Like the alleged corpse vociferously protesting in Monty Python’s “Holy Grail,” the compact-disc format refuses to accede to its seemingly imminent demise. Even as CD sales continue to plunge, ...

There is no “ultimate” Billie Holiday collection, since her output is owned by competing labels, but this novel set celebrating what would have been the singer’s 90th birthday — two CDs and a DVD — ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. In Sunday’s Arts & Books section, I explore the storied history of ...

Christmas has come and gone, but you can still gift yourself with jazz. Here are a dozen of the best CD releases of 2010, plus a dozen runners-up. Judy Bady/Piotr Wojtasik, “Blackout” (So Jazz Records ...

O.K., so you're trying to build up a nice little jazz recording library for yourself and you want to be able to do it without breaking the bank or facing dirty looks from your spouse for blowing the ...

It may be coincidence, or just a reflection of my own state of mind, that this dreadful year’s list of favorite jazz albums leans toward the meditative, the balladic, the Romantic, sometimes the Zen, ...

Cross-pollination of excellent musicians made for some amazing jazz in 2008. The year's best CDs find guitarist Lionel Loueke making an appearance on albums by Francisco Mela and Kenny Barron, Mela ...

For those dipping a first toe into jazz, the Miles Davis classic Kind of Blue (Columbia, 1959) is a common initial purchase or listen for many plausible reasons. Web searches for "best jazz albums of ...

For the first time in the band’s history, The Best of Sade has climbed to No. 1 on Billboard’s Jazz Albums chart, marking a ...

In a year of great jazz music, the finest album belonged to the final recording by saxophonist Michael Brecker, who died in January, having left his mark on more than 900 records. Brecker's style owed ...

This has been a good year for jazz. Over the past 12 months, we've heard great releases from established jazz masters and exciting debuts from up-and-coming artists. In fact, it was hard to take what ...

Many other singers had better pipes or more agile techniques. But nobody transformed a song into something as deeply personal and affecting–and swinging–as Holiday. In these two discs, her reedy, ...