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Thijsenterprise – Snits

June 18, 2020• Jazz

Thijsenterprise returns with ‘Snits’, a punky jazz EP with raw drums, dirty basslines, and spontaneous melodies connect the dots between hip hop, punk, and jazz.

AI-Generated Jazz Based On John Coltrane

June 13, 2020• Jazz

Can a neural network trained on John Coltrane's jazz make a good album? Dadabots gave it a try with 'Outerhelios'....

The Best Analysis of the Worst Jazz Solo of All Time

May 22, 2020• Jazz

Is 'the worst jazz solo of all time' really the worst jazz solo of all time? Adam Neely's brilliant critique might change your mind....

Chick Corea’s “Cheap But Good Advice for Playing Music in a Group”

May 12, 2020• Jazz

When one of the greatest pianists of all time gives you advice, you listen. Here are Chick Corea’s 16 steps to playing music in a group.

The 42 Greatest Jazz Albums On Glenn Kelly’s Floor By His Coffee Table

February 22, 2020• Jazz

I love an album list with creativity and Glenn Kelly made a great one in the name of jazz....

Cinematic Orchestra added to Love Supreme Jazz Festival 2019 Line Up

Cinematic Orchestra and Jimmy Cliff added to Love Supreme Jazz Festival Line Up

April 25, 2019• Jazz

They will also be joined by Lauryn Hill, Gladys Knight, and Jamie Cullum....

Blue Note Records and Don Was To Receive Lifetime Achievement Award

April 9, 2019• Jazz

Relive 1959, The Golden Year of Jazz, In A New Photoblog Project

January 29, 2019• Jazz

Jazz fan Natalie Weiner launched a blog called The 1959 Project with day-to-day looks at the genre’s most famous year. When...

Kaytranada to release joint EP with Robert Glasper

March 9, 2018• Jazz

The ArtScience Remixes will feature 8 reworks from Glasper’s 2016 album ArtScience. I haven’t been having any Kaytranada withdrawal...

J.Lamotta – The Conscious Tree

December 4, 2017• Jazz

Sampleface Five: 100 Years of Thelonious Monk

October 10, 2017• Jazz

He was a trailblazer with his improv style, wide-ranging melodic shifts, and trademark fashions. Thelonious Monk was born on this day in...

LISTEN: 81 Of Langston Hughes’ 100 Favorite Jazz Recordings On Spotify

June 24, 2017• Jazz

Late jazz poet and essayist Langston Hughes compiled a list of his 100 favourite jazz compositions. Here are 81 of them....

SumoChief – SumoTreats

November 17, 2016• Jazz

Jazz Is…

November 14, 2016• Jazz

What is jazz to you? Here’s what it is to us. Jazz is a mood Jazz is a groove Jazz is Black American Music Jazz is not what you think...

J Dilla: Back To The Crib Mixtape

August 25, 2016• Funk, Hip Hop, Jazz, R&B, Soul

The unearthing of Dilla treats continues as the Boiler Room release a mixtape of his listening habits. Something a little different from...

Oscar Laurence – The Abyss

June 8, 2015• Jazz

Robert Glasper – Reckoner (Radiohead Cover)

April 29, 2015• Jazz

Here’s “Reckoner”, the first single from Robert Glasper’s forthcoming album “Covered”, out on Blue Note...

Pat Van Dyke – Science Fiction

April 28, 2015• Hip Hop, Jazz

Jakarta Records present Pat Van Dyke and the jazzy “Science Fiction”, from his debut album. Musician Pat Van Dyke is the latest...

SumoChief – Gator Season (2Late Remix)

February 8, 2015• Hip Hop, Jazz

PLAYLIST: Buttery Jams

January 24, 2015• Funk, Jazz, R&B, Soul

Inspired by Bus Crates, here is a 2-hour Spotify playlist of “buttery jams” from the likes of Herbie Hancock, Bobbi Humphrey...

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