Album Copycats: Miles, Miles and Geils: Covering normally refers to songs being performed by other artists, but actual album covers...
Jazz is like a dense forest where it s easy to overlook something important. Hans Jürgen Schaal points out a...
The first attempt had fallen flat. Back in 1969, Tim Hauser (1941–2014) had already led a five-member vocal group also...
A comparative appraisal of the in-house audiophile reissues from Blue Note and ECM For some years now, audiophile vinyl reissues...
Trumpeter Shorty Rogers was regarded as the head and central figure of the West Coast scene. This scene was not...
Soul sings Country, Country sings Soul – For his employer Ace Records, he first compiled three CDs with soul-interpreted country...
On Song For My Father, Horace Silver combines his proven hardbop style with a new relaxedness, a gentle, Brazilian-inspired groove....
The blues – this archaic, elementary song form – it just never gets old. The possibilities for varying the simple...
Jazz is like a dense forest, where it s easy to overlook something important. Hans Jürgen Schaal points out a...
From the electric guitar, a gentle, easy to hum along ballad theme sparkles into the void. Delicately knit string tapestries...