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 ...

Even if you aren’t actively seeking out jazz, it’s inescapable. It directly informs so much hip hop and electronic music, and we frequently hear it popping up in punk, metal, and indie rock too. It ...

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 ...

For anyone in the habit of touting jazz as a living art form, it can feel both nourishing and a little perilous to stand in awe at the wonders of the past. It's especially tricky in a year when some ...

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 ...

New Orleans’ streets echo with the sounds of brass bands, and iconic venues like Preservation Hall offer an intimate experience with traditional jazz. Also, the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival ...

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, ...