Craft Recordings have announced the first reissues of 2025 from Original Jazz Classics, the series that revisits seminal and ...

Joel Ross “Nublues” Listeners familiar with me know I love vibes. And Joel Ross is a rising voice on the mallets. This album; ...

Four of 2024’s standout jazz albums came from saxophonists Immanuel Wilkins, 27, Charles McPherson, 85, Charles Lloyd, 86, ...

Frank Sinatra charts his thirty-third career top 10 album on the Billboard 200 as Ultimate Christmas rises to No. 10, and he ...

These ten albums all evoke wondrously wintery feelings, whether through explicitly spelled out themes, chill vibes, an icy ...

The 21st century has been a time of flux and redefinition for jazz, thanks to a generation of players who’ve mixed a love of bebop and swing with equally deep feelings for hip-hop, reggae, funk ...

Support local artists and check out (and even purchase!) some the most interesting 2024 releases by Bay Area artists. Here’s ...

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 ...

Rather, they are the ages of three storied jazz saxophonists — Charles Lloyd, Charles McPherson and Sun Ra Arkestra leader Marshall Allen — who each released standout albums this year.

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The year’s best Canadian jazz albums are, as usual, a varied bunch, with a big band’s roar, adventurous pianism and a swinging but intimate duo vying for the attention of music-lovers.