Feel Every
Note.

From prewar dance halls to Three Blind Mice to the fusion decade, how Japan built one of the world's great jazz cultures, entirely on its own terms.

Birth of the Cool, Walkin', Kind of Blue, Bitches Brew. Four albums across twenty years that kept reinventing what jazz could be.

In just two years, Golson recorded six records that remain some of the most underrated hard bop sessions ever made. We go through all of them.

Blue Train through Bags & Trane, the years Coltrane went from hard bop sideman to one of the most distinctive voices jazz has ever produced.

Nobody had a bigger, warmer sound on the tenor. Eleven essential records from Jug -- including his Prestige classics and his remarkable comeback after seven years away.

He made odd time signatures feel completely natural. Five essential Brubeck Quartet records, from the college circuit through Time Out and beyond.

The Jazz Messengers launched more careers than any other band in jazz. Fifteen essential records, from the Blue Note classics through Straight Ahead.

One of the most powerful trumpet sounds in jazz history. Ten essential records from his peak Blue Note years through the CTI records that redefined his sound.

Parliamentary Jazz Vocalist of the Year. Five records that trace one of the most distinctive voices in contemporary British jazz, from debut to US breakthrough.

He wrote Work Song and the whole jazz world played it. Four essential records from Cannonball’s brother, the cornetist who had more than enough to say on his own.

Miles Davis said he couldn’t find another drummer who played the way he wanted. Eight essential records from the man who drove the most celebrated quintet in jazz.

In the smoky back rooms of 1940s New York, a handful of musicians quietly ignited a revolution that would change music forever.

Over 65 years after its release, Miles Davis's landmark recording continues to define what jazz can be at its most spacious and serene.

Few pianists understood the power of space like Bill Evans. A deep dive into the music and the man behind the most introspective touch in jazz.