Willy DeVille: The Last of the Romantics
New York in the mid-1970s was a city full of wounds. The streets of the Lower East Side were dirty corridors where neon signs...
Richie Beirach: Softer Than Loud
The name – and musical destiny – of Richard Beirach, who died on 26 January at the age of seventy-eight (he was born in...
Farewell, Mr Portal!
I began to love Michel Portal even before I had actually heard his music. A paradox, certainly, but that is exactly how things happened....
Miles Davis Special – Seven Steps to Miles #1
On 19 August 2021, while walking through Central Park, I was handed a little memoir written by a certain Green Gostard who, apparently, in...
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The arc of Hadley Caliman, an eclectic saxophonist
I still recall the sense of quiet astonishment I felt, as a teenager, on first hearing Eternal Caravan of Reincarnation, the opening track of...
Jany McPherson: I bring tradition and innovation into dialogue
From the rhythmic roots of Cuba to the syntax of contemporary jazz. In an exclusive interview conducted in the quiet of Rome’s Sala Petrassi,...
Marco Glaviano: A Life in Jazz Behind the Lens
When we reach him via video call, Marco Glaviano immediately asks to see the cover of the January 2026 issue of Musica Jazz. “Is...
The Feminine Energy of Marilyn Mazur
Marilyn Mazur once explained the criteria she used to hire musicians. One of these was that she chose people who could bring their own...
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Jimmy Cliff: the Earthly Voice of Reggae
When an artist who has given voice to a people leaves us, all other noise becomes an echo. This was the feeling on 24...
Ornella Vanoni: A Life around Jazz
Free, ironic and, above all, undisciplined, Ornella Vanoni was a fragile yet indomitable presence. She passed away quietly at the age of 91 during...