At the Jazzinstitut

31 May 2016
Sunny Jain / Sonny Rollins
Nate Rabe talks to the Indian-American drummer Sunny Jain about his musical background firmly rooted in Punjabi Jain Indian traditions, about his initiation to jazz, about using his heritage in his music "to make up for my perceived shortcomings; of not being able to speak Hindi, for example", about multiplicity of identities, about the current visibility of South Asian musicians in the USA being a result of America's 1960s immigration policy, about his main instrument, the dhol, about his band Red Baarat, as well as about political responsibility of making music ( Scroll In). --- Ethan Iverson transcribes Sonny Rollins' solos on "Bouncing with Bud" and "Wail" from the first-ever recording session of the then 19-year old saxophonist with Bud Powell ( Do the Math).

01 June 2016
... what else ...

Wayne Bledsoe talks to the saxophonist Greg Tardy ( Know News). --- Peter Margasak reports about the German saxophonist Angelika Niescier and her latest album "NYC Five" ( Chicago Reader). --- Ginia Bellafante reports about the sculptor Aaron Bell, son of the bassist Aaron Bell who played with Duke Ellington ( New York Times). --- Ted Gioia asks whether pop might be the future of jazz ( The Daily Beast) while Stefan Künzli argues that jazz might be the future of pop ( Schweiz am Sonntag). --- The Max Roach papers at the Library of Congress have been index with a finding aid to all materials ( Library of Congress). --- Otmar Klammer talks to the British saxophonist Julian Argüelles ( Kleine Zeitung).

Obituaries
We learned of the passing of the band manager Carol Scherick as well as the saxophonist Marco Eneidi at the age of 59.