Our friends at Verve/Universal Music are offering a copy of the five-CD box set Oscar Peterson Plays to a lucky JazzTimes reader.  The 113-song, digitally remastered collection assembles 10 albums by the pianist during 1952-1954. Containing many of Peterson’s most important recordings as a leader, these albums explore the canons of songwriters Harold Arlen, Irving Berlin,…Read More

Check out Lionel Loueke’s GAIA on Blue Note Records. The album features the Benin-born guitarist with his long-time working trio of Massimo Biolcoti on bass and Ferenc Nemeth on drums. The three have been playing together since their days studying at Berklee School of Music in the late ‘90s. You can find more information about…Read More

Check out I Long to See You, by Charles Lloyd & the Marvels on Blue Note Records. The critically-acclaimed album features Lloyd with Bill Frisell (guitar), Greg Leisz (pedal steel guitar), Reuben Rogers (bass) and Eric Harland (drums).  You can find more information about the album here. Both Lloyd and Frisell will perform on the Blue…Read More

Win a copy of the new album by trumpeter Ambrose Akinmusire – A Rift in Decorum: Live at the Village Vanguard – on Blue Note Records. The 2-CD set features Akinmusire’s quartet, featuring Sam Harris (piano), Harish Raghavan (bass), and Justin Brown (drums), performing his compositions in the noted NYC jazz club. Akinmusire is also a member…Read More

Win a copy of Nihil Novi, Marcus Strickland’s most recent album for Revive/Blue Note Records. The album, produced by the noted bassist/singer Meshell Ndegeocello, also features Robert Glasper, Keyon Harrold, Chris David, James Francies and Jean Baylor.  You can read more about the album here.  Strickland will be appearing on the Blue Note at Sea…Read More

In a promotion sponsored by the Blue Note at Sea Cruise, we are giving away a copy of Small Town, the new album from guitarist Bill Frisell and bassist Thomas Morgan on ECM Records. Small Town presents Frisell and Morgan in a program of duets, the poetic chemistry of their playing captured live at New…Read More