It don’t mean a thing
… if it ain’t got that swing?
Texts about music
Wolfram Knauer is a musicologist, author and lecturer. From 1990 to 2024 he was the founding director of the Jazzinstitut Darmstadt. He teaches as an honorary professor at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz. Wolfram Knauer lives in Darmstadt.
publications
for instance biographies about Louis Armstrong, Charlie Parker, Duke Ellington as well as ‚Play Yourself, Man‘. Die Geschichte des Jazz in Deutschland (all published by Reclam Publishers)
talks + readings
at scholarly conferences, but also in jazz clubs, literature houses and on other occasions
moderation
of public panels on jazz and... (society, politics, aesthetics and more)
band infos + liner notes
for current projects, CD releases
articles and radio essays
for specialised and consumer magazines, for anthologies, for radio programs or entire radio features
teaching
at Hochschule für Musik, Johannes Gutenberg Universität Mainz
Jazz deals with ...
- improvisation
- the artistic discourse about the present
- the balance between individuality and community
This website
- is intended to let you know more about some of my current and past work
„Anything you are shows up in your music—jazz is whatever you are playing yourself, being yourself, letting your thoughts come through.„
Mary Lou Williams
pianist, composer
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