Category contemporary jazz

cover to the album Live Wires by contemporary jazz band Yellowjackets

Top Contemporary Jazz March 22, 1992

Years before I launched ContemporaryJazz.com, I maintained a personal top 10 “Jazz and New Adult Contemporary” chart of my own. It was based on what I liked and what seemed to be popular according to other charts and magazines. Top…

John Hilderbrand
March 22, 2022

Remembering Zachary Breaux

Sunday will mark 25 years since contemporary jazz guitarist Zachary Breaux left the world way too soon. His recording label for his final album, Zebra Records, had sent this out after his tragic passing: “As the music community celebrates Black…

John Hilderbrand
February 18, 2022
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Early 2002 contemporary jazz releases - Chicago Experiment, David Benoit, Robert Glasper

Upcoming Jazz Releases – Robert Glasper, David Benoit, The Chicago Experiment

Get your 2022 off on the right foot with new jazz! The Chicago Experiment is the next in a series of the Ropeadope’s Experiment series. The label says that “at a time when communities are physically disconnected, and even history…

John Hilderbrand
January 23, 2022