What are the best jazz albums for a beginner?

It's tough to know where to start if you're trying to get into Jazz. We present a list of the best jazz albums for beginning your jazz collection. read more

Ryan Kowal: As a jazz musician, playing and recording versions of other’s songs and albums is tradition. Within this tradition there are a few songs and albums that are off limits for this practice because of the impact and scope of the original. read more

Jazz albums are great and and the post by Oren outlines the greatest jazz alums of all time. But IMO jazz is a music best experienced live. Go check out a show. If you enjoy the show, buy an album. That album will be the best in your collection. Until you see another show and buy another album. read more

*Top 10 Rap Albums For People Who Don't Know Shit About Hip-Hop *Top 5 Los Angeles Jazz Albums of 2011 Lots of folks know almost nothing about jazz, but condensing the hundred some odd years of the genre into ten albums is not easy, something akin to asking someone to describe the history of baseball in ten games. read more