Avant Garde Jazz | Artist Spotlight
May 20, 2013
He's played with everyone from Robert Plant to Tom Waits to The Black Keys.
Jazz | Jazz 101
May 14, 2013
A hip, brash, assaultive, avant-garde sound is born in the oddest of places.
Jazz | Jazz 101
May 10, 2013
Via the Art Ensemble of Chicago, the Windy City blows us away anew.
Avant Garde Jazz | Jazz 101
May 9, 2013
Alvin Ayler, Archie Sheep, Rahsaan Roland Kirk and more avant-garde giants.
Free Jazz | Jazz 101
May 6, 2013
'A Love Supreme' is only the beginning for a truly legendary partnership.
Jazz | Jazz 101
May 3, 2013
Free your mind with rabid, boundary-smashing piano colossus Cecil Taylor.
Jazz | 101
May 1, 2013
'The Shape of Jazz to Come' freed our minds. It was just the beginning.
Jazz | Jazz 101
April 30, 2013
Power and beauty collide on the visionary bassist's best, wildest stuff.
Avant Garde Jazz | Artist Spotlight
April 25, 2013
The ambitious trumpeter has a huge, daunting catalog. But we can help.
Avant Garde Jazz | Artist Spotlight
April 1, 2013
A fearless alto-sax pioneer delights and feeds both the head and the heart.
Jazz | Friday Mixtape
December 28, 2012
Our jazz/classical guy's list spans from The Bad Plus to Taylor Swift to Nas.
Jazz | Rip
October 26, 2012
A playlist tribute to the fire-breathing free-jazz saxophone colossus.
Jazz | Roundup
October 12, 2012
Top 10 Jazz, Oct. 2012: Great new albums from Brad Mehldau, Sam Rivers and more
Jazz | Best Of 2011
December 14, 2011
Geting way out with Colin Vallon and much, much more.