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Performance / Tour

Four Brothers: Celebrating The Jazz Singers Kurt Elling, Jon Hendricks, Mark Murphy, Kevin Mahogany

Source: All About Jazz
May 30, 2002

Saturday, June 15, 2002 Park West, Chicago

In jazz, the female vocalist the improvising diva has always held the center spotlight, thanks to the magnetic virtuosity of such artists as Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughan, and Carmen McRae. Although they spanned two generations, their careers all overlapped in the 1950s, when they occasionally even appeared on the same festival stage.

Nothing like that has ever occurred among male jazz vocalists, however until now. But in bringing together ...

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Recording

Thirsty Ear Releases William Parker's Raining On The Moon

Source: All About Jazz
May 30, 2002

Each of William Parker's albums showcase him as an outstanding instrumentalist, composer and band leader, not to mention an artist who is scarily prolific. Featuring vocal extraordinaire Leena Conquest, Moon marks a departure from his previous solo albums and collaborations with Thirsty Ear and proves to be one of his finest efforts yet. Deep, daring, and utterly satisfying, Raining On The Moon is sure to whet your appetite for more..

Artist History When he descended New York's jazz ...

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Performance / Tour

Jane Blackstone Celebrates CD Release

Source: All About Jazz
May 29, 2002

Radio

JazzSteps.com Launches Custom Jazz Radio Player

Source: All About Jazz
May 29, 2002

For Immediate Release May 28, 2002

SEATTLE, WA, May 28, 2002- JazzSteps.com has proudly launched the custom designed JazzSteps Radio Player, which streams online jazz music 24 hours per day. Designed and created in-house by JazzSteps.com, the proprietary new radio player features multiple channels of jazz music as well as customized information about the music being played. The information includes song title, artist, album title, album artwork, label information and dynamic links to more information. Also included is ...

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