jazz

Shabaka and the Ancestors best jazz of 2016

The 10 Best Jazz Albums of 2016

Free jazz, fusion, Afrobeat and ECM.

Rudy Van Gelder

R.I.P. Rudy Van Gelder

Rudy Van Gelder, legendary recording engineer behind countless jazz records, has died, according to a…

R.I.P. Bobby Hutcherson

Bobby Hutcherson, jazz bandleader and vibraphonist, died yesterday in his California home, according to a…

Unreleased Betty Davis studio session with Miles Davis being released

In 1968 and 1969, eccentric funk diva Betty Davis recorded a series of sessions with…

10 Essential Triple Albums

It’s an impressive enough feat to make a double-length album that holds together well without…

BadBadNotGood new album IV

BadBadNotGood announce new album, IV

Badbadnotgood have just announced a new album. The hip-hop/jazz fusion group will release their fourth…

Thundercat The Beyond Where the Giants Roam

Thundercat : The Beyond/Where the Giants Roam

Stephen Bruner caps an already great year with 16 minutes of meditative funk.

Kamasi Washington The Epic

Kamasi Washington and Brainfeeder’s jazz resurrection

How a three-hour jazz album on an L.A. hip-hop label made a breakthrough in 2015.

Last Miles Davis/John Coltrane performances compiled

Acrobat Records to release All of You box.

Best Blue Note albums

Blue Note: 25 Essential Albums

In the great discussion of the history of jazz, a handful of notable record labels…

selected Miles Davis albums ranked

Celebrate the Catalog: Miles Davis

A look through a hearty selection of the jazz legend’s most notable works.