Long Form are in-depth articles on fundamental themes and artists in jazz.
Written by our best contributors and accompanied by exclusive photos, they represent the heart of jazz music history.
After years of requests from university students and enthusiasts, they are now available and updated on this page.
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To the Max: the greatness of Massimo Urbani
A brief journey through the Roman musician’s recorded albums, on the anniversary of his death, to try to focus on his greatness
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John Coltrane & Eric Dolphy at the Village Gate
We delve into the extraordinary discovery of an unreleased 1961 recording featuring the quartet of Coltrane and Coltrane's quartet is joined by Dolphy: a collaboration that here reaches absolute heights.
The Casa Loma Orchestra: Jazz’s first cooperative
In the early 1930s, it was America's most popular orchestra, but today it is almost completely forgotten: we retrace the adventurous events of a band that defined an era, amidst mock-gothic castles and guns and clubs in the dressing rooms.
George Russell: 100th birthday of an innovator
In 1923, in Cincinnati, one of the great masters of jazz was born, among all the one who has collected the least in proportion to his merits. We retrace his fundamental theoretical activity and, in his own words, also a life that was certainly not easy but very productive
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Alice Coltrane: the Spiritual Jazz
Is there a connection between this category of uncertain boundaries - and equally elusive definition - and perhaps one of the most misinterpreted figures in the jazz scene of the 1960s and 1970s?
Townships: On the Path of Music, Grace and Horror
A brief excursus, without claiming to be complete, more like a series of notes, on the long and troubled history of the thousand musics that have animated South Africa.
The origins of bop
Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Bud Powell-they were little more than boys who gave birth to modern jazz during World War II, often in the clubs of New York's 52nd Street. They did so by studying their colleagues of the previous generation and then developing a music that was adventurous, complex, and still alive today
John McLaughlin: my India
A summary reflection - no claim to completeness, and entirely incidental - on the strong and enduring influence of India on the English guitarist.
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Jazz Producers / Michel Dorbon – Pascal Rozat – Stéphane Berland – Philippe Ghielmetti – Bertrand Gastaut
Many independent French labels have contributed significantly to the jazz scene in recent decades by releasing high-quality records: here is the beginning of a small journey (which will continue) through the background of production from across the border.
John Cage: Inhabiting Music and Image
The death of Roberto Masotti unfortunately interrupted work on this article, which was dedicated to his last work for Seipersei, John Cage: In A Landscape. The "Cage question", which had been settled in an early draft of the article, could no longer face a final reflection with him.