Mulatu Astatke
Mulatu Astatke (born 1943) has a devoted global following today and has been an inspirational figure across multiple genres through...
Month: May 2020
Jazz in Mongolia
From 1924, Mongolian People's Republic was heavily influenced by Soviet Russia, and this proved a similar hindrance to the arrival...
Toshiko Akiyoshi
Born in Dairen, Manchuria, Toshiko Akiyoshi (born 1929) moved with her family to Japan in 1946. By the end of...
Albert Mangelsdorff
Albert Mangelsdorff (1928-2005) was a regular German Jazz Echo poll winner on trombone in the 1950s, playing in some of...
Krzysztof Komeda
Krzysztof Komeda (1931-1969) is probably better known today as a film composer, especially for his scores for some of Roman...
Jazz In Poland
Between the wars, and following Poland's renewed independence in 1918, dance bands were hugely popular. A generation of Polish-Jewish musicians...
Igor Butman
Born in St Petersburg in 1961, Russian saxophonist Igor Butman studied clarinet at the Rimsky-Korsakov School of Music, where he...
Jazz in Sudan
The period following Sudan's independence from Britain in 1956 was a period of artistic freedom, at least in the capital...
Kenny Wheeler
Born in Canada, Kenny Wheeler (1930-2014) was a pivotal figure in British jazz across more than six decades, following his...
Norma Winstone
Norma Winstone (born 1941) first attracted attention in the late 60s appearing at Ronnie Scott's on the same bill as...
