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Jon Hendricks is not only one of the world's favorite jazz vocalists, but is widely considered to be the "Father of Vocalese", the greatest innovator of the art form. Vocalese is the art of setting lyrics to recorded jazz instrumental standards (such as the big band arrangements of Duke Ellington and Count Basie), then arranging voices to sing the parts of the instruments. Thus is created an entirely new form of the work, one that tells a lyrically interesting story while retaining the integrity of the music. Hendricks is the only person many jazz greats have allowed to lyricize their music, for no one writes hipper, wittier, or more touching words, while extracting from a tune the emotions intended by the composer, more sympathetically than Hendricks. For his work as a lyricist, jazz critic and historian Leonard Feather called him the "Poet Laureate of Jazz" while Time dubbed him the "James Joyce of Jive."
Cool Cat Blues: The Life and Times of Georgie Fame, as told to and adapted by Ben Sidran
by Mark McKergow
Cool Cat Blues: The Life and Times of Georgie Fame Ben Sidran 160 Pages ISBN: 9781800509283 Equinox Publishing 2026 British singer and keyboardist Georgie Fame's long career reaches back to the pre-Beatles “swinging London" of the early '60s. After decades with small groups and big bands as well as ...
Somi, Theo Bleckmann, Carmen Lundy, Duchess And More!
by Jua Howard
Greetings Music Family! I hope you all are taking care of yourselves and protecting your peace. It's time for another episode of the “First Instrument Jazz Show"! I've got a lot of new music including from Somi, Emilie-Claire Barlow,Duchess, Hannah Gill, Marianne Solivan and Lisa Rich. I've also got more timeless music to share including from ...
Michael Moody: The Ecstasy of Love
by Artur Moral
Whether or not there is any personal affinity with their stylistic and thematic approach, it is impossible not to tip one's hat to those musicians who insist on navigating against the current mainstream--be it by brandishing the flag of a fierce vanguard or by defending the essentials of tradition, updated with a layer of necessary contemporaneity. ...
Kurt Elling: Manifesting the Music
by Leo Sidran
Kurt Elling first appeared on The Third Story podcast in 2016--nearly ten years ago now. In some ways, it feels like a lifetime ago. Back then, he had moved from his native Chicago to New York and was living in Manhattan. The first Trump presidency, the pandemic, and the cascade of upheaval that would follow were ...
In the Mood for Love (Songs): The Red Pavilion Jazz Band at The Red Pavilion
by Tamara Yadao
The Red Pavilion Jazz Band The Red Pavilion In the Mood for Love (Songs) Brooklyn, NY December 5, 2025 The Red Pavilion Jazz Band, a quartet with trumpeter Gordon Au at the helm, set the tone for an immersive, intercultural music experience. Cradled by love, longing, nostalgia, and educational flair, ...
Joni Jazz, Part 2
by Chuck Lenatti
Part 1 | Part 2 As a young woman growing up in Canada, Joni Mitchell was fond of American popular music and bought records whenever she could afford them. She would sometimes swap painting jobs for jazz albums. Among her favorite jazz artists were Duke Ellington and Lambert, Hendricks and Ross. She ...
kansha 感謝, The Kronstadt Collective, Carlos Dafé, Jakob Dreyer
by Cheryl K.
During this week's two-hour program of jazz and improvised music, selections from new releases by singer-songwriter Phylipe Nunes Araujo; the collective kansha 感謝; pianist Aaron Parks; The Kronstadt Collective (vocalist Gina Kronstadt); Brazilian singer/multi-instrumentalist Carlos Dafé; saxophonist John O'Gallagher; and bassist Jakob Dreyer.Playlist Bob Mover and Walter Davis, Jr. “A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley ...
Duke Ellington's Concert of Sacred Music
by Chuck Lenatti
In 1964, Dean D.J. Bartlett and the Reverend John S. Yaryan invited Duke Ellington and his orchestra to present a concert to consecrate the renovated Grace Cathedral on Nob Hill in San Francisco during a year-long festival of Grace. At first, Duke demurred. In his autobiography, Music Is My Mistress (Da Capo, 1976), Ellington ...
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by Richard J Salvucci
Sometimes, a random listener intervenes to comment on music a reviewer is working on. “Who are those guys?" with a tone that means, “I should know this right?" Well, if you happen to be from Philadelphia, shame on you. This was some kind of party, maybe a party in a church, or as bassist Mike Boone ...
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