There was so much great music recorded live at the Jazz Standard, that we could not possibly squeeze it all in our weekly radio show, so here's a bonus mixtape with another couple of hours of great ...

Some cling to the belief that jazz is in crisis or worse, dead. Our impression is quite the opposite, and to prove our point, we've compiled a mixtape featuring some of the best jazz released in 2017.

What is the sound of 21st century classical music? What does it mean to be a composer in an age that’s seemingly post-everything? Every week on Mixtapes, Q2 Music asks one of today’s active and “big A ...

Ash Roth is back with his latest offering, Pabst & Jazz. As one of Hip Hop’s most slept on MC’s; Ash gives you 16 tracks to change your minds, enlisting the help ...

Rising young talents and revered veterans helped take jazz to a multitude of exciting new destinations in 2025. But the most notable debut album of the year, the aptly titled “New Dawn,” came from a ...

Under stay-at-home orders in the French countryside, trumpeter Hermon Mehari spent two months working on the new album. He calls it his most personal work to date. Jazz trumpeter Hermon Mehari grew up ...

Led by Grammy-winning Terell Stafford, the ensemble took a long-awaited trip to Tokyo last spring, wowing the audience at a ...

Whether transcending genres or reinterpreting the essentials, this generation of artists continues to show that jazz is alive and flourishing. To prove it, each month the Jazz Night in America staff ...

To call the Wu-Tang Clan one of the most influential musical acts of all-time isn’t hyperbole. When they burst onto the scene in 1993 as a gritty and grimey Staten Island, N.Y., counterpoint to the Dr ...

Winning the Thelonious Monk Institute International Jazz Competition in 2012 established Jamison Ross as one of the nation's most talented young jazz drummers. It also generated opportunities to play ...