The joy of Ella Fitzgerald’s accessible elegance: Videos BOOKS MUSICIANS VIDEOS Woman in Jazz & Blues The joy of Ella Fitzgerald’s accessible elegance: Videos https://JazzBlues.EU September 6, 2019 Nana had a big wooden box of a television in the corner of her apartment along Van...Read More
Hear a taste of Erroll Garner at the 1962 Seattle world’s fair, from a Deluxe new reissue series: Videos, Photos BOOKS MUSICIANS VIDEOS Hear a taste of Erroll Garner at the 1962 Seattle world’s fair, from a Deluxe new reissue series: Videos, Photos https://JazzBlues.EU August 26, 2019 The Century 21 Exposition, better remembered as the 1962 Seattle World’s Fair, left an indelible mark on the...Read More
Billie Holiday learned to arrange the jagged pieces of her life into a coherent persona: Photos, Video BOOKS MUSICIANS VIDEOS Woman in Jazz & Blues Billie Holiday learned to arrange the jagged pieces of her life into a coherent persona: Photos, Video https://JazzBlues.EU August 21, 2019 To consider a women’s Hall of Fame in American music is to come face-to-face with that music’s...Read More
Herbie Hancock explains how he composed Watermelon Man … Video BOOKS MUSICIANS VIDEOS Herbie Hancock explains how he composed Watermelon Man … Video https://JazzBlues.EU August 17, 2019 Herbie Hancock explains how he composed Watermelon Man and how Mongo Santamaria influenced it. He then performs...Read More
Bob Wilber, saxophonist and clarinetist, who carried a torch for classic jazz, has died at 91: Videos, Photos BOOKS MUSICIANS NEWSFEED VIDEOS Bob Wilber, saxophonist and clarinetist, who carried a torch for classic jazz, has died at 91: Videos, Photos https://JazzBlues.EU August 8, 2019 Bob Wilber, a saxophonist, clarinetist and bandleader who spearheaded a traditional jazz revival in the face of...Read More
Miles Davis: The rare UK shows near the end of a jazz life: Video BOOKS MUSICIANS VIDEOS Miles Davis: The rare UK shows near the end of a jazz life: Video https://JazzBlues.EU August 6, 2019 It was winter in late 1988 and a fax arrived in my newspaper office in Cardiff. Miles...Read More