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

From Nala Sinephro to Shabaka to Fugazi offshoot The Messthetics, here are 10 jazz albums not to miss from 2024.

THE WEEK'S MOST POPULAR JAZZ ALBUMS, BASED ON MULTIMETRIC CONSUMPTION, BLENDING TRADITIONAL ALBUM SALES, STREAMING-EQUIVALENT ALBUMS AND TRACK-EQUIVALENT ALBUMS, AS COMPILED BY LUMINATE.

A unique and poignant jazz album, Chet Baker’s "Late Night Jazz." captures a rare and intimate moment from the final years of the legendary jazz trumpeter Chet Baker. Recorded on February 17-18, 1988, ...

An assured and ambitious album that delivers much and, for the future, promises even more. Adjunct Ensemble is an experimental jazz collective led by the Belfast composer Jamie Thompson that had ...

I spoke to five of them — Joy, Samora Pinderhughes, Gabrielle Cavassa, Braxton Cook and Sage Bava — and asked each to pick their most romantic jazz album for Valentine's Day. The choices were ...

The trio bridged jazz and grindcore, and their most recent album was 1994’s Execution Ground. Now, they’re back with the long-awaited follow-up Samsara. According to a New York Times profile ...

Here are my Top 10 jazz/improv albums of 2024. Each of them made my life a little better this year, and I’m hoping they might do the same for you. “Compassion,” by Vijay Iyer (ECM ...