"I invented jazz in 1902", said Jelly Roll Morton. He was in the right place at the right time – New Orleans at the turn of the century – so in a sense his claim is as good as anyone else's; but jazz actually evolved from a complex variety of sources...

Not for sale in Estonia! The 23 essays (or "love songs") that make up the now classic volume "Air Guitar" trawl a "vast, invisible underground empire" of pleasure, through record stores, honky-tonks, art galleries, jazz clubs, cocktail lounges, sur...

Theodor W. Adorno goes beyond conventional thematic analysis to gain a more complete understanding of Mahler's music through his character, his social and philosophical background, and his moment in musical history. Adorno examines the composer's wor...