Africa, Africa, again and again. His father, a follower of pan-Africanist Marcus Garvey, had already impressed upon him at a...
The Etta James album At Last! is the perfect subject for a stereo versus mono comparison. Singer Etta James landed...
Jazz is indeed a big forest—and it s certainly easy to overlook some momentous trees. Hans Jürgen Schaal points out...
Jon and Dave had hit a rough patch. There were hardly any jobs for them, no record deals, no money....
There’s a recurring figure in jazz history: the young, heroic trumpeter who suffered a tragic death much too early on...
Jazz is like a dense forest where it’s easy to overlook something important. Hans Jürgen Schaal points out a few...
Nobody else does what Monika Roscher does. With her 18-piece Munich big band, Monika Roscher builds an original bridge between...
It was 1955 when Donald Byrd’s career really took off. The young trumpeter joined Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers and also...
Soul sings Country, Country sings Soul – For his employer Ace Records, he first compiled three CDs with soul-interpreted country...
Bandleader and flutist Christophe Dal Sasso (56) is a brilliant arranger. His specialty is big band arrangements of jazz classics...