swr Archive
13 May 2013
Album Review: Oscar Pettiford — Baden-Baden 1958/1959
Not for the first time, Music Hound: Jazz has let me down. Jazz novitiate that I am, I was unfamiliar with the name Oscar Pettiford. So to that weighty tome […]
08 Feb 2013
Album Review: Duke Ellington Orchestra – Big Bands Live
Duke Ellington is one of the most important figures in American music, let alone within the jazz idiom. Bandleader, arranger, pianist, composer, popularizer of jazz…Ellington’s influence is incalculable. His vast […]
27 Dec 2012
Old (But Previously Unreleased) Jazz, New Vinyl
Recently, I devoted an entire week’s worth of coverage to vinyl releases. But as it turns out, a clutch of recent jazz releases on the new-but-already-venerable Jazzhaus label are also […]