Jazz News & Features
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Features6 years agoRockin’ The Blues In Britain
Where do you think a Mississippi Delta Blues Plaque should be placed in Britain? Your chance to vote with Rockin The Blues.
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Features6 years ago
Fats Domino In America’s Living Rooms
The 2 February, 1957 edition of The Perry Como Show featured actors Peter Lawford, Tab Hunter, singers Polly Bergen and the Four Lads...and Fats Domino.
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Features6 years ago
Verve Records 60th Anniversary
2016 is Verve Records 60th anniversary and we have a treasury of 60 of the finest records released by the iconic label
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News6 years ago
Satchmo’s Hot Five At 90
Hotter Than That — 90 Years of Louis Armstrong and his Hot Five, an exhibition at the Louis Armstrong House Museum, is celebrating their 90th anniversary.
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New Releases6 years agoDr. Lonnie Smith Back On Blue Note
Hammond B3 organ maestro Dr. Lonnie Smith is returning to Blue Note. His first album for them since 1970, Evolution, produced by Don Was, is out 29 January.
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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
New Book Celebrates Duke Ellington
Duke Ellington: An American Composer and Icon, by his granddaughter Mercedes Ellington and Steven Brower, will be published in April by Rizzoli.
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Features6 years ago
reDiscover Nina Simone’s ‘Nina Simone In Concert’
We invite you to reDiscover Nina Simone In Concert, a pivotal album in a singular career.
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News6 years ago
Snarky Puppy Stage Another ‘Family Dinner’
Widely-acclaimed jazz collective Snarky Puppy have announced the 12 February, 2016 release of their new album Family Dinner - Volume Two.
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News6 years ago
Natalie Cole R.I.P.
It's with great sadness that we relay the news that the American singer and entertainer Natalie Cole has died at the age of 65.
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News6 years ago
Jazz Great Charles Lloyd Calls On Willie & Norah
On 15 January, a year after uDiscover reported that Charles Lloyd had signed to Blue Note, he and the Marvels will release the album, I Long To See You.
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News6 years ago
Herbie Hancock’s Atlantic Crossing
Herbie Hancock has been announced as the headline act for the next Cunard Blue Note 'jazz at sea' crossing on board the Queen Mary 2 in August next year.
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Features6 years ago
The Best Jazz of 2015
It's proved to be a great year for new jazz releases, one of the best in a long, long, time. Time to round up a list of 20 essential jazz albums from...
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News6 years ago
Watch An Inspiring Procession For Allen Toussaint
We found this clip totally inspiring and hope you will, whether or not you were an admirer of brilliant New Orleans writer-producer-artist Allen Toussaint...
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News6 years ago
The Greatest Jazz Artists, According to The BBC
The BBC sought to poll their listeners to celebrate the greatest jazz artists ever. Based on a shortlist from jazz presenters, here's the result.
