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Jazz and Politics: How Jazz Became a Political Battleground

Few episodes in jazz history are as loaded with irony and as emblematic of Cold War cultural conflict as the Jazz Ambassadors tours. In the late 1950s and 1960s, at the dawn of...

Articles • Autumn 2025 • News|

Daniel Dettwiler, The Craft of Recording Jazz.

In speaking to Daniel Dettwiler, one of Europe’s leading recording engineers specializing in jazz, I knew I was in for an enlightening conversation. What was initially...

Articles • Autumn 2024|

Brad Mehldau`s musical reflections on Bach

Just a week ago, I purchased Brad Mehldau’s second album, After Bach II, which offers his reflections on some of Bach’s keyboard pieces. Since then, I’ve listened to...

Articles • Autumn 2024 • News|

The Enigma of the Köln Concert

UPDATE: The crowdfunding campaign to finance a new documentary film about Keith Jarrett’s legendary 1975 Köln Concert has reached an incredible milestone, raising over 75%...

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Wayne Shorter & Blue Note: Innovation and Legacy

Wayne Shorter is a name that resonates deeply within the jazz community. His journey and particularly his association with Blue Note Records, is a tale of innovation, creativity,...

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Bob Moses – Preserving the Legacy of a Musical Luminary.

Project Update. Last October we published a story about a documentary project on the life and legacy of legendary drummer Ra Kalam Bob Moses. Since then the project has made...

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Zev Feldman, The Jazz Detective

Producer Zev Feldman is well-known in the jazz world for his expertise in unearthing previously unreleased recordings from iconic musicians in jazz history. A prime example is the...

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Two Presidents – Jam Session ’94

On January 11, 1994 the US President Bill Clinton was recorded live at the Reduta Jazz Club in Prague, playing sax with Czech jazz players. The recording of this concert was later...

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EZ To the World: Where they’re meant to be

The energy in the room was eclectic. No, I wasn’t present myself in the physical sense; I was one of the million people tuning in virtually to witness a historic win for jazz...

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Willard Jenkins: Ain’t But A Few of Us

Willard Jenkins biography describes him as ‘consultant, arts administrator, artistic director, writer, journalist, broadcaster, educator and oral historian’. This doesn’t...

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Behind the Pen with Jane Cornwell

The world of jazz (and music) journalism is a competitive struggle at times, particularly for women looking to break the mould and find a name for themselves in a historically...

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