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Jazz critic Kevin Whitehead reviews Dogmental (GM label), the new CD by the Andy Biskin Quintet.

Jazz critic Kevin Whitehead recommends four box sets for gifts that won't break the bank. They are: Fats Waller/If You Got to Ask, You Ain't Got It; How Low Can You Go?; Sonny Stitt/Stitt's Bits: The Bebop Recordings, 1949-1952; and Andrew Hill - Solo.

For lovers of jazz music, the year 2005 brought a wealth of reissues by critical artists from Jelly Roll Morton to John Coltrane. The music, the result of exhaustive archival and restoration work, adds new details to one of America's richest musical traditions.

The Monterey Jazz Festival celebrates 50 years of great music this weekend. Musician David Was reflects on the festival and reviews a new set of archival Monterey CDs featuring Thelonious Monk, Miles Davis and Dizzy Gillespie.

Four leading music critics representing a range of perspectives and publications will converge in this annual critics’ roundtable, hosted and moderated by…

Our jazz critic reviews two new trio CDs by the Dutch pianist Michiel Braam, Change This Song and Hosting Changes. Trio Braam de Joode Vatcher is on a short U.S. tour June 12-17.

Jazz singer Tony DeSare has just released his second album, Last First Kiss. He covers Carole King, Cole Porter and Prince on the recording.

The pianist's refined and lyrical style is on display as she performs her own "Night Train" in a session from 2008.

When there is loss, hope or joy, music is easily shared among cultures, even without words. In the spirit of recovery, this installment of Take Five showcases five talented Japanese jazz artists.

Pulitzer Prize winners were announced Monday. Among those honored by the Pulitzer panel was legendary jazz pianist Thelonious Monk.