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Rather than provide detailed reviews of these never-before-released and/or reissued jazz recordings, we will summarize each ...

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God Bless the Child.” “I’ll Be Seeing You.” And of course, “Strange Fruit.” Ten writers and musicians share what they love ...

Ben Webster’s 1959 outing for Verve Records featured jazz giants Coleman Hawkins, Ray Brown, and Roy Eldridge.

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Duke Ellington leads his jazz band, circa 1945. Credit - Bettmann Archive/. I n November 2024, I went to see the jazz pianist ...

Moran grew up listening to all manner of music, from jazz to reggae to hip-hop. As a teenager he learned to play the Afrika Bambaataa electro/hip-hop jam “Planet Rock,” turning it into an experimental ...

Taken as a whole, his orchestral pieces were like canvases, with different hues layered ... The rise of swing and jazz's sophisticated elegance starts with Duke Ellington. His first recordings were ...

He hinted at plans to perform a Duke Ellington ... bringing Ellington’s music and kind of reshaping it. Ellington’s music always needs another read-through, just like you would a novel or ...

Queen Elizabeth is a blues and jazz fan — and American jazz legend Duke Ellington appears to be on ... and I'm just like, 'Really, the Queen?' I felt so happy." Crosby's 2019 audience with ...