The Hot Five and Hot Seven Recordings are the hallmark of any jazz collection, but they're also some of the finest jazz records ever made. They will always be a cornerstone of the Columbia catalog, ...

The chill of a moonless July midnight was in the air, and some of the 11,000 jazz buffs in Newport, R.I.’s Freebody Park drifted towards the gate. In the tented area behind the bandstand, musicians ...

Flautist, bandleader and composer Gerald Beckett picks up on Mood where he left off from 2017's Oblivion (Summit), a stellar collection of songs by Miles Davis, Ellis Marsalis, Astor Piazzolla, Gerry ...

A high quality reissue of Yusef Lateef’s 1957 debut Jazz Mood was long overdue and this OJC edition does not disappoint. Each OJC release is sourced from fresh lacquers cut directly from the original ...

Google's music-subscription service will try to anticipate its listeners' mood swings as it amplifies its competition with Pandora, Spotify and other popular services that play tunes over the Internet ...

The Austin-based background music company has just emerged out of bankruptcy, with a continuing appetite for the softer hits or ambient styles it provides. Meanwhile, some fans of the old Muzak still ...