Branford Marsalis, Joshua White and Patricia Brennan are just some of the artists who released head-turning albums this year.

In jazz circles, it's common knowledge that the best way to listen to jazz is in a live setting. But while most agree, some argue listening to jazz on vinyl is even better. In reality, there’s no way ...

Jazz Foundation of America, 32 Bar Blues and Chiaroscuro Records are proud to present In The Key Of Chiaroscuro. 'Tis the season to be jazzy. Compiled from the Chiaroscuro archives along with special ...

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 ...

Joey Sommerville’s sobriquet is “The Facilitator.” And his brand-new jazz CD, Get Down Club, authenticates that he is deserving of an alias with such delicious, sonic clarity. He facilitates the ...

For the past three decades, when historians, critics and educators asked, “What is Jazz?” they turned to the 1973 Smithsonian Collection of Classic Jazz, the landmark album by the late critic and ...

Chicago’s Leo Sowerby (1895-1968) is remembered chiefly as a prolific composer of sacred scores, a Pullitzer-Prize winning composer famous for church cantatas, organ solos and songs. A self-taught ...

Even though he’s partial to hideous noise, free jazz is mostly unknown to the Guardian’s pop critic. A new guidebook from Sonic Youth’s Thurston Moore may change his mind In the 1980s, Sonic Youth’s ...