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Alwin Lopez Jarreau (March 12, 1940 – February 12, 2017) was an American singer and musician. He received a total of seven Grammy Awards and was nominated for over a dozen more. Jarreau is perhaps best known for his 1981 album Breakin' Away. He also sang the theme song of the 1980s...
My Enjoy finale featured the jazz-infused singer of the progressive future, Arooj Aftab, who was recently nominated for a Grammy. On Oct. 21 at Heidelberg’s Karistorbahnhof stage, sun-glassed and dressed all in black, the Pakistani/NewYork singer–composer emphasized the dark with music ...
Marc Myers sends our way some choice recordings and videos of the amazing Anita O’Day who brought a new vocal and visual style of a female jazz singer. – Scott WenzelLee Morgan The SidewinderThe Library of Congress has immortalized the immortal: it has chosen Lee Morgan’s Blue Note ...
Peggy Lee was an American popular singer and songwriter, known for her alluring, delicately husky voice and reserved style. The writer of more than 250 songs, she is regarded as the first important female singer-songwriter in the history of American popu
Dorothy Jean Dandridge was a Black actress, singer, dancer, and entertainer from Cleveland, Ohio, her mother was an aspiring actress named Ruby Dandridge. Ruby had left Dorothy’s father, moved into an apartment with a friend, (Geneva Williams) who became instrumental in teaching Dorothy and he...
St. Charles, Illinois native, Samuel Wyatt, is a pianist/singer/songwriter/producer who has been creating music for various projects for the last 15 years in the Chicago area. Samuel is a graduate of Northern Illinois University with a degree in Jazz piano, and has had the opportunity to op...
Mel Tormé was an American singer, songwriter, composer, arranger, pianist, drummer, actor, and author. He was one of the 20th century’s most versatile, respected, and influential jazz vocalists. Tormé began singing professionally when he was just 4 ye
Thurman was the first woman to tour and perform full time with Wynton Marsalis and the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra. (Photo: Courtesy of Camille Thurman) Imagine if Sarah Vaughan played saxophone like Dexter Gordon.That’s approximately the effect when the 35-year-old singer and tenor saxop...
The gentle lull of "Sittin'" was a radical departure from Redding's Southern soul bombast, and perhaps a sign of what was to come if the singer hadn't died tragically in a plane crash. "That one song, wesearchedfor a long time. We call it crossover musi...