This legendary column, originally developed by Leonard Feather, gives prominent jazz musicians the opportunity to praise, criticize, discuss and even rate the music of their peers. As provocative now as it was in 1946, when Feather originated the column in Metronome as the Blindfold Test, our new, interactive version gives readers the chance to test their listening skills against the featured artists.

The acclaimed writer and columnist Nat Hentoff provides his original take on jazz people in this very personal and nostalgic column dedicated to the past, present and future of jazz.

With each issue of JazzTimes, we provide you with jazz mp3s from our featured artists. All of our mp3s are free, courtesy of the amazing labels and artists profiled in the magazine. Start downloading these full length tracks today and get hip to some great new music.

Our Jazz News section will keep you hip to the latest happenings in the jazz industry and marketplace. Updated daily, JazzTimes online news lets you keep pace with current events while giving you access to archived articles, so you can catch up on past news as well.

Were you living under the proverbial rock this year as far as jazz was concerned? Well, here's your chance to catch up. With our Critics Picks, Top 50 CDs and High and Lows sections, you'll be brought up to speed in no time.

JazzTimes doesn't just report on jazz festivals around the world, we send winners of our sweepstakes to many of those same festivals. We also give away tens of thousands of dollars in musical instruments and gear. Past prizes have included all-expense-paid vacations to everywhere from Monterey, California to Umbria, Italy.

Here you'll find excerpts from the latest feature articles, as well as a list of columns and features from the latest print edition of JazzTimes. An archive of Table of Contents from earlier issues is also available.

While the print edition of JazzTimes continues to pack loads of information between its covers, sometimes artists talk and talk in interviews or an article runs longer than we can print. So what happens to all the juicy, thought-provoking leftovers? You'll find them here in our Web Exclusive section, uncut and in-depth.