1975 was a landmark year for music, marked by several outstanding album releases. Bob Dylan's Blood on the Tracks, Led Zeppelin's Physical Graffiti, Pink Floyd's Wish You Were Here, Frank Zappa's One Size Fits All and Jeff Beck's Blow by Blow were just a few of the titles that have since become classic albums.
In the early 1920s, mainstream American record labels, dominated by white executives, largely avoided recording Black musicians, fearing backlash from white audiences. However, a growing demand for Black music...
"The trio is a real laboratory for colours, voices, and ways of playing interactions," says the Panamanian-born jazz pianist Danilo Pérez. With bassist John Patitucci and drummer Brian Blade, Pérez has forged a bond over two decades in Wayne Shorter's last and yet groundbreaking Footprints Quartet.
Jazz festivals are rarely just stages and instruments. They are living, breathing ecosystems, a careful weaving together of artists, ideas, and audiences. Each performer brings a unique expression, and each set is curated with an ear for the festival's identity.
Gary Bartz is nobody's jazz musician. What he has built and created as an artist with a career that spans six decades defies labels, especially ones that have storied racist connotations and otherwise derogatory origins like the word jazz.
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