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Mar 04, 2024 at 17:26 1085

The latest release of one of my favorite jazz pianists is called Lynne Arriale Trio: Being Human. It is her 17th album as a leader. The pianist-composer is joined by double bassist Alon Near and drummer Lukasz Zyta. Lynne Arriale composed all eleven songs. Order the audio CD, download the MP3 version or stream the album Being Human (accept all cookies to go directly to the relevant...

Oct 23, 2023 at 11:38 Mick Rock: The Rise of David Bowie

Originally compiled in 2015 with the artist’s blessing, Mick Rock’s The Rise of David Bowie 1972-1973 (Amazon.com, Amazon.co.uk, Amazon.fr, Amazon.de) is a multlingual (English, German, French)...

Sep 11, 2023 at 12:17 Yannick Nézet-Séguin and the Philadelphia Orchestra play Rachmaninoff

Released on June 30, 2023 the colorful Deutsche Grammophon double Audio CD album Sergei Rachmaninoff: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 3;...

Jul 18, 2023 at 10:35 Mario Stefano Pietrodarchi

On July 15, 2023 the bandoneon player Mario Stefano Pietrodarchi (*1980) entertained concert goers at the Centro Congressos da Madeira in Funchal in the great season finale, accompanied by the Madeira...

Jul 10, 2001 at 00:00 4175

Dave Brubeck

Dave Brubeck has died today, just one day before his 92nd birthday. Another jazz legend has left us. His music will remain. Sheet music by Dave Brubeck [December 5, 2012]. Biography of...

Mar 05, 2001 at 00:00 2889

Tiny Bell Trio

History of Tiny Bell Trio The Tiny Bell Trio with Dave Douglas on trumpet, Brad Shepik on guitar and Jim Black on drums is one of the rare truly innovative and exciting trios around....

Feb 13, 2001 at 00:00 3532

Ken Burns’ Jazz

Ken Burns’ Jazz documentary series (10-DVD box-set: Amazon.com; 4-DVD-set: Amazon.de; Amazon.co.uk.) aired in the United States on PBS in January. Cosmopolis is based in...

Feb 01, 2001 at 00:00 5106

Martha Argerich

Martha Argerich was born in Buenos Aires in 1941. At 3, she played the piano for the first time. Two years later, she began taking piano lessons with Vicenzo Scaramuzza. At 8, she made her...

Feb 01, 2001 at 00:00 4771

Jane Monheit

Biography of Jane Monheit Born on November 3, 1977, Jane Monheit grew up on Oakdale, Long Island. At the age of 2, she is said to have begun singing Somewhere Over the...

Dec 01, 2000 at 00:00 1046

Lynne Arriale concert review and interview

Lynne Arriale Trio concert review: concert at the baroque hall of the Bären in Häggenschwil, Switzerland, November 17, 2000 On...

Nov 01, 2000 at 00:00 2754

Valery Gergiev

Valery Gergiev was born in Moscow in 1953 to Ossetian parents. He spent his youth in the Caucasus. For a Russian career at a relatively old age, he learned to play the piano. At the...

Jun 01, 2000 at 00:00 649

Johann Sebastian Bach: The Learned Musician

After 26 years in the service of the German city of Leipzig, Johann Sebastian Bach died on July 28, 1750. The Bach-year is still...

Jun 01, 2000 at 00:00 494

Malcolm Boyd: Johann Sebastian Bach

Malcolm Boyd’s Bach-biography from 1983 has been re-issued in German in the year 2000 by DVA. It covers the life and work of Johann Sebastian Bach, who died 250 years ago [English...

Apr 05, 2000 at 13:20 1627

Poncho Sanchez

Biography and CD / album review of Latin Soul Music is a matter of taste. Poncho Sanchez, a Latin jazz and salsa singer and percussionist, has won a Grammy Award in 1999. Poncho Sanchez is...

Apr 01, 2000 at 00:00 3254

Zoltán Kocsis

Born in Budapest in 1952, the pianist, composer and conductor Zoltán Kocsis commenced his musical studies when he was 5 years old and continued them at the Béla Bartók Conservatory from...

Apr 01, 2000 at 00:00 2750

Joachim-Ernst Berendt 1922-2000

Joachim-Ernst Berendt: The Jazz Book: From Ragtime to Fusion and Beyond. Paperback, 6th-1997 revised ed. (1992), 541 p. Order English versions of The Jazz Book from Amazon.com,...

Jan 01, 1999 at 00:00 3055

Biography of Dizzy Gillespie

The biography by Alyn Shipton: Groovin’ High. The Life Of Dizzy Gillespie. OUP, 1999, 422 p. Get the paperback edition from Amazon.com, Amazon.co.uk. Sheet music by Dizzy...

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