Results for "June Christy"

Lainie Cooke: Speaking to the Heart

by Esther Berlanga-Ryan
August 10, 2009

When Lainie Cooke sings, the heart sinks in poetry made music; air seems to stop to avoid interrupting the flowing of such a magical, beautiful voice. She fills the barely-noticeable silence between notes with a voice that caresses the heart. Her life has been a jazz-bound adventure inspired by an early need to entertain others, landing ...

Jazz Orchestras

by Nick Catalano
August 7, 2009

This excerpt appears in New York Nights: Performing, Producing and Writing in Gotham (IUniverse, 2008). In addition to the productions of the dance band shows, being a Performing Arts producer meant that I had the opportunity to present artists from every genre imaginable. I steadfastly tried to adhere to some sense of objectivity listening ...

Jacksonville: Big City, Big Band, Big Plans

by Jack Bowers
August 5, 2009

Almost everyone who's even mildly interested knows that the big band scene in the US isn't what it used to be. On the other hand, the big bands aren't yet dead, as some alarmists have claimed, or even on life support. Thanks in part to college and armed services programs, there are perhaps as many or ...

Mark Murphy: Inside the Mystery

by Suzanne Lorge
July 31, 2009

Beyond its stylistic differentiators, jazz contains what vocalist Mark Murphy calls “a wonderful mystery," a mystery that was fostered in small, regional clubs around the US during the '30s-40s, when Murphy was developing the distinctive vocal style that launched his decades-long career. “I've seen this mysterious quality of jazz set rooms on fire," Murphy ...

The Albuquerque Jazz Orchestra Gets "Thrasched"

by Jack Bowers
March 3, 2009

The thirty-third annual Albuquerque Jazz Festival ended its two-day run on February 21, 2009. The event is devoted mainly to performances by high school and middle school bands, while the grand finale features the Albuquerque Jazz Orchestra with invited guests, this year the saxophone quartet Thrascher (Randy Hamm, soprano; Tim Ishii, alto; Ed Petersen, tenor; Glenn ...

Jazz Musician of the Day: June Christy

November 20, 2008

All About Jazz is celebrating June Christy's birthday today! JAZZ MUSICIAN OF THE DAY June ChristyJune was born as Shirley Luster on November 20, 1925 at the Memorial Hospital in Springfield, Illinois and was raised from the age of three in Decatur, Illinois; and from the beginning always wanted ...

A Lovely Way To Spend An Evening

Featuring the music of June Christy
Duration: 1:34
November 20, 2007

The Ultimate Jazz Archive - Vocalists

By June Christy

Label: Kayax Production
Released: 2005

June Christy-Big Band Specials

By June Christy

Label: Capitol Records
Released: 2001
Track listing: You Came A Long Way From St. Louis, Swingin' On Nothin', Is You Is Or Is You Ain't My Baby, Prelude To Kiss, Skyliner, A Night In Tunisia, It Don't Mean A Thing, Frenisi, Stompin' At The Savoy, Goodbye, Time Was, Until.

Something Cool

By June Christy

Label: Capitol Records
Released: 2001