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Julie London

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Julie London told Life Magazine in 1957 that she had "only a thimbleful of a voice, and I have to use it close to the microphone. But it is a kind of over-smoked voice, and it automatically sounds intimate." Her vocal style has been described as being sultry, sexy, "come-hither", intimate, breathy, warm, smoky, haunting, husky, sullen, sad, suggestive and seductive. The majority of her album covers were graced by sultry, yet sophisticated pictures of Julie - the cover of her first album, Julie is Her Name, being, at the time, thought of as so sexy that it was described as "...generating enough voltage to light up a theater marquee"

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Article: Radio & Podcasts

Peggy Lee, Kris Davis, Monty Alexander, Andy Sheppard, Liana Flores, Lisa B, Julian Davis Reid, Doug Webb & More

Read "Peggy Lee, Kris Davis, Monty Alexander, Andy Sheppard, Liana Flores, Lisa B, Julian Davis Reid, Doug Webb & More" reviewed by Mary Foster Conklin

by Mary Foster Conklin

This broadcast includes new music from Emmaline, Joan Watson-Jones, Doug Webb, Peggy Lee, Kris Davis, Monty Alexander, Andy Sheppard, Liana Flores, Lisa B, Julian Davis Reid, with birthday shoutouts to Rosetta Reitz (founder of Rosetta Records), Marlena Shaw, Julie London (100!), Rebecca Kilgore, Norma Winstone, among others. Happy listening and please support the artists you hear--see ...

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Article: Radio & Podcasts

Enzo Favata, Felicia Carter, Josh Cohen, Al-Sultani-Thomas-Abas, thèriot

Read "Enzo Favata, Felicia Carter, Josh Cohen, Al-Sultani-Thomas-Abas, thèriot" reviewed by Cheryl K.

by Cheryl K.

During this week's two-hour program of jazz and improvised music--saxophonist/clarinetist Enzo Favata; vocalist Felicia Carter; saxophonist Alain Bradette; alto/sopranino saxophonist Carla Marciano; bassists Josh Cohen and thèriot; vocalist Alya Al-Sultani, pianist Pat Thomas, and cellist Khabat Abas; and trumpeter Rachel Spencer.Playlist Paul Desmond “Outubro" from From the Hot Afternoon (CTI) 2:55 Ben Kono Group ...

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Article: Radio & Podcasts

Get Happy: The Music of Harold Arlen’s Great American Songbook

Read "Get Happy: The Music of Harold Arlen’s Great American Songbook" reviewed by David Brown

by David Brown

Harold Arlen was a singer, pianist, arranger, and, most importantly, a composer of iconic popular songs in the 20th century. A highly regarded contributor to the Great American Songbook, Arlen wrote over 500 songs, with his most famous being “Over the Rainbow." Born 120 years ago in 1905, Arlen's music--primarily composed for Broadway shows and films--has ...

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Article: Album Review

Ryan Middagh Jazz Orchestra: Tenor Madness

Read "Tenor Madness" reviewed by Jack Bowers

by Jack Bowers

Nashville-based composer, arranger and saxophonist Ryan Middagh salutes apostles of the mid-range wind instrument on Tenor Madness, his second recording as leader of the Ryan Middagh Jazz Orchestra. Even so, there are no tenor solos after the first three of the album's half-dozen numbers, on which tenors Don Aliquo and Jeff Coffin ("Wiley Roots"), Aliquo again ...

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News: Video / DVD

Julie London's Holiday Album (2024)

Julie London's Holiday Album (2024)

It's Christmas Day and once again it's time for the Julie London Christmas album that never was. I started this tradition 10 years ago because, for whatever reason, the jazz vocalist never recorded an LP of holiday favorites. All we have is the B-side of a Liberty 45 released in 1957—I'd Like You for Christmas, written ...

News: Video / DVD

The David Frost Show: 1969-1972

The David Frost Show: 1969-1972

The David Frost Show debuted in the U.S. in 1969 and lasted until 1972. It was broadcast in color from New York and was produced by Westinghouse's Group W Productions for syndication, airing three days a week. What made the show special, in addition to featuring an intelligent host, was the diversity of guests and their ...

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News: Video / DVD

Julie London Turns Winter to Summer

Julie London Turns Winter to Summer

JazzWax readers know I traditionally feature Julie London on Christmas Day, but today I wanted to take a beat to let you know what a great singer she is any time of year. To me, London is a consummate jazz singer—from her tone to her phrasing. Like Anita O'Day, London had an understated hipness built into ...

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Article: Play This!

Hilario Durán and his Latin Jazz Big Band: Cry Me A River

Read "Hilario Durán and his Latin Jazz Big Band: Cry Me A River" reviewed by John Chacona

by John Chacona

Believe it or not, people were writing kiss-off songs long before Taylor Swift and Justin Timberlake. This one was made famous by the unjustly neglected Julie London in 1955, but you've never heard it done like this before. Havana-born pianist Hilario Duran arranged this title song from a 2023 recording on his own Alma Records label ...

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Article: Take Five With...

Take Five with Tubist Jim Shearer

Read "Take Five with Tubist Jim Shearer" reviewed by AAJ Staff

by AAJ Staff

Meet Jim Shearer Jim Shearer was born in Water Valley, Mississippi, in 1964. His family owned the local newspaper, The North Mississippi Herald, from 1943-2004, and his father was an active musician on the side, playing jazz saxophone and serving as Minister of Music at the family church (but never at the same time!). After spending ...


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