The Etta James album At Last! is the perfect subject for a stereo versus mono comparison. Singer Etta James landed...
Trumpeter Shorty Rogers was regarded as the head and central figure of the West Coast scene. This scene was not...
As early as 1956, Sonny Rollins was regarded as the leading saxophonist in jazz – and little has changed to...
The COVID-19 pandemic has taught us that social distancing rules are deadly for jazz. This music thrives on communication among...
The Sam Records label brings French-American jazz history back to life. If we vinyl nerds are being completely honest, we...
Jazz is like a dense forest where it s easy to overlook something important. Hans Jürgen Schaal points out a...
The blues – this archaic, elementary song form – it just never gets old. The possibilities for varying the simple...
Speakers Corner releases two jazz classics in exemplary editions. It’s hard to believe that, until recently, there were no current...
Nobody else does what Monika Roscher does. With her 18-piece Munich big band, Monika Roscher builds an original bridge between...
Crystal clear recordings in magical sonic beauty – that’s the headline to the production and indeed. The incredible clarity of...