S. Victor Aaron

The ace harmonica player who lent his skills to Sunken Condos has continued making music over these last twelve years, and not just with a mouth harp: he knows his way around composing, singing and playing guitar, too. He continues to make records under his own name and do sideman work for some of the biggest names in the biz like Sting, Barbra Streisand, Jaco Pastorius, Carly Simon, Chaka Khan, Peggy Lee and the O’Jays. And then there’s a steady stream of work from movie scores and commercials and concerts. So yeah, he’s been keeping busy.

Regardless of what one might think of the political messages of Devin Gray, his musical messages on 'Melt All Guns II' are undeniably mighty.

Keith Jarrett's trio triumph 'The Old Country' is an equal companion to 'At The Deer Head Inn,' not an inferior second helping.

For 'Dusk and Dawn,' the Rich Halley 4 deliver attitude and panache missing from much of jazz while respecting everything about the idiom that made it great.

Observing Darius Jones from afar since his time in the ferocious free jazz unit Little Women, I’ve witnessed a saxophonist, composer and bandleader who gathered much acclaim for a very individual, dauntless style of jazz. He’s now regarded as one of the top figures in the raw, progressive area of the genre, each release a chapter of his life’s work, making each chapter deliver some major statement.

Christmas is a joyful time of the year but there's melancholy running through Lydia Salnikova's heartfelt "Christmas Means a Different Thing This Year."

Norah Jones’ The Fall was a description of what she surmised would happen to her standing among her early fans – rather than referring to the current season.

is the first new release under Remler’s name since 1990’s This Is Me, her last studio recordings before her sudden passing in May of that year. Until now, though, there’s never been any officially-released concert recordings of her.

Ever restless in his pursuit of finding novel ways to collaborate on the creation of highly improvised music, saxophone extraordinaire Ivo Perelman has dreamed up a dandy: a quartet consisting of all-saxophonists. Supernova

Helping him build that bridge is someone uniquely qualified for that job in the 21st century: jazz/hip-hop singer and producer José James. Going back to their days together as students at Berklee College of Music, Kuroda was later instrumental in helping to formulate James’ trailblazing crossover jazz sound in the 2010s with his horn arrangements. James returned the favor in 2014 by producing Rising Son, which put the Japanese-born artist squarely on the map of jazz that’s facilely hybridized with contemporary music forms.