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News: Birthday

Jazz Musician of the Day: Ethel Waters

Jazz Musician of the Day: Ethel Waters

All About Jazz is celebrating Ethel Waters' birthday today! JAZZ MUSICIAN OF THE DAY Ethel WatersEthel Waters - vocalist (1896 - 1977) Vocalist and actress Ethel Waters was a key figure in the development of African American culture between the two World Wars. She broke barrier after barrier... more ...

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News: Radio

Popular Song on the Picket Lines

For the Labor Day holiday, the Afterglow program “Popular Song On the Picket Lines” features “social significance” music from the 1930s and 40s that had a political message behind it in one way or another, or alluded in humorous or poignant ways to issues and problems of the times. Many artists in those years were involved ...

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Am I Blue 1921-1947

Label: Jazz Legends
Released: 2004

Album

Diva

Label: Cantaloupe Music
Released: 2003

Album

The Best Of Ethel Waters

Label: Columbia Records
Released: 2003
Track listing: Heat Wave; I Just Couldn

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Article: Album Review

Ethel Waters: The Best Of Ethel Waters

Read "The Best Of Ethel Waters" reviewed by Jim Santella


She was one of the first jazz singers ever to record. The reissued tracks on Columbia’s superb compilation were originally released between December 1925 and November 1940. Here, the clear sound quality of her voice and the balanced, all star accompaniment beside her makes The Best Of Ethel Waters a fine addition to the CD library. ...

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Complete Decca Records

Label: Cantaloupe Music
Released: 1989

Album

The Jazz Singers

Label: The Franklin Mint Record Society
Released: 1982
Track listing: My Honey's Lovin' Arms; I Ain't Got Nobody; Love Me; Baby, Won't You Please Come Home?; As Long As I Live; I Want A Little Girl; You Set Me On Fire; How High The Moon; I'm Just A Lucky So And So; There's A Small Hotel; Dedicated To You; It Had To Be You; When Did You Leave Heaven?; The Devil's Kiss; Think Of Me, Little Daddy; Mumbles; Tea For Two; Dear Bix; Chinatown, My Chinatown; Professor Bop; Cloudburst; I'm In The Mood For Love (Moody's Mood For Love); Yardbird Suite; Oh What A Night For Love; Guess Who's In Town; I Can't Give You Anything But Love; It's The Girl; All Too Soon; A Ship Without A Sail; Big Butter And Egg Man; My Sin; Every Now And Then; Blue Skies; When The Sun Comes Out; Detour Ahead; Honeysuckle Rose; A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square; When Lights Are Low; Where Flamingos Fly; Blue Gardenia; Some Other Spring; Grievin'; Alone Together; This Is Always; Blue Monk; It Amazes Me; My Ship; Laugh, Clown, Laugh;


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