Here are my 10 top albums that made the last 12 months even more worthwhile, and they’ve held up to repeated listening, too: ...

And it seems that in 2025 there was not only an abundance of new jazz releases, but the quality bar was raised again, with ...

From Miles Davis to Mahavishnu Orchestra, we run through the 15 greatest albums fusing jazz and rock into arresting new ...

If you think about it a certain way, one of the defining qualities of jazz is earnestness. This is one of the reasons why jazz and metal have so much in common, and so often appeal to the same ...

Big bands were built in the 1920s and ’30s to blast young dancers with layers of rhythm, but creative composers seeking a larger canvas have kept the form alive. Hear 12 big selections. By Giovanni ...

Over my too many years of attending the Chicago Jazz Festival, I’ve been most excited by two types of sets. The fest sometimes gives us a rare (hopefully not last) chance to see a legendary elder of ...

WEST HARTFORD, CT — One of West Hartford's high schools has one of the best jazz bands in the nation, with a recent ...

Now, let me preface this by saying I love all types of music: blues, rock, metal, classical, hip-hop, soul/r&b, etc. I would suspect that most reading this probably have a great affinity for all ...

It may be coincidence, or just a reflection of my own state of mind, that this dreadful year’s list of favorite jazz albums leans toward the meditative, the balladic, the Romantic, sometimes the Zen, ...