A supremely rare album, the recent re-discovery of P.E. Hewitt made this hand-assembled LP (Hewitt’s third, custom pressed in a run of about 50 pieces and sent to record labels in hopes of securing a ...

John Coltrane’s My Favorite Things isn’t just a jazz standard—it’s a complete transformation of a Broadway classic. This ...

1959 was arguably the most creative year in all of jazz history. Bird had already passed away, and this year would see the passings of Lester Young and Billie Holiday. Musically speaking, when we read ...

From the Godz to the Fugs to Charles Manson himself, ESP Disk has always had a soft spot for the anarchic side of folk. The Holy Modal Rounders, while perhaps a little less infamous than their label ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra signalled its balance of orchestral jazz spectacle and nightclub intimacy ...

It wasn't so long ago that the discussion of modal jazz outside of select circles in San Francisco and London seemed to be relegated to the white-bearded record collecting crowd. You know, those cats ...