LATEST JAZZ ALBUM

It’s the day before Thanksgiving, and in America, that means it’s one the busiest travel day of the year, as family members from far-flung cities try to get back home. To help make those commutes easier, we’re providing you with one of the greatest travel songs ever: “Route 66,” performed ... read more

Verve/UMe reissued on vinyl the 1969 long-unavailable soul-jazz album by revered vocalist Marlena Shaw, The Spice of Life, ahead of its 50th anniversary in 2019. The album was produced by Richard Evans and Charles Stepney, the genius house producer-arrangers who worked for the Chess subsidiary Cadet Records and were responsible ... read more

Jazz lovers have great taste — and high standards — which can make them difficult to shop for during the holidays. If you find yourself wondering what to get the jazz fan in your life this season, JAZZIZ has you covered, no matter your budget. From limited-edition vinyl to once-in-a-lifetime ... read more

Margo Rey, “Angel Eyes,” from The Roots of Rey | Despacito Margo (Origin Records) The seductive arrangements of multi-Grammy-winning Latin-jazz arranger Oscar Hernandez and eight-time Billboard-charting singer-songwriter Margo Rey are undeniably beautiful. The Roots of Rey is an intimate, well-timed album comprised of 13 tunes from the Latin and American songbooks, ... read more

Looking for some Monday Motivation? We’ve got you covered. Here are five new songs that you can listen to right now to start your week the right way. Ben Sidran, “Lip Service” On November 9, Sunset Blvd Records released a 3xLP set of previously unissued live recordings from pianist, vocalist ... read more

Originally recorded by singer-songwriter Leon Russell, “This Masquerade” comes from George Benson’s 1976 album Breezin’, which was a major critical and commercial success for the guitarist. Benson’s firs ever single, the song would eventually reach as high as No. 10 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, and would later go on ... read more

Argentine-born American pianist, composer, conductor and arranger Lalo Schifrin has been active for over 50 years and has composed some of the most memorable and acclaimed music in cinema and television. Among them, the iconic original themes of such films as Dirty Harry, and the TV show Mission: Impossible, a theme ... read more

Alice Coltrane’s Sai Anantam Ashram has burned down in the California wildfires. The ashram, tucked away in the Santa Monica Mountains of Agoura, California, was the home of the late musician’s Vedantic Center – the center for the study of the Vedic scriptures that she established in 1975 – for ... read more

Today’s Song of the Day comes from the monumental 1963 album Sonny Meets Hawk!, featuring saxophone titans Sonny Rollins and Coleman Hawkins. Rollins, who technically claims the leader credit for this record, long considered Hawkins a mentor, and Sonny Meets Hawk! marked the first time the two saxophonists had entered a recording studio ... read more

For jazz fans, Friday is more than just a stepping stone to the weekend. It’s the day when new albums are released and new music fills the air. If you’re wondering just which albums will catch your ear, we’re here to help. We’ve combed through the list of albums coming ... read more

Jazz has its fair share of seminal moments, but there are few that feel as groundbreaking as the creation of bebop. The style — which was ushered into existence in the late 1940s and ’50s by pioneers like Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Bud Powell and a handful of others — ... read more

Eva Novoa’s Ditmas Quartet, “Déjà Vu,” from Live at iBeam Live at iBeam is pianist and composer Eva Novoa’s fourth album as a leader and her second fronting her Ditmas Quartet, which, in addition to Novoa, features alto saxophonist Michaël Attias, bassist Max Johnson and drummer Jeff Davis. Ditmas Quartet’s first album, Butterflies ... read more

Vibraphonist Joe Locke is coming off a banner year. In January, he was inducted into the World Vibes Congress Hall of Fame. In May, he was awarded the Mallet Instrumentalist of the Year Award by the Jazz Journalists Association, and when the results of the 83rd Annual DownBeat Magazine Readers ... read more

“Imperial Strut” is a cut off Yellowjackets’ 1981 self-titled debut, which peaked at No. 16 on that year’s Billboard jazz chart. The personnel includes the usual Yellowjackets suspects — Russell Ferrante on keyboards, Jimmy Haslip on bass and Ricky Lawson on drums — but was led by guitarist Robben Ford, ... read more

Singer-songwriter Ann Hampton Callaway has written over 250 songs and been vocal about issues that are very important to her. Her latest project, “Thoughts and Prayers,” addresses the issue of gun violence. The video for “Thoughts and Prayers” was shared a few weeks after the release of her new album, ... read more