Jazz icon Ella Fitzgerald is back
on the U.S. pop album charts for the first time in just under
38 years.
"Love Letters from Ella" debuted at No. 97 on the Billboard
200...
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Jazz label Concord
Records, riding high with Ray Charles' last release, has sealed
its acquisition of Fantasy Records, whose extensive holdings
include the Creedence...
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Despite unexpected drama, bossa nova legend Joao Gilberto overcame all obstacles to cast his musical spell on a Carnegie Hall audience with a marathon two-hour concert at...
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An overflow crowd of 400 watched the man in dark glasses and a purple suit approach the grand piano wedged between the desks and podium of the Georgia House of...
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The proclivity of "American Idol"
for celebrity judges has not only given last year's runner-up
Clay Aiken the B-side to his current single "The Way," but has
given...
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Peter Cincotti may love Paris, but as the Rodgers and Hart standard goes, he'll have Manhattan.
Cincotti describes his past year as "one big blur" of interchangeable...
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Nine-time Grammy winner Herbie Hancock was honored Wednesday with the Jazz Masters Fellowship Award from the National Endowment of the Arts.
Hancock received the award,...
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U.S. jazz legend Herbie Hancock
donated several of his instruments to the Smithsonian's
National Museum of American History on Tuesday and said he
hoped they would inspire...
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The stars of "Will & Grace" are hoping for success on the record charts.
Eric McCormack , Debra Messing , Megan Mullally and Sean Hayes will lend their voices to "Will &...
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A huge archive of live recordings from
the world's leading pop, rock and jazz artists spanning the
past four decades has become available for exploitation.
Claude Nobs,...
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Cupid is taking aim at music
lovers.
For the past three years, music sales during the week of
Valentine's Day have been second only to the boffo weeks
leading up to...
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For five decades, names like Ella Fitzgerald and Jimi Hendrix have blared out in neon letters above the doors of the Olympia concert hall.
The famed Paris concert hall...
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Violinist Regina Carter culminated a
three-year relationship with the treasured Guerneri del Gesu
violin that classical virtuoso Niccolo Paganini once owned with
a...
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After 11 years of planning, backers of a National Music Center and Museum pledged Thursday to open the facility in the nation's capital five years from now.
"We will be...
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It's a great time to be Dee Dee Bridgewater .
The 53-year-old jazz singer, who moved back to the United States from France four years ago, finds herself more in demand...
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Classic collections of nine revered female jazz vocalists of the past will be re-released next month as part of Verve's new Divas Collection. A tenth album, The Ultimate...
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