jazz

When he’s in New York, he has been known to frequent the city’s jazz clubs.

Its audience was expanding, and artistically, moving from what Anderson called its “dusty, Bakersfield country-fried” sound into “what was essentially an acid jazz band that was playing rock ’n’ roll.”

Through a career spanning more than 60 years, Mr. Lloyd has created as buoyant and searching a body of music as modern jazz knows.

Destin Conrad didn’t expect to release a jazz project so early in his career — let alone just a few months after dropping his debut album, “Love on Digital.”

It’s weird for the old heads to consider, but perhaps rap is becoming more like jazz in the Academy.