As early as 1956, Sonny Rollins was regarded as the leading saxophonist in jazz – and little has changed to...
Jazz is like a dense forest where it s easy to overlook something important. Hans Jürgen Schaal points out a...
As one of the first musical art forms created in the US to attain worldwide acclaim and acceptance, jazz straddles...
A comparative appraisal of the in-house audiophile reissues from Blue Note and ECM For some years now, audiophile vinyl reissues...
In an art form driven by tempo, virtuosity, and expressiveness, Mal Waldron was a quiet exception. Born in 1925 in...
Soul sings Country, Country sings Soul – For his employer Ace Records, he first compiled three CDs with soul-interpreted country...
Billy Cobham’s virtuosic talent on the drums was no secret. George Benson, Miles Davis, Horace Silver, Stanley Turrentine and many...
This album has a special aura about it. It is one of the last studio recordings made in the USA...
The COVID-19 pandemic has taught us that social distancing rules are deadly for jazz. This music thrives on communication among...
Trumpeter Shorty Rogers was regarded as the head and central figure of the West Coast scene. This scene was not...