It's taken some time, about a century in fact, but finally, thanks chiefly to editor and jazz historian Francesco Martinelli of Siena Jazz, the first comprehensive, pan-European history of jazz sees ...
Big bands were built in the 1920s and ’30s to blast young dancers with layers of rhythm, but creative composers seeking a larger canvas have kept the form alive. Hear 12 big selections. By Giovanni ...
'La La Land' attempts to revive the golden age Hollywood musical and jazz at the same time, but does it succeed? By Natalie Weiner La La Land has garnered seven Golden Globes, a score of 93/100 on ...
Deutsch‑Wagram im Regen – aber die Stimmung strahlte heller denn je: Im Marchfelderhof feierte Kult‑Ikone Jazz Gitti ihren 80. Geburtstag – mit goldenem Glitzerkleid, Cabrio‑Auftritt, 30‑köpfiger ...
The BM in Jazz & African American Music Studies is an intensive, professionally oriented degree, requiring eight semesters of study. Bachelor of Arts in Jazz & African American Music Studies The BA in ...
“God has wrought many things out of oppression,” begins Martin Luther King, Jr.’s essay occasioned by the 1964 Berlin Jazz Festival. “He has endowed his creatures with the capacity to create—and from ...
As the Covid crisis continues to ravage the music and entertainment business I was interested to speak to a venue owner. Clubs are at the front lines of the suffering and, undoubtedly, many will not ...
Eine Kindheit in der Ernst-May-Siedlung im Frankfurter Stadtteil Praunheim als ältester Sohn einer sozialdemokratisch geprägten Familie, eine oppositionell untermalte Großstadt-Jugend im ...
1996 fand das erste Jazz Open Hamburg statt - mit einer einfachen Idee. "Damals wollte man ein Festival von Hamburgern für Hamburger gestalten und auch heute noch stehen hauptsächlich Hamburger ...
„Pure Vernunft darf niemals siegen“, sangen Tocotronic 2005. Angesichts der Tatsache, dass das Ende des hart erkämpften 8-Stunden-Arbeitstags und die Investition von mehreren Millionen Euro zur ...
The jazz club, with its dim lighting and closely packed tables, looms large in our collective imagination. But today, the music is thriving in a host of different spaces. Image The vocalist, flutist ...