Trumpeter Shorty Rogers was regarded as the head and central figure of the West Coast scene. This scene was not...
Covering normally refers to songs being performed by other artists, but actual album covers attract their share of impersonators, too....
Hiromi Uehara is known as a flamboyant whirlwind on the jazz piano. But her ambitions reach far beyond that. The...
Africa, Africa, again and again. His father, a follower of pan-Africanist Marcus Garvey, had already impressed upon him at a...
The Sam Records label brings French-American jazz history back to life. If we vinyl nerds are being completely honest, we...
Jon and Dave had hit a rough patch. There were hardly any jobs for them, no record deals, no money....
Jazz is indeed a big forest—and it s certainly easy to overlook some momentous trees. Hans Jürgen Schaal points out...
The first attempt had fallen flat. Back in 1969, Tim Hauser (1941–2014) had already led a five-member vocal group also...
John Coltrane: Both Directions At Once is the Jazz World Equivalent To A Blue Mauritius OMG!! A new album from...
Listening to Ellington: Intimacy and Opulence Side by Side. The music of Duke Ellington exists on every scale – from...