Giovanni Russonello

He called himself a “professional listener,” and he tended to develop lifelong relationships with the artists he worked with.

The country has a rich, original relationship to jazz, with American techniques layered into regional traditions and rhythms. Explore 50 years of recordings picked by musicians, poets and writers.

Possibly the most prolific archival record producer in history, he was a founder of the Mosaic label, which became the gold standard of jazz reissues.

The pianist and vocalist was at once magnetically powerful and laid-back, glamorous and understated. A mix of musicians, writers and radio personalities share their favorites.

How this ancient instrument played its way into popular American Music.

Coltrane changed the game in American music a few times over. Here’s a guided tour to his career, courtesy of 15 musicians, scholars, poets, writers and other experts.

The decision to place another festival right on top of Jazzfest highlighted how much has been flipped upside-down in jazz over the past 20 years.

Hear tracks by Ryan Gosling (as Ken), Central Cee, Kesha, Jason Moran and others.

Hear tracks by Tems, Idles, Adrianne Lenker and others.

The year’s most thrilling albums were made by artists pushing beyond borders, teaming with new collaborators and making bold statements of their own.

The flute is one of the more overlooked instruments in jazz, but it’s been making an impact on improvised music for more than 50 years. Let 10 experts take you on a guided tour.

Hear tracks by Hurray for the Riff Raff, Tyla, Lana Del Rey and others.

Hear tracks by Julia Holter, Dua Lipa, Danny Brown and others.

Hear tracks by Megan Thee Stallion, Torres, Mount Kimbie and others.

The 24-year-old multi-instrumentalist found fame on TikTok with her nostalgic songs. But her dedication to her followers may be holding her music back.

Hear tracks by Silvana Estrada, Old Dominion, Nadine Shah and others.

Jahari Stampley, a 23-year-old pianist from Chicago, won the prize as the genre’s premier coronation ceremony for young talent was held for the first time since 2019.

Hear tracks by Ice Spice, Sleater-Kinney, Roy Hargrove and more.

All it might take is a second and a half of hearing her sing to make your spine tingle or your heart drop. Opera singers, jazz vocalists, writers and Vaughan’s biographer share their favorites.

Hear tracks by PinkPantheress, the Rolling Stones featuring Stevie Wonder and Lady Gaga, and others.

Hear tracks by Holly Humberstone, Byron Messia, Laurel Halo and others.

Hear tracks by Cat Power, Chris Stapleton, Loraine James and others.

The three-song 1976 recording arrives in a new boxed set at what seems a perfect moment to deepen our appreciation for the saxophonist’s role in music history.

The trumpeter will release “Owl Song,” a spare new album, this fall as he takes on a new role as artistic director of the Herbie Hancock Institute of Jazz.

Hear tracks by Allison Russell, Cardi B featuring Megan Thee Stallion, Ashley McBryde and others.

The trumpeter and composer follows the premiere of two Met operas with an appointment as executive artistic director of SFJazz in San Francisco and a Jazz Masters honor.

Hear tracks by Peter Gabriel, Lauren Mayberry, Oneohtrix Point Never and others.

Hear tracks by Selena Gomez, Al Green, L’Rain and others.

The trumpeter, who died a year ago at 39, recorded “Fly or Die Fly or Die Fly or Die ((World War))” with her quartet in April 2022.

Hear tracks by aespa, Guns N’ Roses, Cautious Clay and others.

Hear tracks by Jorja Smith, Towa Bird, Wilco and others.

Navigate the trumpeter’s snaky, endless grooves with picks from Flying Lotus, Cindy Blackman Santana and Terence Blanchard, among other musicians, writers and critics.

Chief Xian aTunde Adjuah’s new album, “Bark Out Thunder Roar Out Lightning,” is his first on which he doesn’t touch the trumpet. Instead, he extends the legacy of Black masking Indians in New Orleans.

Hear tracks by Snoh Aalegra, DeYarmond Edison, Explosions in the Sky and others.

Hear tracks by Prince, Rauw Alejandro, First Aid Kit and others.

Hear tracks by Tainy and Bad Bunny, Sampha, the Armed and others.

Hear tracks by Palehound, Jaimie Branch, Aphex Twin and others.

Hear tracks by Peggy Gou, Killer Mike, Sparklehorse and others.

Hear tracks from Rosalía, L’Rain, Romy and others.

Many cities have rich jazz histories, but none goes back as far as New Orleans. We asked Wendell Pierce, Courtney Bryan and others what song they would play to get a friend to join the party.