The term “West Coast jazz” was a convenient but simplistic catch phrase used to categorize the great, creative outpouring of jazz from California in the 1950s. Basically, the trade journal term lumped ...

Joni Mitchell has announced a forthcoming box set highlighting her lifelong love of jazz music, titled Joni's Jazz. The 61-track collection, available in both CD and vinyl format, draws from just ...

We’re obviously deep into the digital age, but that hasn’t stopped labels from producing expansive and important jazz box sets. Among the best: Frank Sinatra, “A Voice on Air (1935-1955)” ...

Some of the greatest jazz ballads have been most soulful when not swung. What is jazz? It is a state of mind, a spiritual quest for true unfettered artistic expression. A human expression of ...

Thanks to A Complete Unknown and the forthcoming Bruce Springsteen biopic Deliver Me from Nowhere, the concept of musicians intentionally throwing their audiences for a loop is back in the national ...

The packaging for the physical versions of the box set will include liner notes, previously unseen photos, and original artwork by Mitchell. [RELATED: Joni Mitchell to Release the Archives, Vol. 4 Box ...