'll send the first newsletter your way!
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02/11/2025

Anat Cohen on the March cover with great features on "A Love Supreme" turning 60, Latin Jazz, vocalist Gabrielle Cavassa's live Blindfold Test from the Detroit Jazz Fest, the 2025 Jazz Camp Guide and much more!
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11/12/2024

Roy, Lou & Quincy, RIP
It's been a time to reflect for music lovers as three of the greatest have gone to meet the ancestors. DownBeat says goodbye to Quincy Jones, Lou Donaldson and now Roy Haynes. Rest in peace and thank you. There are tributes for all three on downbeat.com.

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11/04/2024

Quincy Jones, Rest In Peace
Quincy Delight Jones Jr., musician, bandleader, composer and producer, died in his home in Bel Air, California Sunday. He was 91. No cause was given in a statement from his publicist, Arnold Robinson, who said Mr. Jones died peacefully in his sleep.

See downbeat.com for our tribute.

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10/10/2024

ORRIN EVANS GRACES DB's NOVEMBER COVER
Pianist, composer, bandleader and everyman philosopher Orrin Evans speaks the truth in the November issue! Also catch features on flutist Nicole Mitchell, guitarist Mike Stern, Dafnis Prieto, a killin' Blindfold Test with Bruce Forman and our Fall/Winter Festival Guide! Check It out!

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09/09/2024

Bill Charlap Trio on DB's October Cover!
And, great features with Nubya Garcia, Michael Dease, Javon Jackson, Billy Cobham Blindfold Test, more than 30 reviews ... and the Where to Study Jazz Guide 2025!

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06/06/2024

DB's 90th Anniversary Issue is out now! The double issue features: Side A — 18 classic interviews from the DB Vault; and Side B — 25 for the Future, a look at jazz to come! Don't Miss it!
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02/29/2024

In case you missed it, the March issue of DownBeat is slammin' with insights from Ambrose Akinmusire , Ches Smith and Gerald Cannon. There's also a great piece on Geri Allen & Kurt Rosenwinkel and reviews on André 3000 (yikes!), Sullivan Fortner, Joel Ross, Aaron Parks and more!
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