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1920s & '30s Jazz

Swing, ragtime, and jazz from the Jazz Age!

1940s Jazz

Swing was king, but dethroned by the unstoppable force of bebop

1950s Jazz

The golden age of bebop, hard bop, and cool jazz

1960s Jazz

Post-bop, free jazz, and early fusion

1970s Jazz

When fusion was king, and the birth of the modern giants

1980s Jazz

Fusion and neo-bop, with Pat Metheny, Wynton Marsalis, and more

1990s Jazz

Exciting new voices and elder statesmen in their later years

2000s Jazz

Jazz of this century's first decade

2009 Revisited: Jazz

Critics' picks for the best of 2009

2010s Jazz

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

25 Greatest Jazz Standards

Lots of versions of 25 tunes in every musician's repertoire

A Great Day in Harlem

Jazz greats in the famous 1958 "Great Day in Harlem” photo

AACM Jazz

Chicago's Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians

Acid Jazz

Rare Groovers like Jamiroquai, Thievery Corporation, and Brand New Heavies with a '90s focus

Avant Garde Jazz

Jazz way outside the box

Bebop

The masters of swing rhythm and adventurous improvisation

Big Band Jazz

The large ensemble sound

Billie Holiday Centennial

Created for the 100th anniversary of her birth, lots of versions of songs made legendary by Lady Day

Blue Note Records

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

Brass Bands

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

Brazilian Jazz

Brazilian masters trade tunes with the world's top jazz stars for this classic and contemporary mix.

Broadway Jazz

Porter, Gershwin, Sondheim, and more, performed by Jazz legends

Cocktail Jazz Trio

Great Jazz trios playing tasteful arrangements of time-tested standards

Composers: Bird and Diz

Songs by the fathers of bop: Charlie Parker & Dizzy Gillespie

Composers: Ellington

The timeless music of Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn

Composers: Jobim

The timeless work of Bossa Nova maestro Antonio Carlos Jobim

Composers: Monk

The enigmatic, challenging, and revolutionary Thelonious Monk

Composers: Pop music

A Jazz spin on rock and pop songs

Composers: Shorter

Jazz music's greatest living composer, Wayne Shorter

Composers: Strayhorn

Compositions by Ellington's right-hand man, Billy Strayhorn

Composers: The Beatles

Jazz artists' take on John, Paul, George and Ringo

Cool Jazz

A subdued response to Bebop

Cutting Edge Jazz

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

Dixieland

The early-20th Century style and sounds of the birthplace of jazz, New Orleans

ECM Records

The leading label for cutting edge modern jazz for 50 years

Groove Jazz

Funky and groovy!

Gypsy Jazz

The infectious swing style invented by Django Reinhardt in the '30s

Instrument: Jazz Bass

Covering all the bassists

Instrument: Jazz Drummers

The legends behind the kit

Instrument: Jazz Guitar

Acoustic and electric Jazz guitar greats

Instrument: Jazz Vibes

The sounds of the often under-appreciated vibraphone

Instrument: Organ Jazz

Organ Jazz masters old and new

Instrument: Piano Jazz

The evolution of the Jazz piano

Instrument: Saxophone Jazz

Jazz comes alive on the expressive sax

Instrument: Solo Jazz Piano

The pure sound of piano: no pesky bass, drums, or horns

Instrument: Trombone Jazz

Nothing but great Jazz trombone performances

Instrument: Trumpet Jazz

Satchmo and Miles to Roy Hargrove and Dave Douglas

Instrument: Unusual Jazz Axes

Jazz played on everything from the flute to steel pan to vocoder

Jazz Ballads

Beautiful, sophisticated, and relaxing Jazz

Jazz Burners

Burnin' fast jazz to motivate you. Nothing under 200 BPM!

Jazz Fantasy Fest

History's greatest Jazz artists, all at a festival of our dreams: Miles, the Duke, and Pops front...

Jazz Fusion

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

Jazz Fusion Guitar

Jazzers can shred too! Hear blazing licks by Al Di Meola, John McLaughlin, and many more.

Jazz Love Songs

Romantic tunes in the Jazz tradition

Jazz and the Black Experience

Spirituals, protest songs, and music that highlights the African roots of Jazz

Jazz for Concentration

Work along to Jazz conducive to clear thinking

Jazzy Christmas Party

A swingin' holiday sound for a cool yule with Ella Fitzgerald, Lionel Hampton, Louis Prima, and m...

Latin Jazz

Jazz from Latin America and the Caribbean. Edgy, vibrant & cool…

Listeners' Top 100: Jazz

The Top 100 Jazz tracks, as rated by you

Live Jazz

On stage recordings of Jazz greats

Mellow Grooves Jazz

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

Modern Mainstream Jazz

The best in mainstream Jazz from the last three decades

New School Jazz

Jazz after bop!

Nothin' But the Blues

Jazz interpretations of the classic twelve bar blues

Old School Jazz

Pre-bop -- the very roots of Jazz

Pure Jazz

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

Queens of Vocal Jazz

Billie, Ella, Nina, Sarah, Lena, Dinah, and more...jazz royalty!

Spiritual Jazz

Jazz that explores the nature of God

Straight Ahead Jazz

The 'lingua franca' of the jam session: 4/4 time and walking bass

Super-Mellow Instrumental Jazz

A soothing way to unwind from your day

Third Stream

Where Jazz and Classical meet

This Is Jazz: 1959

We look back six decades to what is arguably the greatest single year in recorded Jazz

Top 50 Jazz Albums of All Time

Every track from the landmark LPs of Jazz history

Vocal Jazz

Legendary Jazz singers and their signature songs

Women of Jazz

Jazz music's top female artists

World Fusion

Jazz improvisation along with global folk music traditions

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