Posed with the question, “Who invented jazz album cover design?” Most people will instantly say, Blue Note Records, and Reid Miles in particular. But this would be a gross simplification as ...

who recorded the first of two tribute albums to the great jazz bandleader in 1952 on Clef Records, a label under the Verve Records umbrella. Verve head Norman Granz said that of all the albums ...

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and the way their sleeve designs imitated famous jazz album covers — it’s done out of love, not mockery. I recently saw a pretty amazing movie that made that earnestness into its crowning virtue.

Still, after listening through jazz recording released this year, two consistent things stood out: First, is how many piano trio albums came out, and how many good ones there were—the heavily promoted ...

The sleeve notes of The Banger Factory’s new double album, Magnus Opus (Banger Factory Records ... including bassist Eddie Gomez and drummer Marty Morell, to the Konigsberg Jazz Festival. The ...

Rather, they are the ages of three storied jazz saxophonists — Charles Lloyd, Charles McPherson and Sun Ra Arkestra leader Marshall Allen — who each released standout albums this year. Some might use ...

The Great Mirage; Critical Conversation; There's Never Enough Time; Mortgage On My Soul; Desert Solitaire; It Slipped Through My Fingers; Last Rose of Summer; I'll See You In the Shining World; East ...

It's not even the perfect jazz album, it's the perfect album. Chet Baker has been synonymous with romance and love for more than 60 years for good reason. And yes Baker doing "My Funny Valentine ...