
2009 Revisited: Jazz
Critics' picks for the best of 2009

2000s Jazz
Jazz of this century's first decade

Pure Jazz
The rich art of Jazz: classic and modern, vocal and instrumental

Instrument: Saxophone Jazz
Jazz comes alive on the expressive sax

New School Jazz
Jazz after bop!

Composers: Pop music
A Jazz spin on rock and pop songs

Jazz Fusion
Groove jazz, jazz-rock, world fusion, and modern innovations

Vocal Jazz
Legendary Jazz singers and their signature songs

Instrument: Trumpet Jazz
Satchmo and Miles to Roy Hargrove and Dave Douglas

Avant Garde Jazz
Jazz way outside the box

Big Band Jazz
The large ensemble sound

Cutting Edge Jazz
Contemporary experimental jazz. Not Avant-Garde, not Straight-Ahead

Instrument: Jazz Drummers
The legends behind the kit

Third Stream
Where Jazz and Classical meet

Modern Mainstream Jazz
The best in mainstream Jazz from the last three decades

1990s Jazz
Exciting new voices and elder statesmen in their later years

Composers: Shorter
Compositions by the late Wayne Shorter, as a member of Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers, Miles Davis'...

Spiritual Jazz
Jazz that explores the nature of God

Instrument: Unusual Jazz Axes
Jazz played on everything from the flute to steel pan to vocoder

Brass Bands
Celebrate Mardi Gras with Brass Bands from New Orleans and around the world

Best Jazz of 2013
Ahmad Jamal, Frank Wess, Kenny Garrett, and more of the year's absolute best

Mellow Grooves Jazz
Bossa nova, slow funk jams, and ballads with a beat -- mellow jazz that won't put you to sleep

2010s Jazz
The best Jazz of this decade, so far...

Daddy's Home
Happy Father's Day, even to those who were a rolling stone

Jazz 2000
Highlights from the best jazz and smooth jazz albums released in the year 2000

House Blend: Vocal Jazz + Smooth Jazz Vocals
A sweet collage of vocal inventors with textures from the modern breed.
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