As one of the first musical art forms created in the US to attain worldwide acclaim and acceptance, jazz straddles...
This album has a special aura about it. It is one of the last studio recordings made in the USA...
How the ATR – Audio Trade Villa in Eltville am Rhein becomes a recording studio. ATR mastermind Markolf Heimann calls...
Covering normally refers to songs being performed by other artists, but actual album covers attract their share of impersonators, too....
Exceptional publications that you should treat yourself or others to. Let’s start this one with a little philosophical reflection: It’s...
That smell! Nothing compares! Old record sleeves, the dust of decades past. While record stores are dying out at an...
Tenor saxophonist John Coltrane released about 40 albums as a bandleader during his lifetime. Among them Blue Train always took...
I rarely go purposefully about buying records. Routinely, I let the look of the cover bait me into the purchase....
Surround sound and immersive audio are increasingly common in pop music. Do these technologies make sense for jazz recordings? Does...
Jazz is like a dense forest where it s easy to overlook something important. Hans Jürgen Schaal points out a...