Jazz in Italy
Italy's first homegrown jazz band is likely to have been the house band at the Mirador Club, set up in...
Month: June 2020
Hermeto Pascoal
Hermeto Pascoal (born 1936) was born in Lagoa da Canoa, a small muncipality near the Atlantic coast, which was still...
Jazz in The Caribbean
Sadly it appears my map is not very useful when it comes to identifying the individual Caribbean countries, so for...
Harry Beckett
Harry Beckett (1923-2010) had one of the most distinctive trumpet sounds in British jazz. Born in Barbados, he took up...
Don Burrows
Don Burrows (1928-2012) was an extremely influential mainstream saxophonist/clarinettist/flautist, whose long professional career spanned six decades. He was born in...
Marian McPartland
NEA Jazz Master, Marian McPartland (1918-2013) was one of the most important broadcasters in the history of jazz. As a...
Alex Acuña
Alex Acuña (born 1945) was born in the town of Pativilca in central Peru. His father was a music teacher,...
Alan Broadbent
Alan Broadbent (born 1947) left school at 15 and worked as an apprentice signwriter, while gigging at night. While still...
Jazz in Panama
Before I get around to writing a proper essay on jazz in Panama, here's what I can say off the...
Carlos Garnett
Carlos Garnett (born 1938) was born in Red Tank, a town in the Panama Canal Zone, that was abandoned while...
