The Essentials are a classic jazz group, specializing in the soulful, sophisticated sound of Blue Note Records and rooted in the standards of the Great American Songbook as well as contemporary music.

Drum specialist Beta Monkey Music released a new collection of drum tracks on Thursday, targeted to Jazz musicians. Jazz Essentials II features over 2GB of live jazz drum tracks. These are not loops, ...

Beta Monkey Music on Monday released Jazz Essentials, a collection of more than 400 Apple Loop drum tracks for musicians that want to write traditional Jazz songs. In addition to ready-made loops ...

Pardon me if this is too far afield, but I have been listening to a college/NPR station that plays classical and jazz recently. I have really begun to like the Jazz, and was wondering what are some ...