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Ella Fitzgerald

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Dubbed "The First Lady of Song," Ella Fitzgerald was the most popular female jazz singer in the United States for more than half a century. In her lifetime, she won 13 Grammy awards and sold over 40 million albums. Her voice was flexible, wide-ranging, accurate and ageless. She could sing sultry ballads, sweet jazz and imitate every instrument in an orchestra. She worked with all the jazz greats, from Duke Ellington, Count Basie and Nat King Cole, to Frank Sinatra, Dizzy Gillespie and Benny Goodman. (Or rather, some might say all the jazz greats had the pleasure of working with Ella.) She performed at top venues all over the world, and packed them to the hilt

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Article: Radio & Podcasts

The Empress, 3 Cohens/WDR Big Band, Nnenna Freelon, Sylvie Courvoisier/Mary Halvorson and Kaisa's Machine

Read "The Empress, 3 Cohens/WDR Big Band, Nnenna Freelon, Sylvie Courvoisier/Mary Halvorson and Kaisa's Machine" reviewed by Mary Foster Conklin


This broadcast includes new releases from The Empress (Pureum Jin, Lauren Sevian, Erena Terakubo, Chelsea Baratz), 3 Cohens/WDR Big Band, Nnenna Freelon, Sylvie Courvoisier/Mary Halvorson and Kaisa's Machine, with birthday shoutouts to Shirley Scott, Carol Sloane, Jeanie Bryson, Anne Mette Iversen, Mark Murphy, Tomoko Ohno, Arooj Aftab and Bobby McFerrin. Happy listening and please support the ...

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Article: Radio & Podcasts

Butch Morris, The 3 Cohens, Christophe Irniger's Pilgrim, Sasha Berliner

Read "Butch Morris, The 3 Cohens, Christophe Irniger's Pilgrim, Sasha Berliner" reviewed by Cheryl K.


During this week's two-hour program of Jazz and improvised music, selections from releases by conductor Butch Morris, the Kenny Wheeler Legacy ensemble, a single from vocalist Catherine Russell, The 3 Cohens (Anat, Avaishai, and Yuval), Spirits Rejoice, tenor saxophonist Christophe Irniger's Pilgrim, and vibraphonist and composer Sasha Berliner. Playlist Butch Morris “Current Trends in ...

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Article: Live Review

David Pastor trio featuring Anna Pauline & Mattias Nilsson at Barcelona Jamboree Sala 3

Read "David Pastor trio featuring Anna Pauline & Mattias Nilsson at Barcelona Jamboree Sala 3" reviewed by Artur Moral


David Pastor Trio featuring Anna Pauline & Mattias Nilsson Jamboree Sala 3 jny: Barcelona, Spain Pur Jazz March 4, 2025 If David Pastor had been born, say, in Sedalia, jny: Missouri, instead of in Sedaví, in the Spanish jny: Valencia province, his professional career and its media impact would probably ...

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Article: Radio & Podcasts

Nanami Haruta, Monika Ryan, Rachel Eckroth & John Hadfield, Ariane Racicot, Celebrating Ida Cox, Nancy Wilson & More

Read "Nanami Haruta, Monika Ryan, Rachel Eckroth & John Hadfield, Ariane Racicot, Celebrating Ida Cox, Nancy Wilson & More" reviewed by Mary Foster Conklin


This broadcast includes new releases from Nanami Haruta, Monika Ryan, Rachel Eckroth & John Hadfield and Ariane Racicot, with birthday shoutouts to foremother Ida Cox (Wild Women Don't Get The Blues), plus Nancy Wilson, Sara Caswell and Tracy Yang. Happy listening--please support the artists you hear. See them live, purchase their music so they can continue ...

Article: Album Review

Terry Gibbs Dream Band: Dream Band, Vol. 7: The Lost Tapes, 1959

Read "Dream Band, Vol. 7: The Lost Tapes, 1959" reviewed by Angelo Leonardi


«Non credo che ci sia mai stata una band migliore di questa, compresa la mia». Mel Lewis espresse queste parole per la mitica orchestra che il vibrafonista Terry Gibbs guidò in California tra il 1959 e il 1961 e fu chiamata “Dream Band" per l'entusiasmo che suscitò tra i fortunati che l'ascoltarono dal vivo.

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Article: Radio & Podcasts

Get Happy: The Music of Harold Arlen’s Great American Songbook

Read "Get Happy: The Music of Harold Arlen’s Great American Songbook" reviewed by David Brown


Harold Arlen was a singer, pianist, arranger, and, most importantly, a composer of iconic popular songs in the 20th century. A highly regarded contributor to the Great American Songbook, Arlen wrote over 500 songs, with his most famous being “Over the Rainbow." Born 120 years ago in 1905, Arlen's music--primarily composed for Broadway shows and films--has ...

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Article: Album Review

Allyson Briggs: Promises, Promises and Raindrops

Read "Promises, Promises and Raindrops" reviewed by Richard J Salvucci


Allyson Briggs describes herself as an “old soul" who connected almost instinctively to the music of the 1970s. Her models are Tony Bennett and Ella Fitzgerald, bearers of a very different musical culture than what is currently on offer. She is part of a different era, of not exactly big band singers, but of the sort ...

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News: Contest

Ella Fitzgerald Jazz Vocal Competition Registration Open

Ella Fitzgerald Jazz Vocal Competition Registration Open

DATELINE WASHINGTON, DC Hello and Happy New Year to one and all. Our 8th Annual Ella Fitzgerald Competition has launched, and we welcome registrants between now and the end of January. Over the past years we have welcomed registrants from around the globe. Entrants have included the countries of Brazil, Switzerland, South Africa, China, Canada, Belarus ...

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Article: Jazz Fiction

Dance Dance Dance

Read "Dance Dance Dance" reviewed by Dan McClenaghan


Dolphin Dance The dolphins frolicked just south of the end of the pier, leaping in playful arcs that took them completely out of the water. They bumped fins and swooped in and out of the pod. A select few angled their slick bodies into vertical positions, coming half out of the water to eyeball, up on ...


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