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Long-form jazz journalism, essays, and analysis

A jazz club is a live music venue where smart-casual attire is the widely accepted standard, meaning collared shirts and neat trousers for men, and dresses or tailored … Read more

The 30 greatest jazz songs of all time, ranked — from Armstrong’s “West End Blues” to Coltrane’s “A Love Supreme” — with the definitive recording and why each one still matters.

These are 25 of Duke Ellington’s best songs, in chronological order from “East St. Louis Toodle-Oo” (1926) to “Lotus Blossom” (1967). The best known are “Mood Indigo,” “It … Read more

These 30 Louis Armstrong quotes all have a source you can check: his books Swing That Music (1936) and Satchmo: My Life in New Orleans (1954), his letters, … Read more

The best jazz clubs in NYC are the Village Vanguard, the Blue Note, Smalls and Mezzrow in Greenwich Village, Birdland and Dizzy’s Club in Midtown, Smoke on the … Read more

A jazz club outfit sits somewhere between smart casual and cocktail chic, polished enough to respect the room, relaxed enough to let you sink into a set and … Read more

Our ranking of the 10 best Miles Davis albums puts Kind of Blue (1959) at No. 1, ahead of Bitches Brew (1970) and In a Silent Way (1969). … Read more

These 30 Miles Davis quotes all have a source you can check: his 1989 autobiography, interviews and articles in Playboy, The Jazz Review, Jet and the International Herald … Read more

These are the 25 best jazz albums of all time in our ranking, from Louis Armstrong’s Hot Five sides of the 1920s to Kamasi Washington’s The Epic (2015). … Read more

Famous jazz musicians are the composers, improvisers, and bandleaders whose recordings, techniques, and innovations defined jazz as one of America’s most enduring original art forms, from New Orleans … Read more