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 ...

Hollywood Vampires, the band featuring Alice Cooper, Aerosmith's Joe Perry and actor Johnny Depp, have announced a new live album called At Montreux Jazz Festival.The set, which was recorded at the ...

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 ...

Jazz vocalist Andy James' new album titled "Let Me See Your Heart," is available now. On the album, Andy features some of the genre's most venerable and legendary studio musicians including pianist ...

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 ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Jane Levere is a New York-based freelance writer covering the arts. Aug 31, 2024, 10:50pm EDT Sep 01, 2024, 11:24am EDT Blue ...

Jazz can sound confusing at first, especially when every album feels completely different. But the best jazz albums for beginners make the genre easier to enjoy with smooth melodies, memorable rhythms ...

“Jazz” tends to conjure images of dinner parties, smoky speakeasies, or soulfully mature lyrics crooning stories of lost loves. Three years ago, if you asked the average Gen Z individual, you’d find ...

Buzzy debuts (Chappell Roan, Evian Christ) and anticipated follow-ups (Jorja Smith, yeule) are due this season. After a summer dominated by blockbuster tours by Taylor Swift and Beyoncé, this fall the ...

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 ...

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 ...