The 20 Best Jazz Albums for Beginners
If you’ve always wanted to get interested in jazz, jump in. Don’t approach it with fear or a sense that you don’t know enough about it. It’s just a smorgasbord of stuff to enjoy.
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JazzMatters: Best New Jazz and Creative Music – May 2022
Critic Will Layman listens to jazz podcasts, muses on Charles Mingus, reads Jason Miles, and discusses the best new jazz recordings of May 2022.
John Scofield Renews the Jazz Guitar Trio on ‘Swallow Tales’
The jazz guitar trio is a classic format, and John Scofield, Steve Swallow, and Bill Stewart are as well-equipped to venerate it and renew it a bit on Swallow Tales.
John Scofield’s ‘Combo 66’ Sounds Like You’ll Be Hearing It Forever
Timeless guitarist John Scofield has the biggest audience of his career creating effortless, playful jazz that swings like yesterday but appeals in the present. Joyous.
John Scofield: A Guitar Hero for Jazz and Beyond
John Scofield's new recording, Past Present, is a revival of his very best jazz group and an affirmation that pop joy can live inside of jazz.
Antonio Sánchez: Three Times Three/Meridian Suite
Antonio Sánchez's future is flourishing before our eyes; all we have to do is sit back and watch it unfold.
John Scofield Uberjam Band: 13 April 2014 – San Diego, CA
The man possesses serious chops, but he plays with a great sense of feel and sonic spacing that eludes many guitar shredders. Few guitarists can make every note count like Scofield does.
