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The 50 Greatest Live Jazz Albums
Jazz played in a concert hall or a club is, for many, the pinnacle of the art form. Here are the 50 best live jazz albums of all time.
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Features2 months agoTony Scott: How A Bebop Jazz Clarinetist Invented New Age Music
Dissatisfied with the New York jazz scene, Tony Scott traveled far and wide, eventually emerging with three incredible records.
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News3 months ago
Jon Batiste Premieres Video For Standout Single, ‘Freedom’
Batiste radiates excitement on the track, and the accompanying video is equally colorful.
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News4 months agoWatch Grammy, Tony Award Winner Cynthia Erivo Preview Verve Debut With ‘The Good’
Erivo, also an Academy Award nominee, has unveiled her debut pop-soul single 'The Good.'
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News4 months ago
Dove And The Crown Act Team Up For First Ever Nina Simone ‘Feeling Good’ Video
Directed by Sarah Lacombe, the video follows four generations of Black women living their truths, loving each other, and feeling good.
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Features4 months ago
Ella Fitzgerald Sings The Rodgers And Hart Songbook
Ella Fitzgerald singing The Rodgers and Hart Songbook was a fantastic idea brilliantly executed, leading to a revitalization of Ella's career.
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Features5 months ago
Ella Fitzgerald’s ‘Can’t Buy Me Love’: The Queen Of Jazz Meets George Martin
With the help of The Beatles' producer, Ella turned their recent No.1 into a big band gem for Verve Records.
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News5 months ago
‘Acoustic Sounds’ Celebrates Impulse! Records Turning 60 With Ray Charles, Gil Evans Reissues
High-grade audiophile editions of Charles' landmark 'Genius + Soul = Jazz' and Gil Evans Orchestra’s 'Out Of The Cool' will be out on May 14.
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News5 months ago
Watch The New Animated Video For Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong’s ‘Cheek To Cheek’
Directed by Wendy Cong Zhao, the new visual celebrates the First Lady of Song’s 104th birthday.
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Features5 months ago
Ella Fitzgerald: Just Why Is She So Important?
From the blues to bossa nova and calypsos to carols, she imbued all with her unique voice. Ella Fitzgerald will live forever.
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Features5 months ago
Best Ella Fitzgerald Songs: 20 Standards From The First Lady Of Jazz
As much a pioneer as she was a powerhouse, Ella Fitzgerald’s timeless tunes only get better with age.
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News5 months ago
Pioneering Indie Rock Songwriter Kurt Vile Signs To Verve Records
Vile’s Verve debut is set to arrive in 2022.
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News5 months ago
Jazz Pioneer Bill Evans Is Celebrated With Expansive Career-Retrospective Box Set
In addition to the retrospective, Craft Recordings will also be releasing a live Evans performance from 1975.
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Features6 months ago
Jazz’s Golden Lady: The Singular Voice Of Abbey Lincoln
In her own compositions, she managed to capture what love, life, and self-discovery truly looked like for most of us – battle wounds and all – sans the idyllic imagery often found...
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News6 months ago
Watch The Video For Angélique Kidjo’s ‘Dignity’ Ft. Yemi Alade
The spirited anthem was inspired by the youth-led movement to disband Nigeria's Special Anti-Robbery Squad.
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Features6 months ago
‘Getz/Gilberto’: When Jazz Defined The Rhythms Of Brazil
‘Getz/Gilberto’ is now a jazz classic, but when it was recorded no one expected it to become one of the best selling jazz albums of all time.
