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The Bad Plus ‘The Rite of Spring’ Album Review

This is a recording of exceptional merit that hits the jazz and classical scenes with all of the impact of its original notorious performance.

This classic jazz album from 1966 was immensely exciting after bebop, and even seems to be a fresher, freer, and logical extension of it.

Alto saxophone virtuoso Art Pepper teams up with Miles Davis’s rhythm section to produce a timeless masterpiece.

These 7 Crossover Jazz albums found huge audiences by incorporating elements of rock, hip-hop and world music.

One of the most surprising, enterprising cover albums ever made, Ben Sidran’s take on Bob Dylan is a treasure.

Nina Simone can make you forget that anyone else has ever recorded anything she sang.