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 ...

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 ...

As saxophonist/founder Russ Gershon has noted, the 25-year history of the Either/Orchestra constitutes a quarter of jazz's eventful history. The changes in this large ensemble's music in part reflect ...

James Moody, an exuberant presence in jazz for more than six decades whose improvised version of “I’m in the Mood for Love” became a surprise hit in the 1950s and launched a form of music called ...

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 ...

A conch shell wailed, the conga drums thump-thumped, the bamboo sticks clattered. The four men on stage were constantly on the move—clacking wooden blocks, scratching a corrugated gourd, flailing away ...