Progressive Jazz: Best Sellers

It was always a major goal of Stan Kenton's to lead a concert jazz orchestra as opposed to a swinging dance band. He wanted to perform for audiences that sat [more]

It was always a major goal of Stan Kenton's to lead a concert jazz orchestra as opposed to a swinging dance band. He wanted to perform for audiences that sat [more]

Over two CDs going back to 2004, vibraphonist Stefon Harris and his group Blackout have continued to become more progressive and contemporary at the same time. Employing hip-hop [more]

Gerry Mulligan's quartet recorded this studio date about seven years before his death, and it's a beautiful statement of where the refined, seasoned veteran of cool jazz was at [more]

It had been quite some time in between releases for Archie Shepp, and this 2009 issue adds to his reputation as a musician who has always been known for mixing progressive modern [more]

Belgium's 15-piece Flat Earth Society are one of the hottest big bands on the planet, but are they a jazz big band? On the evidence of 2009's Cheer Me, Perverts!, the answer [more]

Charles Mingus' debut for Columbia, Mingus Ah Um is a stunning summation of the bassist's talents and probably the best reference point for beginners. [more]

Roscoe Mitchell's CD The Solo Concert is actually culled from several different performances in the mid-'70s, done in Kalamazoo, MI, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, and Pori, Finland. [more]

Jazz listeners outside of Israel, Boston, or New York City may not -- yet -- be familiar with the work of alto saxophonist and composer Uri Gurvich, and that's totally understandable. He [more]

This may have been Creed Taylor's most ambitious single project. As the cash was flowing in the wake of Deodato's massive hit version of {"Also Sprach Zarathustra (Theme from 2001: A [more]

Delmark Records is more than an institution in the jazz and blues world. Founder and owner Bob Koester celebrated 55 years by issuing two collections of seminal blues and jazz [more]

In 2007 and 2008, ESP-Disk provided quite a few jazz reissues (many, though not all, of them avant-grade). But the label also put out new recordings [more]

This LP, hailed at the time of release and promptly forgotten, is Pete Jolly's masterpiece, a wonderfully emotional electronic tour de force. With the exception of one cut, it was completely [more]

Guitarist Jon Larsen has assembled a crew of Los Angeles based musicians to play music that, in no uncertain terms, pays tribute to Frank Zappa without performing his music. [more]

A very intriguing guitarist with a sound of his own, Jonathan Kreisberg is quite versatile. He can sound like a cool-toned jazz guitarist, but can also shift to a more [more]