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A Jazz Reading List
by Karl Ackermann
From 2015 through 2020, a personal research project included my reading dozens of jazz books and related media. They included mainstays such as the massive reference The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (Penguin Books, 2006), Ben Ratliff's excellent interview collection The Jazz Ear: Conversations Over Music (Times Books, 2008), the off-shore perspectives of Circular Breathing: The ...
Fate Marable’s Mississippi River Conservatory
by Karl Ackermann
In 2020, I published A Map of Jazz: Crossroads of Music and Human Rights (WS Publishing), a book that looks at the culture of jazz on a timeline with cultures of the world. At more than 500 pages, the book is incomplete by necessity; there is no well-marked path, and the history is sometimes nebulous. However, ...
The Black Entrepreneurs of Early Jazz
by Karl Ackermann
Preamble: In 2020, I published A Map of Jazz: Crossroads of Music and Human Rights (WS Publishing), a book that looks at the culture of jazz on a timeline with cultures of the world. At more than 500 pages, the book is incomplete by necessity; there is no well-marked path, and the history is sometimes nebulous. ...
The Brief Reign of King Oliver
by Karl Ackermann
In 2020, I published A Map of Jazz: Crossroads of Music and Human Rights (WS Publishing), a book that looks at the culture of jazz on a timeline with cultures of the world. At more than 500 pages, the book is incomplete by necessity; there is no well-marked path, and the history is sometimes nebulous. However, ...
The Legacy of Lillian Hardin Armstrong
by Karl Ackermann
In 2020, I published A Map of Jazz: Crossroads of Music and Human Rights (WS Publishing), a book that looks at the culture of jazz on a timeline with cultures of the world. At more than 500 pages, the book is incomplete by necessity; there is no well-marked path, and the history is sometimes nebulous. However, ...
The Father of Early Jazz: James Reese Europe
by Karl Ackermann
In 2020, I published A Map of Jazz: Crossroads of Music and Human Rights (WS Publishing), a book that looks at the culture of jazz on a timeline with cultures of the world. At more than 500 pages, the book is incomplete by necessity; there is no well-marked path, and the history is sometimes nebulous. However, ...
Jazz: An Origin Story
by Karl Ackermann
In 2020, I published A Map of Jazz: Crossroads of Music and Human Rights (WS Publishing), a book that looks at the culture of jazz on a timeline with cultures of the world. At more than 500 pages, the book is incomplete by necessity; there is no well-marked path, and the history is sometimes nebulous. However, ...
Berke Can Özcan & Jonah Parzen-Johnson: It Was Always Time
by Karl Ackermann
In 2023, baritone saxophonist and electronics artist Jonah Parzen-Johnson performed at a benefit concert in Istanbul following a devastating earthquake that took tens of thousands of lives in Turkey and Syria. Parzen-Johnson had worked with diverse colleagues ranging from John Zorn to Pearl Jam, but each of his recordings had been a solo project. Minutes before ...
I Compani: Party @ Tivolux
by Karl Ackermann
From Fellini to Verde to Garbo, with detours into the world of food and sounds of the subway, I Compani is one of Europe's most original and versatile ensembles. Despite a decades-long legacy in Western Europe, the ensemble is not well known in the U.S. The Dutch group, under the direction of saxophonist/composer and founder, Bo ...
Jeppe Zeeberg: Six Additional Pieces of Piano Music
by Karl Ackermann
Over the decade starting in 2014, the Danish pianist Jeppe Zeeberg showcased his talents in a variety of settings, from duos to large ensembles. His first album with a quartet, It's The Most Basic Thing You Can Do on A Boat (Barefoot Records, 2014), featured a mix of swing and daring creativity. Zeeberg's improvisational style is ...
