The Best Jazz Albums Of 2017

Jazz had an amazing 2017. It was the music’s centennial—the Original Dixieland Jass Band’s "Dixie Jass Band One Step" and "Livery Stable Blues" were recorded on February 26, 1917 and released in May of that year. Several major figures in jazz history were born in 1917, most notably pianist Thelonious Monk, trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie, drummer…

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