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Jazz may have originated in New Orleans in the late 19th century, but New York City is where it expanded—physically, sonically, and culturally. By the 1920s, Harlem had become a national hub, where ...

It's been a good year for jazz, diverse in every way—styles, influences, tastes, and demographics too. I didn't aim the list to turn out this way, but four of the albums' leaders are women, and five ...

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Happy Jazz Appreciation Month, a fitting time for music critics to name their pick for the greatest jazz song of all time. Music publisher Primary Wave is sharing its take on the genre's greatest song ...

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A terrific year for new jazz releases, the breath and depth of the music from all corners of the world underlining the robust health of jazz a quarter of the way into the 21st century. Northbound ...

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If you think about it a certain way, one of the defining qualities of jazz is earnestness. This is one of the reasons why jazz and metal have so much in common, and so often appeal to the same ...