A supremely descriptive title, the album finds bassist Ben Wolfe—little known even to aficionados but a staple on the New York jazz scene—leading a standard quartet through 10 tunes of his own ...

This week it’s time for the Best Jazz Albums of 2023, or maybe more precisely, the jazz albums I enjoyed the most and played the most over the last 12 months. Counter to some of the trends in ...

Here are my favorite savage-soothers among jazz albums—10 new and three historical releases ... Threadgill, 79, is a pioneer of the 1970s’ Great Black Music movement, an innovator in jazz ...

Music The Best Jazz Albums of 2023 Plus a few recently unearthed treasures from the archives. By Fred Kaplan. Dec 04, 2023 1:21 PM. Photo illustration by Slate. Copy Link Share Share Comment ...

The post 10 Essential Autumn Jazz Albums Samara Joy Thinks Everyone Should Own appeared first on Consequence. “Winning one Grammy wasn’t on my bingo card for my life, and winning three was ...

Jazz had an amazing 2017. It was the music’s centennial—the Original Dixieland Jass Band’s “Dixie Jass Band One Step” and “Livery Stable Blues” were recorded on February 26, 1917 and ...

From recast gems of the '50s to sketches on an Argentine folk composer, jazz artists in 2010 practiced a historical eclecticism. Hear songs from the year's top records, chosen by Patrick ...

The music on her debut album, “The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess” — which touches on wobbly ’80s new wave and ’90s singer-songwriter pop-rock and ’00s dance-pop — suggests a ...

Alyssa Allgood started singing when she was in the sixth grade and she is singing still, as she was last weekend at Jazz ...

Where jazz is concerned, the 2010s could be divided almost precisely in half: BK (Before Kamasi) and AK (After Kamasi). The burly LA saxophonist’s triple album, The Epic, was released on May 5 ...