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An ambassador of freedom: in memory of Fred Van Hove
The Antwerp pianist (but also church organist, accordionist and composer) died in January 2022. Here we recall some of his many adventures
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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.
Stomu Yamashta: from prodigy to lost talent
A versatile musician who can move from contemporary to jazz with ease, the Japanese percussionist fell victim to an intense but short-lived popularity.
100 years of Jaki Byard
On the centenary of the birth of the Massachusetts pianist, a great and neglected genius in the history of jazz, we revisit his long and unusual career, which he carried out in a scientifically "lateral" way, always far from convention and banality.
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The Brotherhood of Breath
We discuss the debut album by the creature of Chris McGregor, the legendary South African pianist, and his fellow exiles in 1960s London.
Remembering Ethel Ennis
The almost forgotten Baltimore singer (1932-2019) was a significant performer, possessing a plastic and airy phrasing, capable of lightness and rhythmic punctuality, graceful enunciation and intonation, and understated evocativeness: it is fitting to remember her.
Volker Kriegel: Style and Discretion
We begin with a retrospective on some musicians who were popular in their day, but for various reasons are virtually unknown today.
Jazz & Hip-Hop: A summit meeting
Hip-hop is to young black people what bebop was to those of my generation (Quincy Jones)
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Charley Patton: The Voice of the Delta
Charley Patton: The Voice of the Delta. A dandy with a huge ego and a mix of Black, white, Cherokee, and Mexican ancestry.
America in the Early Blues Era
America in the early Blues Era. Splendor and Misery Between Bluesiness, Industrial Boom, and the Great Depression