Guitarist Johnny Smith Dies at 90
6/17/2013


Blue Note Records Launches App for iPhone and iPod touch
6/9/2013


Vinyl 360: How Sony’s Mark Wilder Masters Miles Davis LP Reissues
6/4/2013


Jazz Foundation of America Hosts ‘Great Night in Harlem’
5/28/2013


Janelle Monáe Soars with Chicago Symphony Orchestra
5/23/2013


Kelly Joe Phelps: Don’t Stop the Process
5/23/2013


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Charlie Haden onstage at this year’s Healdsburg Jazz Festival (Photo: Curtis Thomson)

Charlie Haden Overcomes Adversity at Healdsburg Jazz Festival

The buzz in the Jackson Theater was a little more anxious than usual during the pre-show hum of this year’s Healdsburg (Calif.) Jazz Festival, because the one unconfirmed g …  
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REVIEWS EDITORS’ PICKS    JUNE 2013


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Sonny Stitt: Original Voice
Published 8/1/2012

Saxophonist Sonny Stitt, who was a fierce competitor, joins his peers and idols in the DownBeat Hall of Fame.

Sonny Stitt never had it easy. At the start of his solo career, he had to defend himself from unfair comparisons to a personal …  
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Baby Dodds: The Pulse
Published 8/1/2010

A number of important jazz artists who are no longer living clearly deserve to be included in the DownBeat Hall of Fame. Our Veterans Committee, designed specifically to rectify that situation, votes in the annual DownBeat Critics Poll to induct h …  
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Chicago: Jazz-Rock Pioneers
Published 10/29/1970

Add Chicago to Los Angeles and what do you get—a population explosion? Hardly. Just seven more long-haired, rock-bound, jazz-oriented, folk-influenced, country-tinged musical chameleons.

The group known as Chicago is now Los Angeles-based …  
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Paul Chambers: Corridor of Stability
Published 8/1/2011

If the Veterans Committee Hall of Fame often serves as an instrument of atonement for misplaced or overlooked past critical priorities, at least it carries the authority of historical perspective. Such is the case with bassist Paul Chambers, whose on …  
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