Billie Holiday
Swing, Swing, Swing: A History Of Big Band Jazz
From its origins in the Roaring 20s, to a heyday in the 30s and beyond, big band jazz has produced some of the best jazz bandleaders of all time.
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News4 years agoRare Images Of Billie Holiday Emerge In New Book
Vocal icon Billie Holiday is seen as rarely before in the new photographic book Billie Holiday At Sugar Hill, published by Thames & Hudson.
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News5 years ago
Lou Reed’s Illuminating Personal Archives Head to New York Public Library
The New York Public Library will be home to Lou Reed's complete archive including lyrics, photographs and almost 3,600 audio and 1,300 video recordings.
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Features5 years agoNorman Granz – The Man Who Made Jazz, Black AND White
Norman Granz and the Jazz at the Philharmonic concerts made Jazz, Black AND White and changed the face of modern music
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New Releases5 years ago
Rare Trane Surfaces On Verve Christmas Collection
Released on 21 October, the two ‘Joyful Jazz! Christmas With Verve’ collections are the perfect soundtracks to cold evenings by the fire.
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Features5 years ago
The Day We Lost Bobby Darin
The life of Bobby Darin was cruelly cut short when he died after open heart surgery on 20 December, 1973. He was only 37.
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News5 years ago
‘Smoke On The Water,’ ‘I Get Around’ Join Grammy Hall of Fame
'Smoke On The Water,' 'I Get Around' and 'Jailhouse Rock' are among the classic songs newly announced as additions to the Grammy Hall of Fame.
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News5 years ago
Kay Starr Dies At 94
Kay Starr, who scored such huge 1950s hits as 'Wheel Of Fortune' and 'Rock And Roll Waltz' in a seven-decade career, died on 3 November, 2016, aged 94.
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New Releases5 years ago
Spellbinding Nina Simone Box Set Due In July
On 15 July, the remarkable albums that Nina Simone recorded for Philips between 1964 and ’67 will be reissued in the 7LP ‘The Philips Years’ box set.
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Features5 years ago
The Divine Miss D and Her Salty Papa
Dinah Washington was 39 years old when she died, yet The Divine Miss D. had a more colourful life and successful career in the 1940s & 50s than most anyone
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News5 years ago
Cassandra Wilson Brings Billie Holiday To San Francisco
Cassandra Wilson's 2015 album tribute to Billie Holiday, Coming Forth By Day, will come to life over four nights at SF Jazz in San Francisco this week.
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New Releases5 years ago
Kandace Springs’ ‘Soul Eyes’ Gets Release Date
An ambassador for “the realness of jazz and soul”, Kandace Springs is set to release her debut album, ‘Soul Eyes’ through Blue Note later in the year.
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News6 years ago
British Jazz Favourite John Chilton Dies
Trumpeter John Chilton, a longtime favourite on the British jazz scene as the leader of his band the Feetwarmers, died on Thursday (25 February) at 83.
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News6 years ago
Audra McDonald Talks Billie Holiday
Broadway star Audra McDonald is to bring her Tony Award-winning performance as jazz icon Billie Holiday, in Lady Day At Emerson's Bar & Grill, to London.
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News6 years ago
The Greatest Jazz Artists …According to The BBC
According to the BBC and a vote they conducted, this these are the Greatest Jazz Artists…
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News6 years ago
Preview: The EFG London Jazz Festival 2015
Named as “The Best Jazz Festival on The Planet” with over 2,000 artists, over 50 venues and over 300 gigs, it's also one of the biggest.
