Even today, ECM is still at the cutting edge of contemporary jazz, as our pick of the label’s 50 best albums prove. Think we’ve missed any? Let us know in the comments section below.

these 20 albums offer a guide to jazz that traces the music’s development over the 50s and 60s. Everybody starts somewhere, so we hope that this feature can serve as an intro to jazz, the best ...

I'm elated to share my first "Best Jazz Albums" list since joining the All About Jazz family. There has truly been some extraordinary music released this year that's repeatedly reminded me why I love ...

I can't truly say that I believe that any release is the "best," since that epithetical ideal, ranking system and all, doesn't and shouldn't apply to music. But I can say that the albums listed below ...

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 ...

A jazz singer, an interpreter of complex modern composition scores, also a free improviser, composer and movement artist, no single album could capture the full ... famed for its unfailing support, ...

The Top 50 Jazz Albums have been nominated by the jazz community including BBC and Jazz FM presenters, jazz musicians, critics and journalists. The results will be revealed on the Top 50 Jazz ...

Here are my entries (and a taste of their music) for the 19th Annual Francis Davis Jazz Critics Poll for the best jazz recordings and archival/reissues of 2024. The full results from all 177 ...

The year’s best Canadian jazz albums are, as usual, a varied bunch, with a big band’s roar, adventurous pianism and a swinging but intimate duo vying for the attention of music-lovers.