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Turtle Bay Records Release Episode 2 Of 'On The Back Porch' Video Series Featuring Queen Esther
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EMPKT PR
Turtle Bay Records, the vibrant jazz label known for discovering and showcasing some of the best jazz artists in NYC, has launched an exciting new video series called On the Back Porch. This series takes you behind the scenes and into the world of the most dynamic performers on the jazz scene today. The label has released the second installment of the series, featuring the incredible blues and Americana singer, Queen Esther. Hailing from Atlanta, GA and Charleston, SC, Queen ...
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Alvin Queen: Night Train to Copenhagen
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
I missed this album when it came out last year, but I want you to know about it now in case you missed it, too. Alvin Queen is a superb drummer with a beautiful, sentimental touch on sticks and brushes. Born in the Bronx, Queen lived in Canada in the 1970s and then relocated to Switzerland in 1979, where he created the Nilva record label, an anagram of his first name. On his most recent album, Night Train to Copenhagen ...
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Maria Creuza: Queen of Brazilian Ballads
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
As part of my ongoing series on great female Brazilian pop singers of the 1960s and '70s, I'm focusing today on Maria Creuza. In particular, I'm looking at the 10 or so albums she recorded for Brazilian RCA from 1973 to 1982. Born in 1944, Creuza's specialty were ballads about heartbreak, and she was Vinicius de Moraes' favorite interpreter of his songs. In fact, Creuza toured extensively worldwide with de Moraes and Toquinho. These RCA records are splendidly arranged with ...
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Margie Evans, Iconic And Sophisticated Queen Of The Blues, Dies At 81
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All About Jazz
Margie Evans, a legendary, international Blues and Gospel entertainer, songwriter, music producer, actress, music historian, community activist and motivational spokeswoman, who broke barriers for African American female Blues performers with poise, dignity and sophistication, died on March 19, 2021. In addition to her musicianship, Evans is noted as an activist for parity in music education as well as a promoter of the legacy of Blues music. As she often said, “I’ve been around a long time and I’ve really paid ...
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Mildred Bailey: Queen of Swing
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
In the 1930s, as the country struggled through the Depression, households buckled under the strain of poverty and the creeping fear of darkening world events. What kept most people from being swallowed by nagging pessimism and despair was the radio. The dramas and music that came over the airwaves provided much-needed relief from anxiety and worry. The first and finest female singing voice during these bleak years was Mildred Bailey. A warm and upbeat swing-era beacon, she not only forged ...
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Cunard To Host First-Ever Blue Note Records Cruise Aboard Queen Mary 2
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Michael Ricci
Cunard to host first-ever Blue Note Records jazz themed cruise On-board 29 October Queen Mary 2 Transatlantic Crossing Blue Note Records 75th Anniversary All Star Band, Our Point of View, to perform Cunard and venerable jazz label Blue Note Records are proud to announce an exciting entertainment partnership, which will debut on Cunard’s flagship, Queen Mary 2, on October 29, 2015. Guests onboard will embark on a very special Transatlantic Crossing, featuring intimate jazz performances by Blue Note Records artists. ...
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Disco Queen Donna Summer dies at 63
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Michael Ricci
Like the King of Pop or the Queen of Soul, Donna Summer was bestowed a title fitting of musical royalty — the Queen of Disco. Yet unlike Michael Jackson or Aretha Franklin, it was a designation she wasn't comfortable embracing. “I grew up on rock 'n' roll," Summer once said when explaining her reluctance to claim the title. Indeed, as disco boomed then crashed in a single decade in the 1970s, Summer, the beautiful voice and face of the genre ...
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Richard Thompson Receives Obe from the Queen, Plans Tour
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JamBase
LEGENDARY SINGER/SONGWRITER RECEIVES OBE FROM THE QUEEN; ANNOUNCES U.S. AND CANADA TOUR STARTING AUGUST 27 Richard Thompson was awarded the Order of the British Empire (OBE) today for his singular and substantial contribution to music. The award was presented by Queen Elizabeth during the special investiture ceremony at Buckingham Palace. Crowning an extraordinary week, Thompson will also be bestowed with an Honorary Doctorate from the University of Aberdeen on July 5, for his “exceptional and distinctive contribution to contemporary music, ...
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Eden Brent: A Jazz Queen With a Case of the Blues
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All About Jazz @ Spinner
Jazz grew out of the blues some time in the late 19th or early 20th century in and around New Orleans. While the two styles grew apart as each developed its own lexicon, there's no mistaking the fact that the they are deeply intertwined—one need look no further than Billie Holiday, Count Basie and most musicians from New Orleans and other places on the Delta. Pianist Eden Brent falls into this nebulous musical world, singing in ...
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The Queen's Suite - a young jazz musicians dream to play to the Queen of England
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Corine Dhondee
'The trailer on Kickstarter is most easily the most inspiring thing I have seen in my adult life.' What is the Queen's Suite? The Queen's Suite is about Peter Edwards, one of Britain's most promising jazz arrangers and his dream is to perform Duke Ellington's Queen's Suite (which was written in 1959 for the current British Monarch) to the Queen at the Queen Elizabeth Hall. The film follows Peter as he puts together his band, rehearses them and negotiates with ...
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