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And it seems that in 2025 there was not only an abundance of new jazz releases, but the quality bar was raised again, with the bellow 11 albums, listed in artists’ alphabetical order, are among those ...

When soul jazz was born in the late 1950s/early 1960s, it provided a pathway for the funky, window-rattling grooves of contemporary soul and R&B to infuse the muscular hard bop of the day. For the ...

Soul Cages Trio 2—named after Sting's third studio album, Soul Cages (A&M, 1991)—is led by French guitar ace Yannick Robert (Robert Yannick), who embarks on a musical journey to reimagine Sting's ...

Rising young talents and revered veterans helped take jazz to a multitude of exciting new destinations in 2025. But the most ...

Even if you aren’t actively seeking out jazz, it’s inescapable. It directly informs so much hip hop and electronic music, and we frequently hear it popping up in punk, metal, and indie rock too. It ...

Shaw's daughter, Marla Bradshaw, announced the news on Friday Michael Putland/Getty Marlena Shaw, best known for her 1969 hit “California Soul,” died on Friday Jan. 19. Shaw’s daughter, Marla Bradshaw ...

The ninth edition of London’s grass roots jazz festival offered a brilliant and varied range of gigs in the capital’s main jazz quarter. The Soho Jazz Festival, produced by Nathan Britton and George ...

Chuck Lamb will join Jorge Gómez & the Cuban Fusion Jazz Collab and Ria Curley & the Nu-Soul-Jaz Collab for a show Tuesday at Putnam Place in Saratoga Springs. Singer-songwriter Ria Curley will bring ...

Skylark; If You Could See Me Now; The Bird From Kapingamarangi; How High The Moon; Makin’ Whoopee; The Ballad Of Buttersmile; Body And Soul; Alice In Wonderland; BlåMann, Blåmann; Children’s Waltz; ...