It’s officially 2023 year-end list season, and the staff-wide BrooklynVegan list of our favorite albums of the year is just around the corner, but first, here’s a list of 10 jazz albums from this year ...

It's been a good year for jazz, diverse in every way—styles, influences, tastes, and demographics too. I didn't aim the list to turn out this way, but four of the albums' leaders are women, and five ...

Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga's 'Love for Sale' turns five, marking the legend's final studio album and a key moment in Gaga's ...

The thing that all these jazz albums have in common is their amazing listenability, music you can enjoy for years and never get bored. At least I haven't been. Ballantine just moved to the East Coast ...

“Because it’s the 10th album and there are 10 songs,” said Grammy Award winning Jazz guitarist Les Sabler when I asked where ...

Jazz can be a confusing genre if you don’t know a ton about it. There are lots of records out there to investigate and the sounds can be challenging. Some music listeners want to know what they’re ...

Jazz is more than a musical genre. It’s an entire universe of sound. From its inception in early 20th-century New Orleans, jazz shifted in form and complexity, making it a tough nut to crack for some ...

The album bows in the top 40 on the all-genre Billboard 200 and at No. 1 on both the Jazz Albums & Traditional Jazz Albums charts. By Keith Caulfield Rising jazz artist Laufey scores her first entry ...

"Culture comes from the top down, and Laufey has always led the charge with her creative vision," says Foundations Artist Management's Max Gredinger. By Dan Rys Over the past several years, few music ...

Legendary trumpeter Miles Davis released Kind of Blue in August 1959, leading into the era of 60s improvisational jazz. The album featured Cannonball Adderley, John Coltrane, and Bill Evans ...

Even if you aren’t actively seeking out jazz, it’s inescapable. It directly informs so much hip hop and electronic music, and we frequently hear it popping up in punk, metal, and indie rock too. It ...