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
The man with hit songs – Freddy Iversen was honored at this year’s Cementblues 2019: Photos, Video BLUES MUSICIANS VIDEOS The man with hit songs – Freddy Iversen was honored at this year’s Cementblues 2019: Photos, Video https://JazzBlues.EU August 4, 2019 The fire soul Freddy Iversen was honored during this year’s Cementblues in Kjøpsvik, which was the tenth...Read More
Nina Simone’s childhood home is under threat. This campaign aims to save it: Photo, Video BOOKS MUSICIANS VIDEOS Woman in Jazz & Blues Nina Simone’s childhood home is under threat. This campaign aims to save it: Photo, Video https://JazzBlues.EU August 1, 2019 The National Trust is hoping to preserve the North Carolina house where Simone first learned to play...Read More