Following in the Footsteps: Today’s best jazz singers testify to the enduring genius of Ella Fitzgerald: Video
Today’s Jazz Singers on Ella Fitzgerald. Apologies to James Brown, but Ella Fitzgerald, who would have turned 100…
December 31, 2017
Monk in Berlin, 1969: Video
Forty-eight years ago this month, pianist Thelonious Monk appeared in Berlin at the Berliner Jazztage festival. Translated, the…
Basie’s New Testament Band: Videos
The history of the Count Basie orchestra is generally divided into two broad periods – the Old Testament…
Renaissance of the trumpet in jazz: Videos
The trumpet enjoys a renaissance in jazz. The trumpeters vary the tone between feverish power and gentle poetry.…
No music from the assembly line! NDR Jazz Concerts 2018 Video
It is almost exactly 60 years since NDR editor Hans Gertberg created a new tradition with the first…
Women in Jazz: Blues and the Objectifying Truth: Video
My birthday is January 20, a day that has seen its share of snowstorms, Super Bowls, and inaugurations.…