Downbeat
Downbeat is an American monthly magazine devoted to "jazz, blues and beyond".
7 articles
Profile and Interview by Michael Goldberg, Downbeat, December 1982
IT'S AN UGLY voice. Gruff, guttural, uncouth, barbaric at times. Joe Strummer can't sing, not like an Al Jarreau or a Joni Mitchell, anyway. Lyrics ...
Freddie Hubbard: When Your Chops Are Shot
Interview by Fred Shuster, Downbeat, October 1995
TRUMPET GREAT Freddie Hubbard greets a visitor to his cozy split-level Hollywood Hills home with a friendly handshake that belies the worry in his eyes. ...
Love: Caught in the Act: Love Reprises Forever Changes
Live Review by Kirk Silsbee, Downbeat, September 2003
Love: Royce Hall, UCLA, Los Angeles ...
James Brown: Caught in The Act: James Brown's Soul on Top
Live Review by Kirk Silsbee, Downbeat, December 2006
WHEN SOUL shouter James Brown released his big band album – Soul on Top – in 1970, it was received as neither fish nor fowl ...
Book Review by Kirk Silsbee, Downbeat, July 2014
AMERICAN POP MUSIC from the no-man's-land after The Day The Music Died (Buddy Holly's fatal 1959 plane crash) and before the arrival of the Beatles ...
David Sanborn: Sanborn Reimagines Night Music for the 21st Century
Report and Interview by Geoffrey Himes, Downbeat, 9 November 2018
WHEN DAVID SANBORN talks to people during tours, they often bring up Night Music (aka Sunday Night), the late-night TV show the alto saxophonist hosted from 1988 to ...
Charlie Parker: The Sound and Myth of Charlie Parker at 100
Report and Interview by J.D. Considine, Downbeat, 10 January 2020
TO SAY THAT Charlie "Yardbird" Parker was one of the greatest jazz musicians who ever lived is a bit like saying the Mona Lisa is ...
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