2009 Revisited: Jazz
Critics' picks for the best of 2009
Blue Note Records
The recorded legacy of Jazz music’s greatest record company.
2000s Jazz
Jazz of this century's first decade
Pure Jazz
The rich art of Jazz: classic and modern, vocal and instrumental
Broadway Jazz
Porter, Gershwin, Sondheim, and more, performed by Jazz legends
Instrument: Saxophone Jazz
Jazz comes alive on the expressive sax
New School Jazz
Jazz after bop!
Holiday Music: Wide Playlist
The widest playlist of holiday songs you'll find anywhere -- over 17,000 songs!
A Great Day in Harlem
Jazz greats in the famous 1958 "Great Day in Harlem” photo
Instrument: Piano Jazz
The evolution of the Jazz piano
Avant Garde Jazz
Jazz way outside the box
Straight Ahead Jazz
The 'lingua franca' of the jam session: 4/4 time and walking bass
Big Band Jazz
The large ensemble sound
Cutting Edge Jazz
Contemporary experimental jazz. Not Avant-Garde, not Straight-Ahead
Instrument: Jazz Drummers
The legends behind the kit
Live Jazz
On stage recordings of Jazz greats
Composers: Monk
The enigmatic, challenging, and revolutionary Thelonious Monk
Third Stream
Where Jazz and Classical meet
Modern Mainstream Jazz
The best in mainstream Jazz from the last three decades
Jazz Ballads
Beautiful, sophisticated, and relaxing Jazz
1990s Jazz
Exciting new voices and elder statesmen in their later years
Spiritual Jazz
Jazz that explores the nature of God
Instrument: Unusual Jazz Axes
Jazz played on everything from the flute to steel pan to vocoder
Best Jazz of 2013
Ahmad Jamal, Frank Wess, Kenny Garrett, and more of the year's absolute best
25 Greatest Jazz Standards
Lots of versions of 25 tunes in every musician's repertoire
2010s Jazz
The best Jazz of this decade, so far...
Composers: Strayhorn
Compositions by Ellington's right-hand man, Billy Strayhorn
Billie Holiday Centennial
Created for the 100th anniversary of her birth, lots of versions of songs made legendary by Lady ...
House Blend: Blue Note Records + 1960s Jazz
A blend of late '50s and '60s hard bop, modal, and avant garde Jazz
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