Fall Preview

As a supplement to WBGO's 2021 Fall Preview, Jazz United picks a half-dozen new releases we're excited about.

WBGO has assembled 88 reasons for Feeling Good this fall: exciting new albums, fresh discoveries, returning festivals and more.

The musical fruits in our epic Fall Preview are now dropping to the public. The chief compiler of that undertaking, WBGO editorial director Nate Chinen,…

At one point in the process of compiling WBGO’s 2020 Fall Preview, I realized that a handful of this season’s most anticipated albums amount to More of…

The world ground to a halt, but the music kept coming.That’s an oversimplification, of course, and perhaps a bit misleading. But it’s also a reasonable…

Are we not drawn onward, we few, drawn onward to new era?Jacky Terrasson would surely answer that prompt with a grin. A jazz pianist who emerged in the…

What does our music sound like now?We mean “now” as in right now — fall of 2019? There’s no simple answer to that question, but The Checkout is here to…

Autumn brings a cornucopia for jazz fans. Must-have albums, can’t-miss festivals, sounds both old and new. WBGO has gathered 88 highlights for your…