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Jim Burlong has been a jazz fanatic since the age of fourteen and currently writes for British publications Jazzviews and the Sussex Jazz Magazine. He is also an active contributor to various jazz appreciation groups online. 1) Bud Powell – The Amazing Bud Powell (Vol 1) 1949 Born in 192...
After contributing to several key British groups of the early 1960s, McLaughlin made Extrapolation, his first album as a bandleader, in 1969. He then moved to the U.S., where he played with Tony Williams's group Lifetime and then with Miles Davis on his electric jazz-fusion albums In ...
Johnny Cashwas born toArkansas sharecroppersand forged a path to the highest heights of country music with hit songs "I Walk the Line," "Folsom Prison Blues," and the June Carter Cash-penned "Ring of Fire." Cash became the youngest inductee into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1980 at...
The Pussycat Dolls became one of the biggest girl groups in history in the 2000s, with54 million records soldand Nicole Scherzinger at the helm. The group broke up in 2009, and Scherzinger embarked on a solo career. She's also spent time as an actress and reality TV judge on shows like...
The Pussycat Dolls became one of the biggest girl groups in history in the 2000s, with54 million records soldand Nicole Scherzinger at the helm. The group broke up in 2009, and Scherzinger embarked on a solo career. She's also spent time as an actress and reality TV judge on shows like...
The record was instrumental in putting the Brand New Heavies on the road to becoming one of the most successfuljazz funk/ acid jazz groups of all time. Home Rulez Home Rulez is a Korean trio made up of Seo Ro, Paco and Young Hyo whose music...
A four-day celebration of various jazz genres awaits! Enjoy over 38 jazz performances at local establishments throughout the entire weekend.
It was a long-standing joke that Ferguson could play notes so high that only dogs could hear them. Originally from Canada, he served his musical apprenticeship in Stan Kenton’s band before leading his own groups. A flamboyant showman as well as virtuoso horn player, Ferguson could dazzle aud...
This collection rounds up 10 performances from a time when America’s civil rights leaders were being killed and more militant factions, such as the Black Panthers, were gaining a voice. As a genre, jazz was also under siege from R&B groups like Sly and the Family Stone and James Brown....