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One of the best and certainly one of the busiest jazz pianists in Europe, De Graaff here gets the opportunity to do something he rarely has time for. He...

Depressed by the doomsters and gloomsters, or, indeed, by the very real doom and gloom that have so catastrophically constrained our lives for long, grim months of late? Well,...

Whatever has happened to Marty Grosz? Has he retired? A jazz musician in total command of his idiom, he is blessed with a unique sense of humour. "My girl friend...

If an antidote to apathy consists of work and proselytizing, then bassist, composer, bandleader, activist and organiser William Parker embodies that antidote. Cisco Bradley has achieved much in simply...

'Jazz does not arouse strong, cheerful feelings, but on the contrary, suppresses them. It hypnotizes you with the deathly cold beat of a machine' For many years the very word...

When film music historians discuss the increasing influence of jazz on movie soundtracks through the 1940s and into the 1950s, they usually mention films like The Best Years Of...