Jazz News

Singer Peggy Lee, a Jazz Legend, is Dead

Source: All About Jazz

LOS ANGELES, Jan. 22 — Peggy Lee, the singer-composer whose smoky, insinuating voice in such songs as “Is That All There Is?” and “Fever” made her a jazz and pop legend, died Monday. She was 81. Lee died from a heart attack at her Bel Air home, said her daughter, Nicki Lee Foster. Lee repeatedly battled injury and ill health, including heart trouble, in a spectacular career that brought her a Grammy, an Oscar nomination and sold-out houses worldwide.

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Concord Records Receives Eleven Grammy Nominations

Source: All About Jazz

Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album Michael Feinstein - Romance on Film / Romance on Broadway -and- Keely Smith - Keely Sings Sinatra

Best Traditional R&B album: Miki Howard - Three Wishes

Best Jazz Vocal Album Karrin Allyson Ballads

Best Instrumental Composition Blonde Soundtrack

Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album: Betty Buckley - Stars and the Moon: Live at the Donmar Rosemary Clooney - Sentimental Journey

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Jazz All-Star Made In America Concert Raises $260K

Source: All About Jazz

Proceeds Benefit Robin Hood Foundation

NEW YORK — Made In America, an all-star benefit concert presented by the jazz community, which honored the heroes and victims of September 11, raised $260,000 from the event and private donations by individuals, with other contributions continuing to be solicited. The Dec. 5 Town Hall concert, produced by the Jazz Alliance International (JAI), benefited the Robin Hood Foundation which helps New Yorkers in need.

According to JAI President Chuck Iwanusa, “The evening was a ...

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Ralph Sutton: Consummate Stylist with Roots in Stride

Source: All About Jazz

Ralph Sutton was a consummate stylist with a complete technical command of his instrument, an individual style, and a wide-ranging musical vocabulary which went well beyond his roots in stride piano. His characteristic style, heavily influenced by the stride pianists of the 1920s and 1930s, led by Fats Waller, James P. Johnson and Willie "The Lion" Smith, was probably best appreciated in solo performances, but he was equally at home in a group setting throughout his ...

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Matthias Lupri Group with Rick Margitza - CT, NYC and Woodstock

Source: All About Jazz

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Norah Jones New Release "Come Away With Me" - Street Date February 26, 2002

Source: All About Jazz

There are certain singers whom we feel that we know, from the very first time we hear them. As the intimacy of their delivery and the subtle shading of their interpretation draw us in, a whole personality seems to take shape in our imagination.

Norah Jones is that kind of singer. Her Blue Note debut album, Come Away With Me, offers a musicality and depth of feeling that would be uncommon in any era. In the present day, in a ...

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The Dom Minasi Trio Celebrates New CD "Takin' The Duke Out" at The Jazz Gallery

Source: All About Jazz

Guitarist Dom Minasi is pleased to announce his appearance at The Jazz Gallery on Monday, February 11th, 2002 to celebrate his new CD “Takin’ The Duke Out".

The Dom Minasi trio featuring Ken Filiano (bass) and Jackson Krall (drums) will accompany Dom for this appearance.

Dom Minasi began his career in 1975 with two recordings for the Blue Note label, “When Joanna Loved Me" and “I Have A Feeling I've Been Here Before". In the intervening years, even though he ...

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Bobby Sanabria at BAM!

Source: All About Jazz

The Bobby Sanabria Big Band-Masters of Afro-Cuban Jazz All Ages! BAM Harvey Theater 651 Fulton St. Brooklyn, NY Sat, Feb 2 at 2pm For tickets and information, visit http://www.bam.org or call 718.636.4100 Tickets: $10 (general admission)

“Sanabria is one of the most informed, astute and passionate champions of Afro-Cuban music on the scene today.” -Downbeat

Following the success of Toshi Reagon’s Music for Your Life and Vernon Reid’s Bring Your Beats, BAMfamily continues its music series with Grammy-nominated percussionist Bobby ...

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