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The 47th Annual DownBeat Student Music Awards. Winners are announced! June 2024; Summer Festival Guide. Summer Celebrations of Live Jazz Abound! May 2024; Jazz Venue Guide 2024 February 2024
Blindfold Test. Drum king Billy Cobham, who, believe it or not, turned 80 in May, ruled the roost at January’s Panama Jazz Festival.
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Benny Golson soaks in the music during a late-career performance at Chicago’s Jazz Showcase. (Photo: Michael Jackson)
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2025 DownBeat Student Music Awards. The 48th Annual DownBeat Student Music Awards will be ready for your applications on November 1, 2024. Please contact Sue Mahal with questions at sma@downbeat.com or call 630-941-2030, ext. 107. On Sale Now.
Gets Adventurous. By Suzanne Lorge. Samara Joy has appeared like a lightning bolt on the jazz scene with a Grammy Award for New Artist of the Year and Album of the Year honors in the DownBeat Readers Poll for her hit recording Linger Awhile.
Sep 29, 2022 · News The Latest From Around The Music World. Where to Study Jazz 2023. The University of Toronto Jazz Orchestra performs. Check out some features from DownBeat’s annual Student Music Guide, which contains essential information for students preparing to enter college or graduate school.
Oct 5, 2021 · Esperanza Spalding: In Full Orbit. Esperanza Spalding buoys with moxie-plus, high-octane ebullience, spirited determination and respectful humility in the….
