KNKX receives thousands of fresh songs per year for programming consideration. Here are the jazz releases from 2025 that rose ...

Branford Marsalis, Joshua White and Patricia Brennan are just some of the artists who released head-turning albums this year.

*For the first time in the band’s history, The Best of Sade has climbed to No. 1 on Billboard’s Jazz Albums chart, marking a significant milestone for the iconic group. The greatest hits compilation, ...

The University of Minnesota’s Jazz Ensemble 1 recorded eight beginner-level songs on Thursday for its first recording back since taking a break in 2023. Typically, the band only performs live, but ...

As I’ve said in a few recent editions of these best-of columns, it’s been a dreadful year for most things but a fine one for music, which, as the verse contends, “has charms to soothe a savage breast, ...

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