Parks' quartet returns to Blue Note with a compelling third chapter, reflecting a euphoric approach to adventurous composition and improvisation.
The first of the artist's two-volume reflection on the experience and influence of Louis Armstrong is staggering in its scope.
The New York jazz group's full-length debut plays like an epic, avant-garde jazz poem.
The fourth album by the Brazilian pianist was inspired by a nearly mystical 4,600 kilometer journey to Manaus in the Amazon Basin.
The jazz composer celebrates his mother and their loving, supportive relationship with a passionate, hard-swinging album.
Casual yet accomplished effort from the Canadian jazz group, recorded in a spontaneous rush during a week-long session in Los Angeles.
The guitarist's sprawling triple disc offers thoughtful tone poems, labyrinthine improvisation, and gorgeous melodies played solo and with select others.
The guitarist leads his trio on this lush orchestral collaboration with arranger Michael Gibbs.
The Danish duo's relaxing and sonically atmospheric third album of spacey dub jazz for Luaka Bop.
Recorded live in 2023, the composer's long-form work explores themes of emotions and mental health with an expanded ensemble.
On his first studio album since 2017, the saxophonist enlists a superstar quartet to play his new compositions and re-vision older ones.
The saxophonist draws inspiration from the windswept shoreline of San Francisco's Lands End park.
Recorded in a day, the trio organically explores rhythms and spiritualities from across the globe with percussion, flutes, and homemade instruments.
Aided by all-star soloists, the E.S.T. rhythm section celebrate the group's 30th anniversary live by reimagining titles from its catalog.
The alto saxophonist and his trio examine free jazz, spirituals, gospel, blues, and wild improvisation on the seventh entry in his Manish Boy project.
The guitarist's longtime trio records with guest saxophonist Bob Mintzer in a grooving set of hard bop, blues, and funky soul-jazz.
The prolific saxophonist and bandleader adds pianist Marta Sanchez to his touring trio with Luke Stewart and Russell Carter to excellent result.
Extending the aesthetic shift on 2022's Arrival of the New Elders, the electric jazz power trio dig deep into composed structures and prog rock.
Selectively expanding the lineup with contributions from guests Jason Rebello and Alex Hitchcock, the quartet delivers its first long-player since 2016.
This Chicago ensemble celebrates 50 years with wildly creative redone selections from their catalog with a small handful of covers.
Recorded at the venerable Chicago venue in 2023, this document reveals the creative, spontaneous musicality of this ever-evolving ensemble.
A moon-dappled solo piano album showcasing the pianist's artful blend of jazz and classical.
With a quartet, vocalists, and select guests, the alto saxophonist explores a racial incident from 1964 through a lens that reflects modern society.
The Danish guitarist's warm collaboration with the acclaimed guitarist and legendary alto saxophonist.
The jazz violinist and composer presents a wild and expansive double album inspired by Northern California's Lost Coast.
The trumpeter's first album of all-original big band and orchestral jazz.
An artfully realized trio album from the alto saxophonist and his first without a chordal instrument.
On his third leader date, the bassist and composer hosts a star-studded live quartet and intimate, revelatory home-studio recordings.
The vibraphonist's fourth Blue Note album is a harmonically textural distillation of blues and ballads.
The British pianist's second album since moving to Los Angeles features his trio and saxophonist Mark Turner.
A gorgeously textured and varied set from the enigmatic guitarist featuring production from Joe Henry.
The debut album from the jazz trumpeter showcases his exploratory harmonies and artful string arrangements.
Using the idea of dance as a creative and physical engine, the saxophonist's star-studded cast travel across jazz, funk, fusion, R&B, and more.
The saxophonist balances improvisation with groove-based soundscapes on his first all-electronic album.
This artful, poignant, dreamy duo outing melds originals, covers of traditional folk songs, and jazz classics with poetic new lyrics.
For the first time in her career, the iconic singer writes her own songs, that meld of jazz, gospel, folk, and jump blues.
Returning with the sextet that cut Amaryllis, the guitarist charts an adventurous course embracing musical difference and common cause.
The Danish bassist's reflective and harmonically exploratory debut as leader.
The synergistic free jazz trio erases the line between composition and improvisation on this masterfully dynamic and beautifully tense collection.
Joined by an ensemble including co-producer Chris Bruce, the genre-blurring musician delivers an impassioned tribute to the titular writer/activist on his centennial.
On his first leader date since 2017, the guitarist and an all-star cast play bop, fusion, funk, blues, and rock with taste and intensity.
On their third studio album, the Australian psychedelic fusion quartet seamlessly integrate vintage-sounding jazz-funk, electronics, and spacey rock.
The Brazilian icon looks back on his career on this warm collaboration with the Grammy-winning singer and bassist.
An enlightening and awe-inspiring second effort from the visionary composer, harpist, and modular synth player.
On his intimate third Blue Note album, the pianist's trio delivers a three-movement masterwork balancing past, present, and future.
The fourth long-player by this English nonet features the debut of powerful new frontwoman Aziza Jaye.
The saxophonist and his quartet go deeper on his third ECM date, building out their meld of spiritual jazz, post-bop, and folk music.
A literate song cycle based on the saxophonist's family history of escaping the Armenian Genocide.
A spacey, avant-garde jazz mood music collaboration featuring the Roots drummer and his esteemed cohorts.
The Argentine singer's 11th album of artfully conceptual, poetic jazz.
The trombonist's trio draws vivid inspiration from the work of French composer Lili Boulanger.
The bassist's third effort that is dedicated to Australian singer/songwriter Archie Roach.
The Grammy-winning singer leads a lushly arranged octet on her fourth album.
The first full-length by the British jazzman to fully explore his commitment to the flute, with an illustrious cast.
A fluid, supernatural mix of Afrobeat, free funk, and post-punk assembled from live improvisations and home recordings by five L.A.-based artists.
On his first live album, the great trombonist leads a stellar sextet playing intoxicating originals, standards, and a hard bop classic.
The Armenian composer and keyboardist offers a kaleidoscopic masterwork that cuts across and joins classical, pop, metal, and prog.
A gorgeously rendered archival live album featuring the late Polish jazz trumpeter's quartet.
Breathtaking ensemble work combining freshly written material and expanded arrangements of pieces the artist previously recorded solo.
The drummer's trio with pianist Aaron Diehl and bassist Harish Raghavan ambitiously explores and expands tunes from the jazz and R&B books.
The trio's second outing showcases newly recorded compositions and compelling covers rendered with poignancy, humor, invention, and energy.
The Texas-born tenor saxophonist's second Blue Note album features a playful yet sophisticated quartet.
