Profiles
- Gretchen Parlato: Finding The Essence
- Janeology
- Luciana Souza: Passion and Versatility
- Meet Anita Wardell
- The Swingle Singers: Making the Music Dance
- VERONICA SWIFT: “HER INFINITE VARIETY”
Interviews
- Al Hood on the Clifford Brown Jazz Trumpet Consortium
- Expanding the Scope of Vocal Jazz with Kerry Marsh & Julia Dollison
- Girl-on-Girl Harmony: A Chat with Duchess
- How It’s Meant To Be Played: The Brent Fischer Interview
- LARA SOLNICKI ON “THE ONE AND THE OTHER”
- Laurie Antonioli: Innovation and Mindfulness
- MARYLYNN GILLASPIE & KIP KUEPPER ON “SECRET LANGUAGE”
- The James Carter Interview
- Theo Bleckmann: The Mad Genius of Vocal Jazz
- Timeline: An Interview with Chris Brubeck
CD Reviews
- “Introducing Katie Thiroux” (BassKat 1001)
- (Lesser-Known) Tenors Of Our Time
- 2022’s BEST OF THE REST: INSTRUMENTAL CD REVIEWS
- 2022’s BEST OF THE REST: VOCAL CD REVIEWS
- Adoration of the Lyric
- Amy Cervini: “Digging Me, Digging You” (Anzic 34)
- Anat Cohen & Joe Lovano: Reinterpreting the Masters
- Anat Cohen Abraça o Brasil (Anat Cohen Embraces Brazil)
- Ann Hampton Callaway LIVE!
- Antonio Adolfo: “Chora Baião” (AAM 703)
- Art of the Duet
- Balancing Standards and Originals
- BASSISTS & COMPOSERS
- Bebop and Beyond
- Better With A Band
- Big Bands Of Our Time
- Brad Goode: Polytonal Jam Session
- Bright Vocal Talents
- California Voices
- Catching Up 1
- Catching Up 2
- CATHARSIS: APART AND TOGETHER
- CD Review Roundup
- Celebrating Bob Dorough and COTA
- Celebrating the Living
- Chamber Jazz
- Changing the Tune
- Charlie Haden Quartet West: “Sophisticated Ladies” (EmArcy 15347)
- Charlie Haden/Liberation Music Orchestra: “Time/Life” (Impulse 479 878)
- Chick Corea/Eddie Gomez/Paul Motian: “Further Explorations” (Concord 33364)
- Clarinets (Hold the Marmalade)
- Collaborations
- Combining the Old and New
- Composer-Performers
- Conrad Herwig and Marshall Gilkes: No Tailgating Here!
- Contemporary Stylists of the Hammond B-3
- Crossroads
- Cyrille Aimée and Friends: “Live at Smalls” (Smalls Live 18)
- DEDICATION
- Dependable Excellence
- Distinctive Voices
- Don Braden/Karl Latham: “Big Fun(k) Live” (Creative Perspective 3001)
- Donald Harrison & Phil Woods: Alto Sax Roundup
- Donna Wickham: “Myth and Memory” (Gizmo 2)
- Dynamics of the Duo
- Embracing the Unexpected
- Expanding the Repertoire
- Finding Common Ground
- FOCUS ON COMPOSITIONS
- For Our Jazz Heroes
- Four Jazz Masters
- Francisco Mela: “Tree of Life”
- Fred Hersch Trio: “Sunday Night at the Vanguard” (Palmetto 2183)
- Fred Hersch: “Alone at the Vanguard” (Palmetto 2147)
- Friends and Family
- From 1 to 11
- Gary Smulyan: “Smul’s Paradise” (Capri 74113)
- Genre Blenders
- Gentlemen Songsters
- Global Singing
- Gonzalo Rubalcaba: “Fe” (“Faith”) (5Pasion 5)
- H2 Big Band: “You’re It!” (Jazzed Media 1053)
- Hailey Niswanger: “The Keeper” (Calmit Productions)
- HER VOICE
- HIS VOICE
- In Memoriam
- Inspirations
- International Flair
- Jacqui Dankworth: “It Happens Quietly” (Specific 14)
- James Morrison: “Snappy Too!” (Morrison Records 20)
- Jane Ira Bloom: “Sixteen Sunsets” (Outline 141)
- JAZZ IN THE TIME OF COVID-19 (December 2020)
- JAZZ IN THE TIME OF COVID-19 (May 2020)
- JAZZ IN THE TIME OF COVID-19 (May 2021)
- JAZZ IN THE TIME OF COVID-19 (September 2020)
- Jazz Pianists: Emerging and Established
- Jeff Hamilton Trio: “Red Sparkle” (Capri 74114)
- Joe Locke: Interpreter and Composer
- José Rizo’s “Mongorama” (Saungú 3)
- JUST SING…
- Karrin Allyson: “Round Midnight” (Concord Jazz 32662)
- Kate McGarry: “Girl Talk” (Palmetto 2152)
- Keyboard Heritage
- Late Night Vocals
- Leading from the Rhythm Section
- Love…and Other Subjects
- Me & You: More Duos
- Memories and Memorials
- Mostly Ballads
- NEW CONCEPTS
- NEW HOMETOWNS, FAMOUS HEROES
- NEW RECORDINGS FROM VAIL JAZZ PARTY SOLOISTS
- NEW SONGS: DISCOVERED & CREATED
- New York (Jazz) Giants
- New York City Piano
- OF PIANOS AND TENORS
- Old and New Songs
- Old, New, Borrowed, and Blue
- One For The Men
- Original Songs
- Originals
- Oscar Perez: “Afropean Affair” (Chandra 8094)
- Pablo Aslan: “Piazzolla in Brooklyn” (Soundbrush 1023)
- Past, Present…and Future?
- Personal Tributes
- Piano Artistry
- Piano Tributes
- Piano-centric
- Poetic Jazz
- Politics and the American Jazz Orchestra
- Primarily Instrumental
- Redefining Standards
- Redefinitions
- REFLECTIONS
- REMINISCING AND RE-EVALUATING
- Reminiscing in Tempo
- Return Engagements
- Returning Champions
- Revisited and Renewed
- Robert Glasper & Esperanza Spalding: “The Elements of Style”
- Roseanna Vitro: “The Music of Randy Newman” (Motéma 63)
- Ryan Truesdell: “Centennial: Newly Discovered Works of Gil Evans” (ArtistShare 114)
- Sammy Figueroa: “Urban Nature” (Senator 1001)
- Saxophone Heritage
- Saxophone Unity and Diversity
- Saxophones (of the E-flat variety)
- Saxophonists with Style
- Silvano Monasterios: “Unconditional” (Savant 2111)
- Singing a New Song
- Sittin’ In
- Solo Flights
- SOLO PIANO!
- Some Nice Things We’ve Missed
- Songs for Any Taste
- Sonny Rollins: “Road Shows” (Vol. 2) (Doxy/EmArcy 15949)
- Sophisticated Ladies
- Spreading Their Wings
- Standards, Old and New
- STANDARDS…OF MANY KINDS
- Stefon Harris/David Sánchez/Christian Scott: “Ninety Miles” (Concord Picante 32904)
- Storytellers
- Straight Ahead!
- Swingle Singers: “Weather To Fly” (World Village 450025)
- Teaching By Example
- Ted Rosenthal and Kenny Werner: Pianists with Standards
- Tenors of our Time
- Terell Stafford: “This Side of Strayhorn” (MaxJazz 408)
- Terri Lyne Carrington: “The Mosaic Project” (Concord 33016)
- The Art of the Composer/Pianist
- The Delicate Balance
- THE FRENCH CONNECTION
- The Jazz Art Song
- The Process and the Product
- THE PROPER COMBINATION
- The Quiet Revolution
- The Return of Luciana Souza
- The Singer Within the Band
- The Song Book
- The Spirit of Discovery
- The Unpredictable Ran Blake
- The Varied Sounds of Jazz
- Tierney Sutton Band: “American Road” (BFM Jazz 302062408)
- Tony Bennett/Bill Charlap: “The Silver Lining” (RPM/Columbia 14574)
- Too Good to Leave Behind
- Transformations
- Tribute Albums with a Difference
- Tributes and Collaborations
- Two Reviews from Michael Verity
- Un-easy Listening
- Vanessa Perea: “Soulful Days” (Zoho 201406)
- Various Artists: “Oscar with Love” (Two Lions self-released)
- Vocal Diversity
- Vocal Intimacy
- Vocal Jazz Roundup
- Vocal Jazz Roundup 2
- Vocal Jazz Roundup 3
- Vocal Jazz Roundup 4
- Vocal Potpourri
- Vocalists at the Edge
- Voices of Experience
- With A New Voice
- Women in Jazz: The Instrumentalists
- Women in Jazz: The Vocalists
- Worth Waiting For
DVD Reviews
- “A ROMANTIC EVENING WITH JACKIE ALLEN” (AvantBass Blu-Ray & CD)
- Anatomy of a Murder (Criterion)
- Bill Evans: Time Remembered (Reel House download/DVD)
- Brownie Speaks! (Glanden Productions)
- Celebrating Pittsburgh Jazz
- Charles Lloyd: “Arrows into Infinity” (ECM)
- Chick Corea/Gary Burton: “Live at the Munich Philharmonie” (Naxos/ArtHaus)
- Ella Fitzgerald: “Best of the BBC Vaults” (Voyage/Universal)
- ELLA FITZGERALD: “JUST ONE OF THOSE THINGS”/ COUNT BASIE: “THROUGH HIS OWN EYES” (Eagle Rock video)
- Erroll Garner: “No One Can Hear You Read” (First Run Features)
- Fred Hersch: “My Coma Dreams” (Palmetto)
- I Called Him Morgan (Filmrise DVD; Netflix/Amazon stream)
- Icons Among Us: Jazz In The Present Tense (Indiepix)
- Jaco (Iron Horse/MVD Visual)
- Jazz and the Philharmonic (Okeh CD/DVD)
- Jazz Icons Series 5 box set (Reelin’ In The Years/Mosaic)
- Keep On Keepin’ On (Anchor Bay DVD)
- Late Bloomers
- LESSONS IN HUMANITY
- Marian McPartland: In Good Time (Films by Huey)
- Masters of American Music box set (Naxos/EuroArts)
- Miles Ahead (Sony Classics DVD)
- Open Land: Meeting John Abercrombie (ECM DVD)
- Oscar Peterson: “Easter Suite” (Naxos/Art Haus)
- Randy Brecker Quintet: “Live 1988” (MVD DVD/CD)
- Ray Charles: “Live in France 1961” (Reelin’ In The Years/Eagle Vision)
- SLOANE: A JAZZ SINGER
- Sonny Rollins: “Saxophone Colossus” (MVD Video)
- Sun Ra: A Joyful Noise (MVD Visual)
- Syncopation (Cohen Film Collection)
- THE BLUE NOTE STORY (ON VIDEO)
- The Girls in the Band (Artist Tribe/One Step)
- The Jazz Loft According to W. Eugene Smith (Kino/Lorber)
- The Zen of Bennett (Sony Music/RPM/Netflix)
- Thelonious Monk: “Paris 1969” (Blue Note)
- This is Gary McFarland (Century 67)
- Tubby Hayes: “A Man in a Hurry” (Mono Media/Treatment/Proper)
- Woody Herman: “Blue Flame: Portrait of a Jazz Legend” (Jazzed Media)
Concert Reviews
- Allison Miller’s Boom Tic Boom at Green Mill, Chicago (October 20, 2017)
- Anat and Avishai Cohen at the Wolf Theatre, Denver (October 27, 2012)
- Ann Hampton Callaway & the Colorado Symphony, Denver (January 19, 2013)
- ANN HAMPTON CALLAWAY AT VAIL SQUARE (July 25, 2019)
- AUTUMN IN NEW YORK…AND OTHER PLACES (November 12-21, 2021)
- Branford Marsalis & Kurt Elling (DU Newman Center; May 13, 2017)
- CHICK COREA/CHRISTIAN McBRIDE/BRIAN BLADE AT MACKY AUDITORIUM (Boulder; October 9, 2019)
- Chucho Valdes’ Afro-Cuban Messengers at the DU Newman Center, Denver (February 14, 2012)
- CONCERT JOURNAL (Spring/Summer 2021)
- CONCERT JOURNAL Autumn, 2021
- CONCERT JOURNAL: Spring 2022
- CONCERT JOURNAL: SUMMER-FALL 2022
- CONCERT JOURNAL: WINTER-SPRING 2023
- CONCERT MARATHON (NYC; Philadelphia; Baltimore: Sept 7-16, 2022)
- Curtis Fuller & Keith Oxman at Dazzle, Denver (April 13, 2012)
- Cyrille Aimée at the Lakewood Cultural Center (March 27, 2015)
- CYRILLE AIMÉE AT THE SOILED DOVE, DENVER (June 6, 2019)
- Eric Gunnison & Ellyn Rucker at Dazzle, Denver (June 14, 2012)
- Greg Garrison’s Improvised Roots at Dazzle Jazz, Denver (January 13, 2012)
- Gretchen Parlato at Rockwood Music Hall, New York City (December 6, 2012)
- Jane Monheit at the University of Denver (October 18, 2011)
- Jazz History Online Goes East (May 17-25, 2016)
- Jim Hall Quartet at Dazzle Jazz, Denver (October 20, 2011)
- John Scofield Trio at the King Center, Denver (April 6, 2012)
- Katie Thiroux Trio at Nocturne, Denver (October 3, 2017)
- Kenny Washington/Michael O’Neill at 57th St Gallery, Oakland (June 16, 2012)
- Kurt Elling and the Swingles at the Soiled Dove, Denver (December 5, 2017)
- Kurt Elling at the Soiled Dove, Denver (December 12, 2018)
- Lauren Kinhan & The Art of Interpretation (Soiled Dove, Denver; February 5. 2014)
- Luciana Souza at the Jazz Standard, New York City (February 13, 2013)
- Lynne Arriale: In Concert and On Disc
- Manhattan Transfer at the Oriental Theatre, Denver (October 27, 2013)
- Manhattan Transfer/Take 6 Vocal Summit in Boulder (November 11, 2016)
- Maria Schneider and the CU Jazz Ensemble I (November 18, 2011)
- MaryLynn Gillaspie at Lannie’s Clocktower Cabaret, Denver (March 4, 2012)
- Northern Colorado Voices & Swingle Singers; Greeley, CO (April 24, 2014)
- Peter Eldridge & Lauren Kinhan at Dazzle, Denver (February 9, 2012)
- Roberta Gambarini & Convergence at Dazzle Jazz, Denver (January 5, 2012)
- Ryan Keberle and Catharsis (Syntax Physic Opera; February 3, 2017)
- The 2014 Vail Jazz Party (August 29-September 1, 2014)
- THE SOUNDS OF CHICAGO
- The Swingle Singers at King Center, Denver (October 12, 2012)
- The Swingles at Lakewood Cultural Center (March 16, 2019)
- THE SWINGLES AT POPEJOY HALL, ALBUQUERQUE, NM (December 19, 2019)
- The Vail Jazz Party (August 31-September 3, 2012)
- Tierney Sutton Band at Dazzle, Denver (May 6, 2012)
- Tierney Sutton Band at the Newman Center, Denver (January 11, 2018)
- Two Colorado Concerts with Maria Schneider
- UNC/Greeley Jazz Festival (April 20-22, 2017)
- UNC/Greeley Jazz Festival (April 21-23, 2016)
- VAIL JAZZ PARTY (August 29-September 2, 2019)
Retro Reviews
- “THE COMPLETE FREDDIE HUBBARD BLUE NOTE & IMPULSE STUDIO SESSIONS” (Mosaic 274)
- “THE COMPLETE LOUIS ARMSTRONG COLUMBIA & RCA VICTOR STUDIO SESSIONS, 1946-1966” (Mosaic 270)
- “THE PLAYBOY JAZZ ALL-STARS, VOLUME 2” (LP: Playboy PB 1958)
- A Plethora of Historical Releases
- An Avalanche of Classic Jazz (Resonance)
- Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers: “Free For All” (Blue Note 84170)
- Art Pepper: “Live at Fat Tuesday’s” (Elemental 5990427)
- Art Pepper: “Unreleased Art, Vol. 8: Live at the Winery” (Widow’s Taste 13001)
- Ben Webster: “Soho Nights” (Resteamed 106/112)
- Benny Carter: “Further Definitions” (LP: Impulse 12; CD: Impulse 229)
- Beny Moré: “Lo Mejor de Lo Mejor” (The Best of the Best) (BMG Mexico 72826)
- Bill Evans Trio: “Live at the Top of the Gate” (Resonance 2012)
- Billie Holiday: “All or Nothing at All” (Verve 314 529 226)
- Carmen McRae at the Great American Music Hall (Blue Note 709)
- Carol Sloane: “Live at 30th Street” (Columbia CS-8743)
- Charles Lloyd: “Manhattan Stories” (Resonance 2016)
- Charles Mingus: “Pre-Bird” (aka “Mingus Revisited”) (Verve 314 538 636)
- Charles Mingus: “The Jazz Workshop Concerts 1964-65” (Mosaic 253)
- Charlie Haden: “Liberation Music Orchestra” (Impulse LP AS-9183)
- Charlie Parker with Strings (Deluxe Edition) (Verve 22596)
- Clarence Gene Shaw in Chicago
- Classic Brunswick & Columbia Teddy Wilson Sessions (Mosaic 265)
- Classic Coleman Hawkins Sessions, 1922-1947 (Mosaic 251)
- Classic James P. Johnson Sessions (Mosaic 262)
- Cleo Laine: “Shakespeare and All That Jazz” (Fontana 5209 or Philips 6382 014)
- Clifford Brown/Max Roach: “Historic California Concerts’ (Fresh Sounds 377)
- Count Basie and Lester Young: Live and in the Studio
- Count Basie/Joe Williams: “Memories Ad-Lib” (Roulette LP 52021)
- Dave Brubeck Quartet: “Jazz At Oberlin” (OJC 46)
- Discoveries!
- DIVERGENT CAREER PATHS
- Dizzy Gillespie: “Sonny Side Up” (Verve 314 521 426)/”Duets” (Verve 835 253)
- DO YOU REMEMBER THE CONCERT WHEN…
- Don Ellis: “Soaring” (MPS 1785959)
- Duke Ellington: “(Hi-Fi) Ellington Uptown” (Columbia 87066)
- Duke Ellington: The Complete “Ellington Indigos” (Jazz Beat 527)
- Duke Pearson: “The Right Touch” (Blue Note 84267)
- Eddie Jefferson: “The Main Man” (Inner City 1033)
- Ella Fitzgerald & Ellis Larkins: “Pure Ella” (Decca/GRP CD 636)
- Ella Fitzgerald: “Ella at Zardi’s” (Verve 27422)
- Ella Fitzgerald: “Ella Swings Lightly” (Verve 314 517 535)
- Eric Dolphy: “Out To Lunch” (Blue Note 84163/HD Tracks FLAC remaster)
- Erroll Garner: “Ready, Take One” (Columbia/Legacy 36331)/ Shirley Horn: “Live at the Four Queens” (Resonance 2015)
- Erroll Garner: The Complete “Concert by the Sea” (Columbia/Legacy 20842)
- Frank Sinatra on the Radio
- Fred Astaire: “The Astaire Story” (Verve 26605)
- Gil Evans: “Into The Hot” (orig. LP: Impulse 9; CD: Impulse 39104)
- Herbie Hancock: “Mwandishi” (Warner Bros. 9362 47541)
- James Newton: “The African Flower” (Blue Note 46292)
- Jo Stafford: “Jo + Jazz” (Corinthian 108)
- John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman (Impulse 10591)
- LENNIE TRISTANO & LEE KONITZ: DUETS (but not with each other)
- Les Double Six: “Singin’ Swingin'” (LP: Philips 600 026 CD: RCA 65659)
- Louis Armstrong: “Columbia & RCA Victor Live Recordings” (Mosaic 257)
- Louis Armstrong: “Red Beans & Ricely Yours” (Smithsonian-Folkways 60005)
- Louis Armstrong: “Satchmo at Symphony Hall” (Decca 16891)
- Manhattan Transfer: “Extensions” (Atlantic 19258)
- Mary Lou Williams: “Solo Recital, Montreux Jazz Festival, 1978” (OJC 962/ EagleVision 39053)
- McCoy Tyner: “Inception” (LP: Impulse 18; CD: Impulse 5334721)
- Miles Davis at Newport, 1955-1975 (Columbia/Legacy 81952)
- Miles Davis Live in Europe 1967 (Columbia/Legacy 94053)
- Miles Davis: “Kind of Blue” & “Jazz Track” (Columbia CS 8163/CL 1268)
- Miles Davis/John Coltrane: “All of You: The Last Tour” (Acrobat 7076)
- Milton Nascimento: “Txai” (Columbia 46871)
- MINGUS AT ANTIBES (Atlantic 3001 [LP]/Rhino 72871 [CD])
- Modern Jazz Quartet: “Concert in Japan ’66” (Atlantic [Japan] 1027-1028)
- Modern Jazz Quartet: “Lost Tapes” (JazzHaus 101731)
- Nancy Wilson: “Yesterday’s Love Songs/Today’s Blues” (Capitol 96265)
- NAT KING COLE: “HITTIN’ THE RAMP” (Resonance 2042)
- National Jazz Museum of Harlem Savory Collection, Vol. 1 (Apple download)
- NEW MUSIC FROM OLD MASTERS
- NEWLY-RELEASED JAZZ (FROM THE 1960s)
- Ornette Coleman: “The Shape of Jazz to Come” (Atlantic 1317)/ “Change of the Century (Atlantic 1327)
- Peter Appleyard & The Jazz Giants: “The Lost 1974 Sessions” (Linus 270135)
- Phil Woods: “I Remember…” (Gryphon 788)
- Quincy Jones: “This Is How I Feel About Jazz” (ABC-Paramount 149)
- Re-Discovering Tubby Hayes
- Red Garland: “Swingin’ on the Korner” (Elemental 5990426)
- Revisiting “Shuffle Along”
- ROY ELDRIDGE: “DALE’S WAIL” (Verve LP VE2-2531)
- Sarah Vaughan featuring Clifford Brown (LP: EmArcy 36004; CD: EmArcy 814 641)
- Sarah Vaughan: “Sophisticated Lady: The Duke Ellington Songbook Collection” (Pablo 34608)
- Shirley Horn: “Here’s To Life” (Verve 314 511 879)
- Slim Gaillard: “Groove Juice:The Norman Granz Recordings & More” (Verve 27591)
- Sonny Clark: “Cool Struttin'” (Blue Note LP: 81588/CD: 46513 or 95327)
- Sonny Rollins: “There Will Never Be Another You” (LP: Impulse 9349; CD: Impulse 5334723)
- Stan Getz & Joao Gilberto: “Getz/Gilberto” (50th Anniversary) (Verve 20749)
- Stan Getz Presents Jimmy Rowles: “The Peacocks” (Columbia 34873)
- Stan Getz: “The Dolphin” (Concord Jazz 4158)
- Still Progressive
- The Complete 1932-1940 Brunswick, Columbia & Master Recordings of Duke Ellington & his Famous Orchestra (Mosaic 248)
- The Complete Atlantic Studio Recordings of the Modern Jazz Quartet (Mosaic 249)
- The Smithsonian and “Classic Jazz”
- Toshiko Akiyoshi/Lew Tabackin: “Road Time” (RCA Victor 22242)
- TUBBY HAYES: “THE COMPLETE FONTANA ALBUMS” (Fontana 7743915—13 CDs)
- Two Trips Through The “Money Jungle”
- UNBURIED TREASURES
- We Insist!: Max Roach’s Freedom Now Suite (Candid 79002)
- Wes Montgomery in Paris (Resonance 2032)
- Wes Montgomery: “Echoes of Indiana Avenue” (Resonance 2011)
- Wes Montgomery: “In the Beginning” (Resonance 2014)
Book Reviews
- “DAVE BRUBECK: A LIFE IN TIME” (by Philip Clark)
- “PLAY THE WAY YOU FEEL” (by Kevin Whitehead)/“STARS OF JAZZ” (by James A. Harrod)
- “RABBIT’S BLUES” (by Con Chapman)
- “SAXOPHONE COLOSSUS: THE LIFE & MUSIC OF SONNY ROLLINS” (by Aidan Levy)
- “SITTIN’ IN: JAZZ CLUBS OF THE 1940s & 1950s” (by Jeff Gold)
- “THE REAL AMBASSADORS” (by Keith Hatschek)
- THE HISTORY OF EUROPEAN JAZZ (edited by Francesco Martinelli)
- 100% Proof: The Complete Tubby Hayes Discography (by Simon Spillett & C. Tom Davis)
- Being Prez: The Life & Music of Lester Young (by Dave Gelly)
- Benny Goodman’s Famous 1938 Carnegie Hall Jazz Concert (by Catherine Tackley)
- Better Git It In Your Soul (by Krin Gabbard)
- Billie Holiday: The Musician and The Myth (by John Szwed)
- Bird Lore
- Blowin’ Hot and Cool (by John Gennari)
- Celebrating Ralph J. Gleason
- Conversations with Bill Holman (edited by Bill Dobbins)
- Conversations with Charlie Haden (by Josef Woodard and Charlie Haden)
- Dameronia: The Life and Music of Tadd Dameron (by Paul Combs)
- DAVE BRUBECK’S “TIME OUT” (by Stephen A. Crist)
- David Baker: A Legacy in Music (edited by Monika Herzig)
- Duke: A Life of Duke Ellington (by Terry Teachout)
- Freedom of Expression: Interviews with Women in Jazz (by Chris Becker)
- Getting Down To Brass Tacks (by Amy Duncan)
- Girl Singer (by Mick Carlon)
- Good Things Come Slowly: A Life In and Out of Jazz (by Fred Hersch)
- Harlem Jazz Adventures (by Timme Rosenkrantz)
- HEART FULL OF RHYTHM” (by Ricky Riccardi)
- How to Listen to Jazz (by Ted Gioia)
- Is That All There Is?: The Strange Life of Peggy Lee (by James Gavin)
- JAZZ FROM DETROIT (by Mark Stryker)
- Jazz in China (by Eugene Marlow)
- JAZZ IN THE 21ST CENTURY
- Jazz Tales from Jazz Legends (by Monk Rowe with Romy Britell)
- Jelly Roll, Bix and Hoagy (by Rick Kennedy)
- Jive Colored Glasses (by John F. Goodman)
- Joe Wilder: Softly, With Feeling (by Edward Berger)
- Keystone Korner: Portrait of a Jazz Club (by Kathy Sloane)
- Late Life Jazz (by Ken Crossland & Malcolm MacFarlane)
- Learning to Listen (by Gary Burton)
- Loft Jazz: Improvising New York in the 1970s (by Michael C. Heller)
- Louis Armstrong: Master of Modernism (by Thomas Brothers)
- Louis Armstrong’s Hot Five & Hot Seven Recordings (by Brian Harker)
- Love Songs: The Hidden History (by Ted Gioia)
- MARY LOU WILLIAMS: MUSIC FOR THE SOUL (by Deanna Witkowski)
- More Important Than The Music (by Bruce Epperson)
- Norman Granz: The Man Who Used Jazz for Justice (by Tad Hershorn)
- ODE TO A TENOR TITAN (by Bill Milkowski)
- Outside In (by Scott Shachter)
- Paris Blues (by Andy Fry)
- Pepper Adams’ Joy Road (by Gary Carner)
- Playboy Swings (by Patty Farmer and Will Friedwald)
- Possibilities (by Herbie Hancock & Lisa Dickey)
- Pressed for all Time: Producing the Great Jazz Albums (by Michael Jarrett)
- Riding on Duke’s Train & Travels with Louis (by Mick Carlon)
- Shall We Play That One Together (by Paul DeBarros)
- SINGER’S SURVIVAL GUIDE TO TOURING (by Elisabeth Lohninger)
- Sophisticated Giant: The Life & Legacy of Dexter Gordon (by Maxine Gordon)
- Swinger!: A Jazz Girl’s Adventures (by Judy Carmichael)
- The Baroness (by Hannah Rothschild)
- The Boswell Legacy (by Kyla Titus)
- The Cambridge Companion to Duke Ellington (Edited by Edward Green)
- The Jazz Life of Dr. Billy Taylor (by Billy Taylor & Teresa L. Reed)
- The Jazz of Physics (by Stephon Alexander)
- The Jazz Standards (by Ted Gioia)
- The Last Balladeer: The Johnny Hartman Story (by Gregg Akkerman)
- This is Hip: The Life of Mark Murphy (by Peter Jones)
- TIMES REMEMBERED: THE FINAL YEARS OF THE BILL EVANS TRIO (by Joe La Barbera & Charles Levin)
- Tubby Hayes: The Long Shadow of the Little Giant (by Simon Spillett)
- What A Wonderful World (by Ricky Riccardi)
- Why Jazz Happened (by Marc Myers)
Sidetracks
- 2019 SUMMATION
- 2020: THE SUMMATION
- 2021: THE SUMMATION
- 2022: THE SUMMATION
- A Midsummer Night’s Stream
- A Non-Review
- A Sick Kind of Humor
- Attracting the Lost Generations
- BACK TO WORK!
- Camille Bertault: The Girl on the Internet
- Dave Brubeck’s “Koto Song”
- Ella Fitzgerald at 100
- Interviewing Miles
- Jazz and Standup Comedy
- Maria Schneider/Dawn Upshaw: “Winter Morning Walks” (ArtistShare 121)
- Michelle Lordi & the Art of Storytelling
- Music for a Cool Yule 2021
- Remembering Amy Duncan
- Remembering Susannah
- Retro Technology
- Summation 2018
- The Dave Frishberg Songbook
- The Enigma of Jeri Southern
- The Essence of Billie
- The Jam Session: A Vocalist’s Confession
- THE MANY SOUNDS OF “SUMMERTIME”
- The Summation 2012
- The Summation 2013
- The Summation 2014
- The Summation 2015
- The Summation 2016
- The Summation 2017
- The Unedited Paul Desmond
- Those Marching Saints
- Timme Rosenkrantz and the Town Hall Concert (June 9, 1945)
- We…Are…The 2.3 Percent!
Historical Essays
- “THE SPIRITS WITHIN”: THE COLLABORATIONS OF RED RODNEY AND IRA SULLIVAN (Part 1)
- “THE SPIRITS WITHIN”: THE COLLABORATIONS OF RED RODNEY AND IRA SULLIVAN (Part 2)
- 48 versions of “St. Louis Blues”
- DJANGO REINHARDT : DEVELOPING A UNIQUE SOLO STYLE
- Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn’s “Such Sweet Thunder”
- Duke Ellington’s Sacred Concerts
- Fats Waller at the Pipe Organ
- Frankie Newton: The Forgotten Trumpeter (part I)
- Frankie Newton: The Forgotten Trumpeter (part II)
- JATP at The Opera House
- Jazz Adaptations of “Porgy and Bess”
- Mel, Marty & the Dek-tette
- Paul Desmond and the Canadians
- Sheila Jordan: The Bass/Voice Duets
- Shelly Manne and His Men featuring Joe Gordon and Richie Kamuca
- The 1968 Bill Evans Trio with Eddie Gomez & Jack DeJohnette
- The Art Farmer Quartet featuring Jim Hall
- The Earliest Recordings of “Body and Soul”
- The Sound of Jazz: An Interactive Essay
- Tommy Flanagan’s Composer Tributes