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The best jazz albums of the year feel supercharged with the spirit of discovery, but also offer revelations — both comforting and challenging — the deeper you dig.

New albums by Jon Batiste and Louis Cato arrive with high expectations. Both — as their experience leading led the band at Stephen Colbert's The Late Show has proved — are stellar live performers.

Three years after the release of Artemis’ self-titled debut album, the acclaimed ensemble returns with the May 5 release of In Real Time, a marvelous follow-up that highlights the improvisational strength of its members as well as their respective gifts as composers.

While it’s one of Dr. King’s lesser known speeches, it remains as one of the most profound essays about jazz in modern times.

The legendary discography of Oscar Peterson continues to grow with the new release of never-before-heard 1964 recording from his “classic” trio.

The duo Rachael & Vilray— singer/songwriter Rachael Price and the guitarist/singer/songwriter Vilray Blair Bolles —return with Just Me This Year, written by Vilray, about the pleasures of spending the winter holidays alone after a welcome romantic breakup.

Hip-hop and Jazz have enjoyed a long-standing relationship since the inception of hip-hop in the late 1970s. With both genres rooted in Black culture and tradition, the marriage of Jazz and Hip-Hop has given birth to a unique sound that has captivated music lovers worldwide.

Described by “Brilliant pianist” by legendary jazz saxophonist Benny Golson, accomplished pianist Hey Rim Jeon is releasing her fifth album as a leader, Groovitude, featuring Multi Grammy-Award-Winning Drummer, Terri Lyne Carrington and other acclaimed musicians.

Shorter came to prominence in the late 1950s as a member of, and eventually primary composer for, Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers.

The award-winning bandleader releases her seventh recording, Force of Nature back in January of this year, and serves as a companion piece to her biography, Mary Lou Williams: Music For The Soul, published in 2021.