Results for "Etta Jones"

Take Five With Antoinette Montague

by AAJ Staff
May 17, 2010

Meet Antoinette Montague:Antoinette Montague likes to say she simply sings “people music." Make no mistake about it, she is a jazz singer through and through, but one who pushes the genre's boundaries. On her new recording, Behind the Smile, Montague sings classic jazz standards (new and old), resurrects lovely-but-obscure melodies, blends in blues and ...

Jazz Drummer Billy James Dies at 73

November 24, 2009

Legendary jazz drummer Billy James has died in Philadelphia at the age of 73. James died Friday night at Mercy Hospital after struggling with complications from asthma. That's according to his longtime girlfriend, Danita Lyburn. James was originally from Pittsburgh and played with jazz greats including Eddie “Lockjaw" Davis, Sonny Stitt, Don Patterson, Pat Martino, Bootsie ...

Litchfield Jazz Festival 2009

by Marcia Hillman
August 13, 2009

Litchfield Jazz FestivalKent, ConnecticutJuly 31-August 2, 2009 For two and a half days this past weekend, jazz invaded Connecticut with the arrival of the 14th Annual Litchfield Jazz Festival. This year, in a new home on the Kent School grounds in Kent, Connecticut, this major musical event, hosted by WBGO broadcaster and jazz ...

I Thought About You

Featuring the music of Etta Jones
Duration: 4:37
August 12, 2009

Take Five With Jackie Allen

by AAJ Staff
June 6, 2009

Meet Jackie Allen: Critically acclaimed vocalist, songwriter and Blue Note recording artist Jackie Allen celebrates the release of her ninth album, Starry Night, live with chamber orchestra. Her CD features star-themed songs arranged by seven extraordinary arrangers who have written for such legendary artists as Duke Ellington, Frank Sinatra, Doc Severinson, Bobby McFerrin, and Diana Krall. ...

Ernestine Anderson: A Song for You

by Dr. Judith Schlesinger
January 24, 2009

There's no doubt that American Idol, that immensely popular TV vocal competition now in its eighth season as of this writing, has redefined the public's idea of what constitutes “great" singing. In many quarters, the old criteria of good pitch and time, pleasing tone and honest feeling are no longer sufficient, for why hold onto one ...

Crazy He Calls Me

Featuring the music of Etta Jones
Duration: 5:11
September 3, 2008

Don't Go to Strangers

By Etta Jones

Label: Prestige Records
Released: 2007
Track listing: Yes Sir, That

Etta Jones: Don't Go To Strangers

By Etta Jones

Label: Unknown label
Released: 2007
Track listing: Yes Sir, That's My Baby; Don't Go to Strangers; I Love Paris; Fine and Mellow; Where or When; If I Had You; On the Street Where You live; Something to Remember You By; Bye Bye Blackbird; All The Way.

Etta Jones: Don't Go to Strangers

by Jim Santella
April 16, 2007

"Don't Go to Strangers was Etta Jones' trademark song. She could make any jazz standard come alive, though, and she did on this 1960 Prestige album with a line-up of jazz all-stars. Together, band and vocalist tell the stories with a genuine spirit. The sound is superb. Jones and the band are in sync, and the ...