Twenty years ago, veteran first call Hollywood film score tuba maestro Jim Self teamed with equally eclectic and prolific arranger Kim...

While for sheer contemporary jazz holiday cheer, no artist can quite match the prolific output of Dave Koz (now up to eight albums) and...

With the release of Christmas with Chris Ruggiero, the dynamic, soulfully and gracefully performed and gorgeously arranged debut holiday...

Not since the recently departed Ramsey Lewis has a pianist and keyboardist so impactfully, artfully and imaginatively captured the jazzy...

Yola Nash gives us some fascinating and whimsical things to contemplate as we attune our ears to Manhattan Whispers, the latest sensual,...

A wildly adventurous, genre-busting and insanely tribal and percussive jam session, Miguel Kertsman’s perfectly titled album In the...

Not that it’s a race or anything, but now that Jessy J is gracing us with her dynamic, high spirited, funky, soulful and playfully exotic...

Some fourteen years after raving enthusiastically about Russ Hewitt’s stellar debut album Bajo del Sol, it’s delightful to realize via...

A wildly talented composer and multi-instrumentalist who’s made his greatest impact in the competitive and lucrative gaming market,...

While engaging collections of expertly arranged standards are somewhat of a common go-to for emerging jazz artists, on occasion we’ll be...

For all its obvious shortcomings when it comes to fair artist compensation, Spotify offers a tantalizing opportunity to create a unique...

John Daversa and Tal Cohen’s fun and freewheeling, expansively artistic and powerfully intuitive and conversational collection The Art of...