Here are my favorite savage-soothers among jazz albums—10 new and three historical releases (two of them previously unavailable, one a reissue of a recording long out of print). All the new ones ...

8. Frank London / The Elders, ‘Spirit Stronger Than Blood’ One of several albums released this year by Frank London — a veteran trumpeter adept at klezmer, jazz and all manner of brass music ...

This shouldn't be seen as a tally of the year's best jazz albums, though a few of them would make such a list; instead, it's meant as a guide to standout offerings from old masters and new faces ...

The present-day greats are constantly finding new ways to innovate within the form, and, speaking from a personal standpoint, my favorite jazz albums of 2024 offered a type of escapism that ...

After sharing my list of 50 essential jazz albums, I wanted to take a moment to reflect on the process. In this follow-up video, I talk about how I made the selections, which albums were tough to ...

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 ...

Herbie Hancock, who at 85 years young is one of the elder statesmen and authorities of jazz, says jazz is a spirit. Though traditions of the genre remain consistent through the decades ...

who became the artistic director of the Herbie Hancock Institute of Jazz at U.C.L.A., left his longtime home on Blue Note Records and released a pair of spellbinding albums. (The other is ...

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 ...

The albums under this heading are more jazz-adjacent than strictly jazz, and they incorporate a vast array of sounds and production techniques; you’re likely to hear something you’ve never ...

Here are my Top 10 jazz/improv albums of 2024. Each of them made my life a little better this year, and I’m hoping they might do the same for you. "Compassion," by Vijay Iyer (ECM) 1. ” ...