November marks the 50th anniversary of the release of The Köln Concert (ECM Records, 1975), the live recording by Keith Jarrett that stands as the biggest-selling solo album--and piano album--in jazz history. To mark the occasion cinematically, Köln 75 hit select U.S. movie screens in...
Jazz rang out in Bari for four days during the Europe Jazz Network's annual European Jazz Conference. It rang out in Bari's streets, piazzas and theatres, and in ancient church and castle too. It may have been an event of note in Bari's cultural calendar...
Speak with any recording engineer, and they will express to you the frustration they have with modern music listening habits. Think about the money invested in top-notch gear to maximize the sonic quality of their productions, the effort put into having great sounds on a recording...
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...
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...
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