The End-of-the-Year lists are upon us once again, and there were some special albums that spun in just-walking-the-dog heavy rotation. Specifically, when plugged into a trusty Walkman, it is the noise ...

The five U.S. jazz albums and the five Italian jazz albums selected here represent, in my view, the very best of what was released in 2025. They stand out for their innovative spirit, expressive ...

I always wanted to write how Miles Davis talked: abrupt, profane, contemptuous, in a stiletto rhythm that jabbed and stung and threw off unexpected sparks of enlightenment and tenderness. Of course, ...

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Your humble columnist has been felled. On June 7, coming home from a concert by D.C.-born, Baltimore-based pianist Lafayette Gilchrist, this writer was in a rib- and collarbone-shattering accident ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. 50 greatest albums of all time An untold number of albums have been released since the long-playing record came into being amid ...

Back in the early 1980s, Alex Skolnick was pretty much like any other teenager. He loved electric guitar players like Eddie Van Halen, Randy Rhoads and George Lynch. “I was caught up in the whole ...