Jazz

Count Basie and Duke Ellington, both phenomenal pianists, composers and bandleaders were fierce competitors. But not at the recording studio or concert hall.

Highlights in popular music from 2015. Includes records by Lianne La Havas, Mika, Carly Rae Jepsen, Hot Chip, Seal, Janet Jackson and many more!

Irakere was a band with a big sound, a sound captured once more in this tribute.

Forget about this being the best Weather Report lineup, 'The Legendary Live Tapes 1978 - 1981' presents one of the greatest jazz groups of all time.

Two recent albums that do new things with very old music.

2015 is a good year for Art Pepper fans.

The album is an intelligent mix of standards and original material.

There is a purity in their stripped down performance, an infectious emotional honesty; this is a duo that works.

'Spirit: Then & Now' is an album filled with good listening.

Allison may indeed be a certified senior, but just don’t give him that “old timer crap.” More like him isn’t all that bad.