All About Jazz readers are usually very hip to the joys and challenges of listening to this uniquely American and endlessly fascinating art form we call jazz. Aficionados of jazz like to talk about ...

What should I listen for? As we go through the individual CDs, you'll get specific pointers about what to listen for in the tracks I've highlighted. But in general, you'll notice that much of this ...

From one end of my iTunes library to the other, there is generally a different type of music for every occasion, so to speak. For example, rainy days, full of storm clouds and grey skies, I make sure ...