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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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.
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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.
All About Bill Frisell
Bill Frisell is the ideal musician of the postmodern age – the age of “complexity.” So ideal, in fact, that he remains unique.
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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.
Soul Jazz!
Starting with our CD dedicated to one of the inventors of soul jazz, Bobby Timmons, we trace the history of this singular current that has dominated African-American music for at least a decade.
The New Definitive Tristano
The release of a six-CD box set of almost entirely unreleased material scattered over a span of twenty-five years makes it possible to re-examine "the Tristano case" in much greater depth and perhaps, for good measure, definitively.
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The Jazz of Kenny Wheeler
An extensive dossier dedicated to the rich oeuvre of the Canadian trumpeter, composer and arranger, a musician of great originality who has always managed to maintain a very strong individuality under all circumstances.
Guido Crepax: an improviser in comics
It was Guido Crepax who gave color and elegance to the image of jazz, which until the 1940s and 1950s was perceived in black and white: here's how it happened.