DOWN BEAT

DOWN BEAT

Down Beat (written as DOWN BEAT) is an American magazine that focuses on "jazz, blues, and more," highlighting its broadened coverage beyond just jazz, which was its sole focus in earlier years. Founded in 1934 in Chicago, Illinois, the magazine takes its name from the term "downbeat," also known as "beat one," referring to the first beat of a musical measure.

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English
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61
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#423992

United States

#254490

Arts and Entertainment/Music

#3594

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  • 2 weeks ago | downbeat.com | Phillip Lutz

    Live, Dan Tepfer, Ben Wendel By Phillip Lutz   I  Jun. 10, 2025 On the night of May 16, Dan Tepfer found himself working on the 68th floor of an apartment tower directly across the street from Carnegie Hall. The job was a house concert, for which the pianist had revived a duo with an old friend, saxophonist Ben Wendel.

  • 2 weeks ago | downbeat.com | Stephanie Jones

    Interview, From the Magazine, Theo Croker By Stephanie Jones   I  Jun. 10, 2025 Partway through his early set at Smoke Jazz Club, Theo Croker blinks the room back into focus. He leans over the piano. “That was fire,” he says to Idris Frederick. The small moment transcends the crowded listening room. It’s a moment of tenderness that, in its briefness, exposes the humanity in Croker’s music.

  • 2 weeks ago | downbeat.com | Ted Panken

    Interview, From the Magazine, Bill Goodwin By Ted Panken   I  Jun. 10, 2025 Drummer Bill Goodwin, who turned 83 three days after his first Blindfold Test, has played with, known and heard just about anyone who’s anyone during a 65-year career in the jazz business that launched with a 1959 engagement with Charles Lloyd in Los Angeles, Goodwin’s hometown.

  • 2 weeks ago | downbeat.com | Ayana Contreras

    News, From the Magazine, Lucía By Ayana Contreras   I  Jun. 10, 2025 In March, when asked about how she first encountered jazz, Mexican vocalist Lucía shared that, at first, “ thought it was a coincidence.” But really, for the winner of the 2022 Sarah Vaughan International Jazz Vocal Competition, that chance encounter was more like kismet.

  • 3 weeks ago | downbeat.com | John Murph

    By John Murph   I  Jun. 3, 2025 On a Thursday afternoon in early March, the lights are dimmed inside Blues Alley as employees polish tables and scrub the floors. The Washington, D.C.-based, red-brick carriage-house jazz club is preparing to welcome Nicholas Payton.

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