Complex chromaticism and oddball fun: with Jehan Alain, the organ becomes an adventurous instrument. No other composer has brought the...
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The COVID-19 pandemic has taught us that social distancing rules are deadly for jazz. This music thrives on communication among...
When it all started with the Beach Boys (1961), the world still smelled like the fifties. Rock’n’roll and doo-wop singing...
Jazz is like a dense forest where it s easy to overlook something important. Hans Jürgen Schaal points out a...
The alto saxophonist Ernie Henry (1926–1957) played with Monk, Mingus, and Gillespie – and he was on the verge of...
For more than 20 years, Adam Gorb has led the composition course at the Royal Northern College of Music in...
Aka Moon is a jazz trio that has been around for over 30 years now and can be considered an...
The Stones had an incredibly productive period in 1969: ideas were flowing continuously – “songs were coming.” Mick Jagger and...
We’re all familiar with this: music can sometimes move us to tears. When we hear certain pieces of music or...
Writer Eric Siblin writes, “It’s as if Bach had composed ideal music – music that transcends instruments; music invented to...