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Impulse! Records Celebrates 50 Years of Jazz Innovation With Reissues, Box Set

This year marks the 50th anniversary of the launch of Impulse! Records. ... Read More »

Joe Lovano Soars on the Wings of Bird With His Jazz Sax Tribute

The legacy of Charlie Parker is something that every jazz musician has to contend with. ... Read More »

Charles Lloyd Quartet Take Jazz Eastward at Lincoln Center

Charles Lloyd first arrived on the scene back in the '50s and soon made a name for himself on the West Coast playing saxophone in a Coltrane-influenced vein ... ... Read More »

Catherine Russell Arrives Fashionably Late to the Solo Jazz Vocal Party

I first became aware of singer Catherine Russell through fellow singer Carolyn Leonhart, who had good things to say about her fellow Steely Dan backup singer. ... Read More »

Esperanza Spalding and Her Jazz Bass Still on the Move After Her Grammy Nomination

It was just over a year ago that I wrote about Esperanza Spalding in this space. ... Read More »

Nights Are Scorching Hot at the 2011 NYC Winter Jazzfestival

Taylor Hill, Getty Images Every year, I come away from the NYC Winter Jazzfestival galvanized. The ... Read More »

Tim Hagans' Grammy-Nominated Jazz Trumpet Skill Leads Quintet at Birdland

timhagans.com Even though it was his third Grammy nomination, trumpeter Tim Hagans clearly sounded ... Read More »

Saxman David Liebman, Named NEA Jazz Master, Pays Homage to Trane, Ornette

Saxophonist David Liebman got his start in the early '70s as a sideman for such esteemed leaders as John McLaughlin, Elvin Jones and Miles Davis. ... Read More »

Vince Guaraldi Is More Than 'A Charlie Brown Christmas'

Every year, I bust out the soundtrack to 'A Charlie Brown Christmas,' and it gets me in the holiday spirit. ... Read More »

Paul Winter Cosort Celebrate the Winter Solstice Jazz Style in a Cathedral

New York City's Cathedral of St. John the Divine celebrates the Winter Solstice with a performance by Paul Winter Consort as well as a cast of guest musicians and dancers. ... Read More »

Best Jazz Albums of 2010

For the music obsessed, every year has a musical identity that's colored by the new albums and songs that receive steady play on our various devices. ... Read More »

Thelonious Monk's 'Monk's Dream': The Greatest Jazz Album Ever

David Redfern, Redferns / Getty Images I came across Thelonious Monk (1917-1982) early in my jazz ... Read More »

Cassandra Wilson Gives All the Band Members Some at Her Blue Note Gig

Cassandra Wilson made her appearance Wednesday night at Manhattan's Blue Note jazz club as she usually does, coming onstage after her band warms the crowd up for a few minutes. ... Read More »

Search & Restore's Adam Schatz Unveils His Stimulus Plan for Jazz

Adam Schatz heads up the nonprofit Search & Restore group, whose objective is to bring jazz and creative music to 21st-century audiences ... ... Read More »

John Coltrane's 'A Love Supreme': The Greatest Jazz Album Ever

Ask any jazz fan worth his or her salt what the best jazz album of all time is, and the conversation shouldn't get far before naming 'A Love Supreme.' ... Read More »

Ken Thomson Turns His Reed Work to Chamber Jazz

Reedist Ken Thomson is never boring. He's a bouncing, twirling loose cannon when he plays live with the long-running band Gutbucket, which have four albums out and a fifth coming in January. ... Read More »