Lisbon's Clean Feed Records has been winning awards and gathering praise from critics in the jazz world for its vibrant exploration of modern jazz. Founded in 2001, it has released 140 titles from ...

Other labels have done a great service to jazz, but Blue Note, through its staying power and willingness to take risk, has reflected the diversity within jazz: hot, cool, swing, bop, hard bop ...

Sophie Huber's documentary 'Blue Note Records: Beyond the Notes' chronicles the history of the seminal jazz record label. By Frank Scheck Sophie Huber’s consistently fascinating documentary ...

Thirsty Ear is not the first label to muck around in hybrid forms. Verve put out “Verve Remixed” in 2002, in which DJs made dance tracks out of jazz standards, and the label is planning a Roy ...

The producer helped bring about the swing era in the 1930s, but a new set highlights the later jazz ... “Classic Vanguard ...

In spite of predating Contemporary Records, Pacific Jazz would have no relevance were it not for evolutionary position of Contemporary. New York claimed all jazz east of Kansas City and basically ...

This label founded in 1971 gave Afrocentric and psychedelic jazz a home, and found a breakout hit with Gil Scott-Heron and Brian Jackson. Take a guided tour through its deep catalog.

There are a handful of independent record labels doing a better job of showcasing the cutting edge in jazz than the majors. The fearless Pi Recordings comes to mind, as does trumpeter Dave Douglas ...

Portugal's capital is normally associated with the melancholic fado music, but a new Portuguese jazz label is making a name for itself around the world with an adventurous approach to producing ...