All About Jazz readers are usually very hip to the joys and challenges of listening to this uniquely American and endlessly fascinating art form we call jazz. Aficionados of jazz like to talk about ...

What should I listen for? As we go through the individual CDs, you'll get specific pointers about what to listen for in the tracks I've highlighted. But in general, you'll notice that much of this ...

Jazz is attracting new fans every day as increasingly more people are seeking out music with substance and depth – largely in response to the commercialized pop hits dominating the current musical ...

From one end of my iTunes library to the other, there is generally a different type of music for every occasion, so to speak. For example, rainy days, full of storm clouds and grey skies, I make sure ...