July Fourth crab feasts, rooftop parties and a hot-dog-eating contest are on the agenda, along with outdoor movies, concerts ...

Frank Sinatra's The World We Knew climbs Billboard's Jazz Albums and Traditional Jazz Albums charts, nearly cracking the top ...

The Vanguard’s history in pursuit of infinite progression welcomes the creative fire of drummer Billy Hart from July 8–11.

So much rap music comes out all the time, and especially with frequent surprise releases, it can be hard to keep track of it ...

L istening to some of the forgotten, rarely discovered, or never heard of albums from the 1960s, we just might wonder why ...

The Rochester Jazz Festival expands the city, bringing people downtown, and also weaves it into a special braid of cultural ...

SPIN’s favorite albums of the year (so far) include new and seasoned artists from around the world, and cover multiple genres including hip-hop, jazz, indie rock, funk, and folk.

Two new jazz releases find a pair of saxophonists taking similar stands. On “Belonging,” Branford Marsalis leads his working quartet through a full-album take on Keith Jarrett’s 1974 LP of ...

Out Feb. 11, In The Blue Light is a live album capturing Kelela’s intimate, unplugged performances at New York City’s Blue Note jazz club. Last year (May 28-29, 2024), she made her Blue Note ...

Back in 2005, Georgian-English singer/songwriter Katie Melua debuted one of the best “Just Like Heaven” covers one could hope for. Her sound has always been rooted in jazz and the blues, and ...

Photoshop tutorial showing how to design and create a vintage, jazz record album cover made famous by record companies such as Blue Note, Impulse, Prestige and Capitol Records.