Category contemporary jazz

cover art and clear vinyl to the Pat Metheny EP Is This America

Pat Metheny Announces Is This America? EP

Contemporary jazz legend Pat Metheny has announced a new EP, Is This America?, arriving November 27, 2026, as an exclusive vinyl LP and CD release for Record Store Day Black Friday. The title immediately brings to mind one of Metheny’s…

John Hilderbrand
October 9, 2026

cover art to Blue Pacific by Michael Franks with a faded chart background

Top Contemporary Jazz Albums – October 13, 1990

Michael Franks was sitting at #1 on Billboard’s Top Contemporary Jazz Albums chart for the week ending October 13, 1990 with Blue Pacific. The album had been on the chart for 15 weeks and was spending its fifth week at…

John Hilderbrand
October 7, 2026

cover art to You Are Here by Steve Khan and Rob Mounsey

Steve Khan & Rob Mounsey: You Are Here (1998)

Steve Khan and Rob Mounsey released You Are Here on October 6, 1998 through SIAM Records, reuniting more than a decade after their Grammy-nominated album Local Color. Their second collaboration blends contemporary jazz with Latin, Brazilian, and West African influences,…

John Hilderbrand
October 6, 2026