In an art form driven by tempo, virtuosity, and expressiveness, Mal Waldron was a quiet exception. Born in 1925 in...
Africa, Africa, again and again. His father, a follower of pan-Africanist Marcus Garvey, had already impressed upon him at a...
A discographic tribute to the pianist of the century Maurizio Pollini Maurizio Pollini has passed away. He outlived his friend...
The COVID-19 pandemic has taught us that social distancing rules are deadly for jazz. This music thrives on communication among...
As a child, Federico Albanese went to La Scala in Milan every Sunday, played bass in a punk band as...
Bach’s Musical Offering challenges creativity, even with deliberately unfinished inversion and riddle canons. Bach also relies on the musicians’ imagination...
Often misunderstood, often admired: Beethoven’s Opus 133 immediately gives us “the feeling of the extraordinary and the utmost seriousness, the...
Piano music offers an inexhaustible treasure trove of expressive possibilities that have developed over the centuries. Two recent recordings by...
Marc-André Hamelin is one of the greatest living adventurers on the piano. No one plays the avant-gardists of yesterday and...
This album has a special aura about it. It is one of the last studio recordings made in the USA...