I included a few jazz titles in my annual guide to gift-worthy music a couple of weeks back, but there were others I didn’t have space to include. I know some of you probably completed your holiday ...

Owing to his superb taste and refined touch, Roy Haynes has spent six decades as a drummer of choice for jazz stars like Lester Young, Charlie Parker, Sarah Vaughan, Thelonious Monk, John Coltrane and ...

This 3-CD Fats Waller anthology is one you can really spend time with. It showcases all of the roles Fats Wallers played: the solo pianist, band pianist, pipe organist, cheeky singer of his own and ...

We’re obviously deep into the digital age, but that hasn’t stopped labels from producing expansive and important jazz box sets. Among the best: Frank Sinatra, “A Voice on Air (1935-1955)” ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. Attempting to capture jazz in a single anthology is a little like ...

Some might think there an element of presumption in titling a CD Jazz, but German saxophonist Thomas Borgmann gets right to the essence in this set by his Boom Box trio, with drummer Willi Kellers and ...

Certain locations in the middle portion of Alabama are often cited as part of “Hank Williams Territory,” and for good reason—two thirds of a century after the country music icon’s passing, legends ...