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In much of the recorded music history, making a living at it meant garnering some attention from a record label. Labels offered stepping-stones: studios to record in, distribution networks for physical media, and publicity and radio promotion muscle that musicians...

Jazz is over a century old, yet it feels astonishingly at home in one of the fastest moving cultural spaces today: social media. Swipe through TikTok, Instagram Reels, or YouTube Shorts, and before long you are liable to run into a pianist improvising over the top of...

The Human Voice at the Heart of Jazz Jazz has always been a genre that embraces change. Over the decades it has evolved through swing, bebop, cool jazz, fusion, Latin jazz, and contemporary vocal jazz — and in 2026 it continues to reach new audiences through streaming...

For decades, jazz had been considered a form for die-hard fans and musicians only. Although its impact on music has never waned, it silently lingered away from the center of mainstream culture. However, that narrative is changing today. So if you suddenly started to...

There are many ways in which music tells stories. Some stories are written as a full artistic statement by the musician, while others serve to complement and support the story of a film, TV series, or stage production. In spite of the fact that both can contain...

For millennia, mankind has experienced joy, loss, and celebration with music there to help us through recovery. People sought out music for solace in times of crisis long before any scientific research began to investigate its effects. Researchers, therapists, and...

Jazz has always had an individual and moody storytelling quality. Instrumentalists have been instrumental (pun intended) in crafting its history, but vocalists are the ones who often close that gap between music and listener. Via the choices they make in phrasing,...

New York City and jazz have always belonged together. Even in 2026, the city continues to offer some of the most unforgettable live music experiences in the world. From legendary underground clubs in Greenwich Village to stylish Brooklyn venues and luxury jazz...

Jazz guitar has shaped the sound of modern music for generations. From early pioneers who transformed the role of the guitar in jazz to modern virtuosos redefining the genre today, jazz guitarists have continuously pushed musical boundaries with creativity, emotion,...

Why this album feels different Each album documents a lesson from an artist’s life. Some albums document growth. Others reflect experimentation. And sometimes, one shows up that feels less like work and more like a definitive test of character. Soliloquy has become...

Why Does Jazz Feel So Intimate Some music entertains us. Some music energizes us. And there are pieces of music that sit with us in times when we just run out of words. Jazz is the last of that group. Jazz is so personal: a trumpet hangs on an individual note, a piano...

In an era where technology can make music so tidy and orderly that even the smallest details are edited, polished, and perfected, the unexpected is happening; the imperfections audiences once shunned are slowly becoming acceptable in music once again. Nowhere is such...