Joe Zawinul
Austrian Joe Zawinul (1932-2007) was perhaps the most influential figure in establishing synthesizers and electric piano in jazz during the...
Month: August 2020
Marilyn Mazur
Percussionist Marilyn Mazur (born 1955) was born in New York City to a Polish mother and African American father. The...
Oscar Peterson
We are fortunate that Oscar Peterson (1925-2007) left behind one of the most substantial recorded legacies of any jazz musician....
Peter King
Peter King (born 1940) was still just 18 years old when he played one of his most historic gigs, after...
Jazz in Belarus
During the 20th Century, Belarus was successively ruled by Imperial Russia, German occupying powers and the Soviet Union. The country...
Jan Garbarek
Czesław Garbarek was a Polish soldier during World War II, captured by the Germans and held in a labour camp...
Jazz in Colombia
Today Colombia hosts a number of jazz festivals. Jazz al Parque is a free festival, hosted in Bogotá's Simón Bolívar...
Karel Velebný
Czech multi-instrumentalist Karel Velebný (1931-1989) was a tremendously influential figure on the jazz scene in Czechoslovakia, who died just a...
Mario Bauzá
As musical director of Machito and the Afro-Cubans, Mario Bauzá (1911-1993) was instrumental in founding Afro-Cuban jazz. He was born...
Irène Schweizer
Pianist Irène Schweizer (born 1941) has been at the forefront of European free jazz since the 1960s. She was initially...
