*Internationally acclaimed smooth jazz artist Jesse Thompson, also known as JT Jazz, has released a delightful Christmas EP titled “The Reason,” designed to inspire gratitude and connection during the ...

All About Jazz readers are usually very hip to the joys and challenges of listening to this uniquely American and endlessly fascinating art form we call jazz. Aficionados of jazz like to talk about ...

Jon Pareles, the chief pop music critic for The Times, dipped into the flood of new music that has been released these past few weeks. Here are five tracks he recommends. Sade Adu, “Young Lion” The ...