Category contemporary jazz

Album cover montage from the October 12, 1991 contemporary jazz chart featuring Béla Fleck & the Flecktones’ Flight of the Cosmic Hippo, Candy Dulfer’s Saxuality, Fourplay’s Fourplay, The Manhattan Transfer’s The Offbeat of Avenues, Kim Waters’ Sax Appeal, The Rippingtons’ Curves Ahead, Chick Corea Elektric Band’s Beneath the Mask, Warren Hill’s Kiss Under the Moon, and Acoustic Alchemy’s Back on the Case.

Top Contemporary Jazz Chart – October 12, 1991

The October 1991 chart was packed with debuts and big names! The Rippingtons were back at #1 with Curves Ahead, their second consecutive chart-topper and one of five #1 contemporary jazz albums the group would eventually have. At #2 was…

cover to Synonym by Meshell Ndegeocello

Meshell Ndegeocello Announces New Album Synonym

Meshell Ndegeocello will release Synonym on October 2, featuring a jaw-dropping roster of guests reimagining a brilliantly chosen collection of songs. Just look at the track list. “This project is about classic songs that are known and loved,” Ndegeocello says.…

Joyce Cooling playing guitar and cover to her EP Let's Get Away

Joyce Cooling Announces Four-Song EP Let’s Get Away

Contemporary jazz guitarist, vocalist and songwriter Joyce Cooling returns July 24, 2026, with Let’s Get Away, a new four-song digital EP created with her longtime musical partner, keyboardist and producer Jay Wagner. Cooling and Wagner’s creative partnership stretches back to…