JAZZ / SOUL / HIP-HOP

4th LP & anticon debut from former Warp Records artist Beans (of Anti-Pop Consortium). Features Four Tet, Clark, In Flagranti, TOBACCO, members of...

On first spin, most listeners won't be able to tell that gutsy soul singer Charles Bradley's Daptone debut wasn't recorded in the late '60s and...

Charles Mingus poured the full weight of his experience into everything he played. He was a powerful virtuoso on bass, and as a composer he drew on...

The title of this lengthy, two-disc affair may be a bit misleading; it might suggest some sort of Prince-like construction full of finely wrought...

Dennis Coffey is a musician of rare pedigree. His recording career actually stretches back to the 1950s, though he is best known for the wah-wah and...

Diana Krall is without a doubt the first lady of jazz--a household name around the world, even in households where jazz wouldn't normally find a...

"I’m New Here" sees proto-rap pioneer Gil Scott-Heron still looking forward, still challenging conventions and expectations, with his first album in...

"Don't push me 'cause I'm close to the edge...", it's THE classic hip hop anthem from Grandmaster Flash circa 1982. Includes instrumental on the...

At long last, Shawn "Jay-Z" Carter, President & CEO of Def Jam Recordings, philanthropist and entrepreneur, officially returns to the rap game with...

The Black Album was intended as the full stop on a recording career that saw Shawn Carter rise from hip hop fan in his Brooklyn home, rapping over a...

This session with the sidemen of the Ornette Coleman Quartet (trumper Don Cherry, bassist Charlie Haden/Percy Heath and drummer Ed Blackwell),...

hrough both the force of his music and his personal character, saxophonist John Coltrane remains among the most influential jazz artists of all time....

While Coltrane first gained attention for his revolutionary ‘sheets of sound’ technique, it was the deep spirituality of his music that really made...

Through both the force of his music and his personal character, saxophonist John Coltrane remains among the most influential jazz artists of all...

Released in January 1960, John Coltrane's first album devoted entirely to his own compositions confirmed his towering command of tenor saxophone and...

Released in January 1960, John Coltrane's first album devoted entirely to his own compositions confirmed his towering command of tenor saxophone and...

Through both the force of his music and his personal character, saxophonist John Coltrane remains among the most influential jazz artists of all...

The Outsiders Are Back is the debut album by Kings Go Forth, the Milwaukee based soul band co-founded by Andy Noble, proprietor of the fabled Lotus...

Food & Liquor peaked in the Top Ten and collected three Grammy nominations. The Cool, released the next calendar year, reached gold-sales status and...

Marvin Gaye began his career in the late 1950s, singing with various R&B vocal groups. Soon he moved on to work as a session drummer and vocalist at...