(Full disclosure: I’m one of the voters.) During that same period, ECM has won the top spot as the best jazz record label. In the most recent poll, both Eicher and ECM again won their categories by a ...

The two volumes that reach independent record stores ... Feldman says.) The Jazz Detective imprint is not Feldman’s sole 2022 start-up. It’s actually part of a larger label group he’s ...

There are a handful of independent record labels doing a better job of showcasing the cutting edge in jazz than the majors. The fearless Pi Recordings comes to mind, as does trumpeter Dave Douglas ...

Blue Note’s founder Alfred Lion came from a cultivated Jewish background in Berlin, first hearing jazz by an ... he offered to record Lewis and Ammons for his new label, and Blue Note was ...