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Neneh Cherry & The Thing: The Cherry Thing

Neneh comes full circle by returning, and embracing, her roots on this vital album.

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The Top 10 Jazz Tunes For People Who Don't Like Jazz

While jazz’s complexity cannot be denied, much of the music remains accessible to all. The trick is just finding the right tunes and artists, those who have a universal appeal beyond the scope of the typical, admittedly somewhat limited, jazz audience.

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Enrico Rava Quintet: Tribe

Rava exemplifies Italian jazz.The blues, swing, and free improvisation are in his sound, but so are Italian folk songs, popular music, and opera.

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The Shape of Jazz That Came...

The awake, aware folks who make and receive these offerings celebrate an ever-evolving music that resists boundaries, the sort capable of communication that transcends language and explanation.

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Verse-Chorus-Verse: The Mutant Blues of Devo and James Blood Ulmer

Artist/producer PC Muñoz mines for gems and grills the greats.

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Middleman: Joshua Redman and Jazz's Vanishing Division

"The position of not taking a side has endured." Joshua Redman talks about the hoary division between tradition and innovation, the spatial approach to doubled rhythm sections, and jazz's academic antidote.

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Neneh Cherry & The Thing: The Cherry Thing

Neneh comes full circle by returning, and embracing, her roots on this vital album.

Enrico Rava Quintet: Tribe

Rava exemplifies Italian jazz.The blues, swing, and free improvisation are in his sound, but so are Italian folk songs, popular music, and opera.

The Shape of Jazz That Came...

The awake, aware folks who make and receive these offerings celebrate an ever-evolving music that resists boundaries, the sort capable of communication that transcends language and explanation.

Verse-Chorus-Verse: The Mutant Blues of Devo and James Blood Ulmer

Artist/producer PC Muñoz mines for gems and grills the greats.

Middleman: Joshua Redman and Jazz's Vanishing Division

"The position of not taking a side has endured." Joshua Redman talks about the hoary division between tradition and innovation, the spatial approach to doubled rhythm sections, and jazz's academic antidote.

Ornette Coleman: Then and Now

Is Free Jazz really still free?

Ornette finally gets props

Ornette Coleman: At the Golden Circle, Volume One/Two

Ornette Coleman: Skies of America / The Complete Science Fiction Sessions

Tim Hecker Explores the Negative Space with 'Konoyo'

The Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band Pierce Through the Darkness with "You Can't Steal My Shine" (premiere)

Mudhoney's 'Digital Garbage' Is a Massive F-you to the Alt-right in America

"No Pause, Press Play": An Interview with Jazz Virtuoso Jon Batiste

St. Lenox Reconstructs the Fables of Young Ambition and Passionate Love

'Next Time' Is Greg Laswell's Most Accomplished Album to Date

Rhian Sheehan's "The Absence of You" Mourns in Subtle Moonlight (premiere)

Graham Reynolds' Concerto About the Fervor of Invention Gets New Lease on Life (album stream)

Lost Bayou Ramblers Spin-Off, Michot's Melody Makers Issue Debut With 'Blood Moon' (album stream + interview)

A Hawk and a Hacksaw Summon a Vibrant Folk Spiral with "The Sky Is Blue, The Desert Is Yellow" (premiere)

QUIX Shares New Single, "Giving Up" and Announces Illusions EP + Fall Tour (premiere)

Handgrenades Drop Video for Stomping, Fuzzy New Song "Honey B" (premiere)

Posh Hammer Explores What It Means "To Kill Time" (premiere)

Ashleigh Flynn & the Riveters Get the Job Done With "This Love" (premiere + interview)

The Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band Pierce Through the Darkness with "You Can't Steal My Shine" (premiere)

Blue Note, one of the foremost jazz record labels, is celebrating its 75th anniversary with a vinyl initiative, releasing highlights from its massive catalog over the course of two years. Here are some picks to get you started.

Neneh comes full circle by returning, and embracing, her roots on this vital album.

While jazz’s complexity cannot be denied, much of the music remains accessible to all. The trick is just finding the right tunes and artists, those who have a universal appeal beyond the scope of the typical, admittedly somewhat limited, jazz audience.

Rava exemplifies Italian jazz.The blues, swing, and free improvisation are in his sound, but so are Italian folk songs, popular music, and opera.

The awake, aware folks who make and receive these offerings celebrate an ever-evolving music that resists boundaries, the sort capable of communication that transcends language and explanation.

Artist/producer PC Muñoz mines for gems and grills the greats.

"The position of not taking a side has endured." Joshua Redman talks about the hoary division between tradition and innovation, the spatial approach to doubled rhythm sections, and jazz's academic antidote.