For any jazz festival to clock up 20 years is a notable achievement. But in Azerbaijan, where jazz is often met with indifference, this landmark is of particular merit. The birth, growth and survival of Baku Jazz Festival is down to the vision, faith and tireless...
Although the main Record Store Day event occurs every year in April, the Black Friday drop gives record collectors a chance to find some one-of-a-kind releases to wrap up the year. The list always features music from a wide range of genres, and, of course, there are plenty of jazz releases available.
My Dearest Adèle, I write to you in a state of profound astonishment, having experienced a phenomenon so extraordinary that I scarce know how to frame it within the language of our own musical world. By some inexplicable quirk of fate, I have been transported to a future time, to the year 1959 in America...
It is with sadness that All About jazz must report the passing of NEA Jazz Master Jack DeJohnette—one of the most respected and influential of modern jazz drummers. He died of congestive heart failure on October 26, 2025. He was 83.
Gusto! Vigorous and enthusiastic. Implies doing something with great spirit and energy. From the Spanish, gusto indicates taste, pleasure or liking, and that, friends, wraps and puts a bow around what you hear from New York-based soprano and tenor saxophonist Dave Anderson on his uplifting In Lieu of Flowers album (Label1, 2025).
Yes, Brazilian composer and multi-instrumentalist Hermeto Pascoal was a jazz legend. But his talent for even-handedly incorporating jazz, Brazilian folk music and avant-garde classical music meant that he was creating a style all his own. His instrumental abilities spanned virtuosic acoustic and ele"...
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