Greg Osby

'A Tribute to Paul Motian'

Sam Rivers, R.I.P.

A Spotify playlist of Sam Rivers' work is here. Jazz composer, multi-instrumentalist, and organizer Sam Rivers died of pneumonia on December 26. Rivers' importance to the American jazz avant-garde extended beyond his recordings and performances. In his demonstration of artistic self-reliance and co ... More >>

Jason Moran's New Jazz Testament

The crossover-minded pianist's decade-long evolutionary plan continues with Ten

Jim Hall Quartet

RAMBLIN' MAN

Osby finds the soul of the sax

Logan Richardson Sextet

2008 Jazz Poll Ballots: P-Z

Andrew Hill

1931–2007

Bush Medicine

All sorts of big idea about how today's jazz fits into history and maybe into popular culture

Version-A-Ning

Jazz tributes foreground Beefheart's primitivist dada and Miles Davis's existential quack

Gtr

Guitarists Bill Frisell and Charlie Hunter both do their level best to bring jazz up to 1995

Crossover Realities

Seeking ways to get heard and to grow, and more often succeeding at the latter

Summer Jazz 2004

Silvery Guitarist Writes Engrossing Tunes and Plays Better Solos

Deep Easy Listening

Jim Hall and Cyrus Chestnut—Duo in the Making

2003 JVC Jazz Festival

Post-War Jazz: An Arbitrary Road Map

Supplement

Jazz

Heroes at Work

Boomers at Their Best for 'Made in America' Benefit

Heir to a Secret History

Jason Moran Helps Blue Note Be Blue Note

Music

Music

Kind of Blue

Jazz Competes With Its Past, Settles for the Hard Sell

Burns-Eye View of Jazz

Living History or Death Sentence?

The Masters Have It

Ten to Live With While Waiting for Godot

Good Vibrations

Blue Note Promotes Rookie to Majors

Milling at the Mall

Jazz Listings

Compiled by Ginger Adams Otis

Jaki Byard, 1922­1999

Hard-Knock He-Men

Old Man Rivers