Japanese jazz ... album art online, feeling the niche was “untapped” and underrepresented. Turns out, there’s a coterie of music-lovers with a heightened appreciation for covers so bad ...

the 100 best album covers ever, from Biggie to Beyoncé to Bad Bunny, from Nirvana to Nas to Neil Young, from SZA to Sabbath to the Sex Pistols. We’ve got rap, country, jazz, prog, metal ...

Even when a jazz group exhibits a certain amount of wit — think of the Bad Plus in their original ... sleeve designs imitated famous jazz album covers — it’s done out of love, not mockery.

Hubris, lack of taste, massive amounts of drugs: There are many reasons for terrible album covers. This gallery collects 50 of the worst. Enter the carnival tent to witness the monstrosities ...

Not so long ago, if critically touted jazz musicians put out an album of pop-tune covers, they would be roasted—or at least scrutinized—for “selling out.” This would be particularly true ...

These Album Covers Are 80s to the Max The 1980s were so much more than just synthesizers and bad hairstyles. It was an ...

The Puente centennial has also occasioned a tribute and art exhibit at Hostos Community College in the Bronx; a vinyl reissue on Craft Recordings of “Mambo Diablo,” Puente’s 1985 jazz album ...

By Hank Shteamer Great jazz composers ... them more than just rote covers. Jarrett’s “Belonging” places unusual demands on the would-be interpreter. It’s an album of emotional extremes ...

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 ... has previously released album-length covers of Jim Hall ...