Here are the top ten new releases from Jazz88! Vote for your five favorites below! Julian Lage – Omission Vanisha Gould – Donovan Renee Rosnes – Amore Ate O Fim Jack Barrett – She Waits in the Window Claire Martin – Almost in Your Arms Adi Yeshaya – I Love You ft. Jennifer Grimm Etienne...Read More

Joel Shapira: “In Essence” The guitar, and its distant kin, the piano, are self-contained orchestras. Few other instruments possess their range in dynamics and melodic potential. If you’re going to master either, it helps to be keenly aware of that. It also doesn’t hurt to have a universal sphere of interests. I can’t think of...Read More

Louis Hayes: Serenade For Horace (Blue Note) Street date May 26, 2017 Blue Note Records has given a home to arguably the greatest recording artists in jazz for many decades. Like all major record labels, particularly those devoted to so-called “boutique music,” they suffered more than one corporate takeover and several facelifts in the wake of...Read More