Jazz Articles

Jazz Quintet 60: Presenting Jazz Quintet 60

by Hrayr Attarian
August 4, 2007

There seems to be a fresh discovery of an obscure gem every month. Not that I am complaining, especially with this release from the Fontana vaults. Presenting Jazz Quintet 60 is the last of the very few records cut by a group of veritable who's who of the Danish jazz scene in the 1960s. It has been reissued by Universal on CD for the first time. The music is surprisingly refreshing and not at all dated after ...

Jim Pepper: Polar Bear Stomp

by Bill Siegel
July 23, 2006

Jim Pepper Polar Bear Stomp Universal Music (Austria) 2004

“Jim didn't want me to write about the music, since he thinks the music has the right to speak for itself. He also didn't want me to write a biography; instead, only my impressions." Enja Records co-founder and Jim Pepper producer, Horst Weber.

How fitting that Jim Pepper's friend and professional associate Horst Weber remembers that it was by impressions that Pepper wanted ...