Celebrating Female Big Band Singers
The female big band singers of the 1930s and ’40s, said vocalist/pianist Champian Fulton (photo above), were “very brave, courageous.
The female big band singers of the 1930s and ’40s, said vocalist/pianist Champian Fulton (photo above), were “very brave, courageous.
There aren’t many jazz musicians who double on vibraphone and drums. One of them, Chuck Redd (at right in above
Pianist Holly Bean had a busy February: • Tuesday, February 11, she performed the music of the ‘Southern Piano Style’,
In addition to being one of the premier jazz vocalists on the scene today, Stephanie Nakasian has been a respected
Lionel Hampton, who passed away in 2002 at the age of 94, received a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award this year.
When the Horizons Quartet appeared at Flemington DIY on February 29, 2020, it was billed as “the newest collaboration between
For the past year, pianist Ramsey Lewis has been streaming one-hour concerts from his living room on the last Saturday
The New Jersey Jazz Society has acquired a collection of several used Mosaic Limited Edition CD box sets. These were
Tenor saxophonist Houston Person has been friends with WBGO’s Bob Porter since the late 1960s. After hearing of Porter’s death
In May 2019, tenor saxophonist Melissa Aldana released “Visions”, an album on the Motema Music label, to great acclaim. AllAboutJazz’s
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