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Hugh Masekela: Strength in Music and Character
by R.J. DeLuke
This article was first published at All About Jazz in May 2009. “I think it is incumbent, not just on every artist, but every person who has as their source communities that are disadvantaged, to give back," says Hugh Masekela, antiapartheid champion, friend of the downtrodden and musician extraordinaire who is still going strong ...
Nat King Cole Trio: Swiss Radio Days, Vol. 43 - Zurich 1950
Label: TCB Music
Released: 2017
Track listing: Nothing To Fret About; Tea For Two; Body And Soul; Too Marvelous For Words; Bop Kick; Sant Louis Blues & Bluesology; In The Cool Of The Evening; Go Bongo; How High The Moon; Summertime; Embraceable You; Poor Butterfly; Little Girl; Sweet Lorraine; Route 66.
Swiss Radio Days, Vol. 43 - Zurich 1950
Label: TCB Music
Released: 2017
Track listing: Nothing To Fret About; Tea For Two; Body And Soul; Too Marvelous For Words; Bop Kick; Saint Louis Blues; & Bluesology; In The Cool Of The Evening; Go Bongo; How High The Moon; Summertime; Embraceable You; Poor Butterfly; Little Girl; Sweet Lorraine; Rout 66.
Nat King Cole Trio: Swiss Radio Days, Vol. 43 - Zurich 1950
by Dan Bilawsky
Nat King Cole means two very different things to two different segments of the music-loving populace today. To those simply plugged into popular culture he's the golden-voiced baritone crooner, debonair and delightful as can be while travelling over the airwaves. But to those steeped in jazz history he's known as a mighty and true pianist, throwing ...
Jazz Musician of the Day: Nat "King" Cole
All About Jazz is celebrating Nat “King" Cole's birthday today! Nat King Cole was one of the most popular singers ever to hit the American charts. A brilliant recording and concert artist during the 40\'s, 50\'s and 60\'s, he attracted millions of fans around the world with a sensitive and caressing singing voice that was unmistakable. ...
Joe Bourne: Upbeat And Sweet
by Mark Sullivan
"Upbeat And Sweet" is a pretty good summary of the feel of this collection of songs from mellow jazz vocalist Joe Bourne. But the subtitle is even more telling: “Jazz-infused classic rock & pop songs." None of these songs come from the canon of the Great American Songbook, and many of them seem downright unlikely choices ...
Lee Morgan On Music Matters
by Greg Simmons
Somewhere up in the sky there's a pantheon of jazz legends. Lee Morgan rightfully has a seat in the top tier, and the jam must be extraordinary. Morgan hit the scene in 1956, an obvious prodigy who'd scored two triumphs at the tender age of eighteen: a standing gig in Dizzy Gillespie's big band ...
Stephanie Jordan Begins Residency At Jazz Live Hyatt As Featured Artist
Join Jazz Live at Hyatt every Friday and Saturday beginning on Friday, March 3, and Saturday, March 4, 2017 as they present Stephanie Jordan as the featured performer for a year-long engagement at Hyatt Regency New Orleans. The Stephanie Jordan Ensemble will do two sets nightly performing jazz standards made popular from the likes of Abbey ...
Calling Ra, Mr. Sun Ra your rocket ship is ready
by Mark Corroto
How prophetic is it that we now live in the second century of Sun Ra's earthly existence? Born (maybe) in Alabama 1914, Herman Poole Blount became the pianist, arranger, band leader, poet, and can we say prophet(?) we know as Sun Ra. He was both a man of his times and a messenger from the space. ...
Allan Harris at SMOKE Jazz & Supper Club
by Peter Jurew
Allan Harris SMOKE Jazz & Supper Club New York, NY September 28, 2016 Allan Harris was born in Brooklyn to a tight-knit family that loved music. His mother was a classical piano prodigy who grew up in Harlem and graduated in the first class of the High School Of Performing Arts, ...
