To start then; a cologne I’d been lusting after since I was a teenager and finally bought recently to mark my birthday, which has more than lived up to its reputation: “Jazz Club” from Maison Margiela ...

On May 21 and 23 of 1981, trumpeter Chet Baker performed at the Salt Peanuts Club in Cologne, Germany. Backing him were Jon Eardley (fhrn), Bob Mover (as), Dennis Luxion (p), Rocky Knauer (b) and ...

The marriage of jazz and fragrance has always proven intoxicating: Nina Simone’s version of “My Baby Just Cares for Me”, which underscored a 1986 advertisement for Chanel No5, is only one ...

Brandes credits Gigi Campi, an Italian architect and jazz impresario who ran an ice-cream parlor in Cologne that doubled as a music venue, as having built an audience for jazz in the city.