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20 Best Herbie Hancock Albums Ranked
Every Blue Note, every Warner Brothers album, and three records that were only ever released in Japan. A ranked guide through six decades of a catalogue that refuses to sit still, from the beer bottle that opens Head Hunters to a solo piano session cut direct to disc in Tokyo.
20 Best Herbie Hancock Albums Ranked
Every Blue Note, every Warner Brothers album, and three records that were only ever released in Japan. A ranked guide through six decades of a catalogue that refuses to sit still, from the beer bottle that opens Head Hunters to a solo piano session cut direct to disc in Tokyo.
Great Black Music: The Art Ensemble of Chicago and the AACM
In 1969 Lester Bowie put an advertisement in the Chicago Defender reading "Musician Sells Out!", sold everything he owned and sailed for France. The Chicago collective he belonged to made some of the strangest and best records in jazz, and it is still going at sixty.
Great Black Music: The Art Ensemble of Chicago and the AACM
In 1969 Lester Bowie put an advertisement in the Chicago Defender reading "Musician Sells Out!", sold everything he owned and sailed for France. The Chicago collective he belonged to made some of the strangest and best records in jazz, and it is still going at sixty.
When Tokyo Kept the Tape Rolling: The Japanese Labels That Documented American Jazz
When American labels stopped recording their own jazz masters in the 1970s, Japanese companies flew them to Tokyo or brought studios to New York and kept the tape rolling. The story of East Wind, Baystate, Denon and Whynot, and the records they made.
When Tokyo Kept the Tape Rolling: The Japanese Labels That Documented America...
When American labels stopped recording their own jazz masters in the 1970s, Japanese companies flew them to Tokyo or brought studios to New York and kept the tape rolling. The story of East Wind, Baystate, Denon and Whynot, and the records they made.
The Most Valuable Jazz Records of 2026 (So Far)
We read every Discogs most-valuable roundup this year and pulled out the jazz. From a Tina Brooks Blue Note that sold three times to the rarest record on Strata-East, here are the highest jazz sales of 2026 so far, and what they say about the market.
The Most Valuable Jazz Records of 2026 (So Far)
We read every Discogs most-valuable roundup this year and pulled out the jazz. From a Tina Brooks Blue Note that sold three times to the rarest record on Strata-East, here are the highest jazz sales of 2026 so far, and what they say about the market.
The Greatest Jazz Saxophone Players of All Time
The definitive guide to the greatest jazz saxophone players of all time, built around ten who reinvented the instrument and opening out across every era, from swing and bebop to the London, Chicago and Australian voices leading the music now. Essential records named throughout.
The Greatest Jazz Saxophone Players of All Time
The definitive guide to the greatest jazz saxophone players of all time, built around ten who reinvented the instrument and opening out across every era, from swing and bebop to the London, Chicago and Australian voices leading the music now. Essential records named throughout.
Free Jazz: The Sound Everyone Was Supposed to Hate
It emptied rooms and its pioneers were called charlatans. Sixty years on, free jazz is the obvious starting point for half the interesting jazz being made. A guide to the records, the labels and the long argument about the most maligned and misunderstood music in jazz.
Free Jazz: The Sound Everyone Was Supposed to Hate
It emptied rooms and its pioneers were called charlatans. Sixty years on, free jazz is the obvious starting point for half the interesting jazz being made. A guide to the records, the labels and the long argument about the most maligned and misunderstood music in jazz.