This gospel tune has been covered by countless artists, but Dave Meder’s jazzier treatment shows just how transcendent “The Old Rugged Cross” really is.

I like the spot bluesman Mike Zito has ended up in, but the spot where he started out on his 1998 debut ‘Blue Room’ has its own undeniable magic.

Aaron Parks’ progressively minded ‘Little Big’ might not be the direction jazz is currently headed, but it should be.

The formula for Jeff Oster’s ‘Reach’ remains a familiar one, but it sounds just a little more refined now.

Here is the video premiere of Brass Magic’s “Journey Around the Lake.”

Robert Walter’s 20th Congress was always about making fun party music out of jazz; ‘Spacesuit’ just takes it out to the final frontier.

The big accomplishment of the first ‘Dirigo Rataplan’ was in Devin Gray’s insight in conceptualizing ways to get the most out of his fellow musicians and himself. That’s the same kind of brilliance found on ‘Dirigo Rataplan II.’

‘Change In The Air’ is the same sort of capacious, thoughtful and lyrical sound from Cuong Vu’s 4-Tet as it’s always been but now it feels more of four major voices than ever before.

Oslo’s Anders Aarum is a jazz pianist capable of tackling just about any style of jazz, from his membership in the New Orleans jazz troupe Funky Butt to the downtempo soul of Beady Belle to free jazz with You May Also Like: How Anders Osborne Came Into His Own WithRead More

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