Jan 9, 2025 12:50 PM
ECM Records has long enjoyed a symbiotic relationship with Norwegian jazz. The tradition dates back to its early years in the 1970s, when ECM put saxophonist Jan Garbarek, bassist…
Jan 2, 2025 1:04 AM
The following speech by President Jimmy Carter kicked off the jazz festivities he and the First Lady hosted on the South Lawn of the White House on June 18:
“You are welcome to the first White House jazz festival. I hope we have some more in the future. This is an honor for me — to walk through this crowd and meet famous jazz musicians and the families of those who are no longer with us, but whose work and whose spirit and whose beautiful music will live forever in our country.
“If there ever was an indigenous art form, one that is special…