There’s an old saying that goes “imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.” And in the case of these rap album covers, this is true. Many of the rapper’s album covers have been inspired by what ...

Songs by the late Burt Bacharach worked neatly as instrumental covers, especially when jazz artists were compelled by labels to record with-it albums of contemporary hits in the 1960s and '70s. Like ...

Chrissie Hynde has announced a new album called Valve Bone Woe. The LP, featuring a variety of jazz-influenced cover songs, is due on Sept. 6. Hynde admitted she was “not hugely interested in ...

The relative demise of vinyl and the onslaught of mp3’s and digidownloads have pretty much wiped out the pleasurable gestalt of seeing a great album cover. Many books have been devoted to classic rock ...

If you’re like no one, you’ve long wished someone would create jazz fusion versions of your favorite metal anthems. Enter Metaphump, a thirteen-musician French project that specializes in jazz fusion ...

Pete Turner’s vibrant colors and surrealist compositions have graced the pages of magazines, including Esquire, Look, and Sports Illustrated. However, his work may be most recognizable to a different ...

Marsalis leads a take on Keith Jarrett’s 1974 LP “Belonging,” and Lehman interprets “The Music of Anthony Braxton,” revealing fresh lessons. By Hank Shteamer Great jazz composers are legion. But the ...