Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. As I've said in a few recent editions of these best-of columns, it's been a dreadful year for most things but a fine one for music ...

It’s officially 2023 year-end list season, and the staff-wide BrooklynVegan list of our favorite albums of the year is just around the corner, but first, here’s a list of 10 jazz albums from this year ...

Jazz can be a confusing genre if you don’t know a ton about it. There are lots of records out there to investigate and the sounds can be challenging. Some music listeners want to know what they’re ...

It's been a good year for jazz, diverse in every way—styles, influences, tastes, and demographics too. I didn't aim the list to turn out this way, but four of the albums' leaders are women, and five ...

Legendary trumpeter Miles Davis released Kind of Blue in August 1959, leading into the era of 60s improvisational jazz. The album featured Cannonball Adderley, John Coltrane, and Bill Evans ...

Greg Farnese always loved to sing. “I had a tape recorder I would sing into,” said the South Jersey jazz vocalist. “I was one of those kids holding a brush in the mirror, singing Billy Joel songs. I ...

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks to South African musician Jonathon Butler about his new jazz album "Ubuntu," which was inspired his upbringing during the Apartheid and a Zulu philosophy of unity. It's not ...

"Culture comes from the top down, and Laufey has always led the charge with her creative vision," says Foundations Artist Management's Max Gredinger. By Dan Rys Over the past several years, few music ...

I am truly sorry to those who love jazz, but it all sounds the same to me.I have tried many times to "give jazz a listen!" ...

Even if you aren’t actively seeking out jazz, it’s inescapable. It directly informs so much hip hop and electronic music, and we frequently hear it popping up in punk, metal, and indie rock too. It ...