Long Form

It was his searing solos on the harmonies of Flying Home that made the Louisiana saxophonist (1922-2004) famous, but those solos also masked his considerable virtues as an improviser in the classical school of tenor saxophone.

Andrea Polinelli, saxophonist, composer, teacher, researcher and translator, publishes for Artdigiland a rich monograph dedicated to Gato Barbieri, the result of more than five years of work (Gato Barbieri. A biography from Italy, between jazz, pop and cinema).

A brief journey through the Roman musician's recorded albums, on the anniversary of his death, to try to focus on his greatness

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.

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.

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

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?

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.

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

A summary reflection - no claim to completeness, and entirely incidental - on the strong and enduring influence of India on the English guitarist.