If you think about it a certain way, one of the defining qualities of jazz is earnestness. This is one of the reasons why ...

This third album from the remarkable Dublin vocalist and composer Sue Rynhart takes its inspiration from Gothic short stories ...

Frank London / The Elders, ‘Spirit Stronger Than Blood’ One of several albums released this year by Frank London — a veteran trumpeter adept at klezmer, jazz and all manner of brass music ...

Here are my Top 10 jazz/improv albums of 2024 ... It’s the most arresting music I heard this year. If you’re hesitant to take this deep a plunge, [ahmed] also released the single disc ...

Fergus McCreadie and friends are driving Scottish jazz to ever greater heights, writes Jim GilchristFergus McCreadie: Stream ...

All About Jazz features a free song every day spanning all genres of jazz, and of the songs featured in November, these ten represent our reader's favorites as indicated by total listens.

In June 1970 as the summer awoke in Norway, the US pianist Bill Evans brought his trio, including bassist Eddie Gomez and drummer Marty Morell, to the Konigsberg Jazz Festival. The ...

Some of the best jazz songs ask such questions. Mingus' version of "What Is This Thing Called Love?" for example, which makes sure to never define what it seeks to define, embodies it instead ...

If the line-up was short of star originals – best known was Cyril Neville ... If she could only harness that power in her jazz songs, Enji could really be something. The evening’s main ...

Iranian-born Arshid Azarine is a brilliant pianist who expertly combines Persian traditional music and jazz, with some French classical influences. He was joined by the equally wonderful Habib ...