Even among the greatest jazz albums, Miles Davis’s Kind of Blue stands apart. It is the one jazz album everyone has heard of, even if they don’t like jazz, and it is easily th ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. 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 ...

Following up on 2024's outstanding Breaking Stretch (Pyroclastic), vibraphonist Brennan shows no signs of slowing down on Of the Near and Far, an enigmatic and gripping release which highlights ...

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Assessing the best jazz albums of any current year could be a tricky affair. The tricky part lies in the term current, as during any given year there is a slew of reissued jazz albums that can ...

Hailed as the most influential and acclaimed figure in the history of jazz in the 20th century, Miles Davis had more than a few outstanding hits. In 1970, the jazz trumpeter, composer, and band leader ...

Rising young talents and revered veterans helped take jazz to a multitude of exciting new destinations in 2025. But the most notable debut album of the year, the aptly titled “New Dawn,” came from a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Branford Marsalis Quartet (Eric Ryan Anderson) Rising young talents and revered veterans helped take jazz to a multitude of ...

SAN DIEGO -- Rising young talents and revered veterans helped take jazz to a multitude of exciting new destinations in 2025. But the most notable debut album of the year, the aptly titled "New Dawn," ...

When Denver trumpet legend Ron Miles died in 2022 at age 58, there was no doubt that he still had decades of great music left in him – and that it would tragically never be heard. But one posthumous ...

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 ...