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WBGO contributing photographer Steven Sussman shares photos from BRIC JazzFest 2024

It's hard to decide what to make of The Bad Plus, whose sound has no pretense of operating at either extreme of jazz and rock, but instead plays with the colors in between.

A singer of ironclad capability, creative drive and irrepressible panache, she has emerged as the breakout new talent in a formidable jazz-vocal tradition.

New arrangements, old Yuletide classics. Watch the annual Jazz at Lincoln Center Big Band Holidays concert live on Wed., December 19th at 7:30 p.m. ET.

Jazz critic Kevin Whitehead gives the lowdown on new jazz releases that are perfect for the music lover on your last-minute shopping list. He says that this year, there is something for every budget, from affordable classics to handsome box sets.

"An excursion into Renaissance Italy." That is how jazz critic Murray Horwitz describes The Comedy, which tells the story of several fictional denizens of the 1500s. The album also has a surprise appearance by Diahann Carroll, of Dynasty fame.

Hip-hop aficionados will recognize "Mystic Brew" as the source material for A Tribe Called Quest's "Electric Relaxation," in which Ali Shaheed Muhammad exhumed Ronnie Foster's then-obscure 1972 soul-jazz tune. In "Mystic Brew (Trixation Version)," pianist Vijay Iyer at once returns the song to its jazz roots and infuses it with modernity.

Vocalist Allan Harris talked with WBGO’s Gary Walker about the impact of Harlem’s cultural scene on his development as a jazz singer.

From Miles Davis to Diana Krall, we revisit iconic performances and unforgettable moments from 46 years of the Montreal International Jazz Festival.

Arthur Blythe, whose bracing, gusty sound on alto saxophone was an essential feature of the New York loft scene in the 1970s, and a proud fixture of the…