Elaine Elias had paid tribute to Brazil’s great contribution to jazz long before this album arrived 10 years ago. But ‘Bossa Nova Stories’ was different.

Though the lineup changed for ‘Harder On the Outside,’ daring and creativity has been the constant of Jon Lundbom and Big Five Chord for its 15-year existence.

The third segment of the Jamie Saft/Steve Swallow/Bobby Previte collaboration is also their third time trying out something new.

This constitutes the most significant addition in a very long time to the catalog of – and insight into – the brilliant but enigmatic Eric Dolphy.

10 years ago today, an expanded reissue of Miles Davis’ ‘Kind of Blue’ finally put these historic sessions in perspective without breaking the bank.

Paul McCartney’s “Honey Pie” demonstrates once again how the Beatles drew from varying genres to create wholly original music.

‘Made in Sofia’ was recorded in the capital of Bulgaria as homage to a country that has so warmly welcomed the David Dower Trio.

Here is S. Victor Aaron’s Best of 2018 list for modern and mainstream jazz releases.

Preston Frazier’s Best of 2018 list includes a broad array of sounds and genres from familiar names and legends in the making.

Not everyone is cut out to take on such an ambitious project but one look at Michael Leonhart’s background makes it undeniably clear that he could.