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

Blue Note Records
The recorded legacy of Jazz music’s greatest record company.

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!

Instrument: Jazz Bass
Covering all the bassists

Avant Garde Jazz
Jazz way outside the box

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

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

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

House Blend: Blue Note Records + 1960s Jazz
A blend of late '50s and '60s hard bop, modal, and avant garde Jazz
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