Our very own James Brandon Lewis sits comfortably at the top of the Artist of the Year list and the Tenor Saxophonist of the Year list for 2025.

See the full results in Downbeat Magazine's latest issue as well as an artist portrait of James Brandon Lewis.

Lewis' latest recording with the James Brandon Lewis Quartet was released in June and gets 5 stars in this issue of Downbeat. Read the reviews here

The current issue of Downbeat Magazine is now on sale.