Kenny Wheeler

Jon Menges Trio w/ Pete McCann

2008 Jazz Poll Ballots: A-O

New releases, reissues, debuts, and more—each critic's picks

Second-Term Blues

Avant or retro, unplugged or wired, guerrilla musicians defy the neocon millennium

Low Rent

The real possibilities open up when it doesn't cost a bundle to pursue your muse

Post-Bop Shopping

For fans in general and collectors in particular, a crucial social locus enters the virtual age

All True, More or Less

A worldwide phenomenon and a transworld music, but usually not both at the same time

It's England, It's the '60s, and Big Bands Are Coming Back

A worldwide phenomenon and a transworld music, but usually not both at the same time

Mind Over Matter

At 74, maverick valve trombonist demonstrates that there's still life after J.J. Johnson

Border Crossings

At 74, maverick valve trombonist demonstrates that there's still life after J.J. Johnson