There’s a recurring figure in jazz history: the young, heroic trumpeter who suffered a tragic death much too early on...
Africa, Africa, again and again. His father, a follower of pan-Africanist Marcus Garvey, had already impressed upon him at a...
Latin jazz, rock jazz, gypsy jazz… we’ve seen it all back in the last century already. But in recent years,...
The voice? Beyond jaw-dropping! Do you know the feeling when everything “falls into place” right from the first note? “Cool”...
Artificial intelligence is taking over the world – unfortunately the world of music as well. The internet is full of...
Around the year 2000, Dave Douglas was widely regarded as jazz’s greatest “hope for the future,” as jazz historian Dan...
When David Murray came to New York at the age of 20 (1975), he had something of a wild and...
As early as 1956, Sonny Rollins was regarded as the leading saxophonist in jazz – and little has changed to...
The alto saxophonist Ernie Henry (1926–1957) played with Monk, Mingus, and Gillespie – and he was on the verge of...
Jazz is indeed a big forest—and it s certainly easy to overlook some momentous trees. Hans Jürgen Schaal points out...