Jazz Album of the Week

August 27, 2018. Karrin Allyson has long been known for her on point phrasing, and her impeccable treatment of standards. But here, on her new release…

August 20, 2018. Our featured album is not one, but a trove of sixteen albums in a box set called This is Leonard Bernstein: His Greatest Recordings.…

August 20, 2018. Percussionist and bandleader Bobby Sanabria first saw West Side Story when he was a young boy living in the Bronx. Leonard Bernstein's…

August 13, 2018. The title Electric Miles suggests you’ll hear instruments plugged into outlets. But when saxophonist, flutist and arranger Charles Pillow…

August 6, 2018. Over the years, saxophonist Rob Dixon has proven he can bring the funk. On Coast To Crossroads, the funk is still brought, and so is the…

July 23, 2018. It’s been five years since we’ve had new music from saxophonist and York, Pennsylvania native Tim Warfield. His new album, Jazzland, uses…

July 16, 2018. Lynne Arriale has a special relationship with the piano. It’s apparent as soon as you hear a few bars of her playing on Give Us These Days.…

July 9, 2018. New music from John Coltrane! I bet you thought you’d never hear that again—until this recording from 1963 surfaced. Trane and his classic…

June 25, 2018. French-born vocalist Cyrille Aimée’s new album Live is a testament to why she’s made such a big splash in the American jazz scene. Cyrille…

June 18, 2018. Not all duos are dynamic, and jazz duo albums tend to be described as “nice,” or “easygoing.” Blued Dharma is a duo album, and it is fairly…