Radio revival: 'Ella' looks to make jazz great again with new Berlin station

A new Berlin-based radio station named after jazz legend Ella Fitzgerald is aiming to revive the genres fortunes. As the ...
Jazz

Camera Soul

CAMERA SOUL is a powerful jazz-funk ensemble, produced by Mr. Marco Rossi of Azzurra Music (Verona) and released and marketed in the Americas by Kathryn Ballard Shut of TIMKAT Entertainment (Denver, ...
Jazz

Soul Jazz: Jazz In The Black Community, 1945-1975

With the end of World War II, in 1945, there was great rejoicing and celebrating a triumph over evil, as the United States ushered in a new era. But with segregation still the norm, in the shadows of ...
The New York Times

Bob Porter, Jazz Producer and Broadcaster, Dies at 80

Hundreds of albums bore his name, notably reissues of classic material. And he helped make WBGO the biggest jazz radio station in the New York area. By Giovanni Russonello Bob Porter, who as a record ...