Brooklyn-based, Berklee-trained singer-songwriter Mei Semones released her debut EP, Kabutomushi, today via Bayonet. It’s a real treat, showcasing an incredible amount of talent and firm grasp on a ...

Good Shot Judy is releasing its first Christmas album, “A Crooner’s Christmas,” during a listening party at the Willliamsburg ...

The year has unfortunately not allowed for reviewing anything near as much as I'd hoped, but the lack of coverage certainly does not mean a lack of quality—as always, there are some picks that just ...

It may be coincidence, or just a reflection of my own state of mind, that this dreadful year’s list of favorite jazz albums leans toward the meditative, the balladic, the Romantic, sometimes the Zen, ...

November's KNKX School of Jazz guest DJs are Luca Morales and Emmet Bell, recent Everett High School graduates.

Every city has its own music culture and sound. That’s especially true for jazz, a genre so deeply rooted in Sacramento history that its improvisational style became a rhythmic reflection of the ...

Bilal is a vocalist who straddles two worlds. You could call him a rap fan's favorite jazz singer, having appeared on tracks by the Clipse, Mac Miller, Common, and Kendrick Lamar. You could also call ...

Brent “Doc” Watkins makes his living in music. Specifically, jazz music that he plays on the piano. But on the phone from his ...

Album covers clockwise from top left: Otis Shanty's "Lowballer" (Courtesy Sadye Bobbette/Otis Shanty); Ethan Setiawan's "Encyclopedia Mandolinnica" (Art by Mike Cox, design by Louise Bichan); Najee ...