With new ideas continuing to burst at the seams connecting genres and artists, jazz enjoyed a fertile, far-reaching renaissance in 2019 ... s arresting new album, cellist Tomeka Reid continues ...

The 10 albums listed below are the best jazz releases of the year in a specific sense: After three years of writing this column (and with plans to continue), I have a decent sense of what ...

Jazz continued to explode in 2019, shooting off in countless directions. There wasn’t one dominant trend, sound, or scene in the genre this year, but there were clear areas of focus, informal ...

These are my 14 favorite Bay Area releases of 2019 in alphabetical ... body of jazz settings for songs by Japanese composers and traditional tunes. Cover to Claudia Villela album “Encantata ...

You'll again find a capsule review of each album in the Top 10 ... Weaving childhood memories with reimagined jazz standards, evocative spirituals, avant-garde contortions and vocals that conjure ...

This year’s top-selling contemporary jazz albums, ranked by sales data as compiled by Nielsen Music. Send us a tip using our anonymous form. A daily briefing on what matters in the music ...

Brilliance accommodates any form — and, as these albums show, sometimes lightning lands in a bottle. By Giovanni Russonello No big jazz-pop crossover star broke out in 2019, and nobody hijacked ...

New Orleans native Boutté, best known for the theme to HBO’s “Treme,” is a deep, broadly skilled vocalist, and the small-band acoustic-jazz arrangements ... (one of 2019’s best) by ...

This year’s top-selling traditional jazz albums, ranked by sales data as compiled by Nielsen Music. Send us a tip using our anonymous form. A daily briefing on what matters in the music industry ...

And yet, fans are seeing a slew of exciting new discoveries lately from these and other artists — so-called "lost" albums by some of the biggest names in jazz. "For jazz historians and record ...