Reuters - Aug 9, 2007
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 Wednesday, and it also entered...
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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 Clearwater Revival catalog. Details...
More »AP - Jun 20, 2004
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 the JVC Jazz Festival. Carnegie...
More »AP - Jun 11, 2004
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 Representatives. Brother Ray Charles...
More »Reuters - Apr 18, 2004
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 songwriter Neil Sedaka a new lease on...
More »AP - Apr 7, 2004
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 airports, hotel rooms and concert...
More »AP - Mar 31, 2004
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, the government s most prestigious...
More »Reuters - Mar 30, 2004
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 others. A keyboard used to...
More »AP - Mar 16, 2004
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 & Grace: Who s Your Daddy? The...
More »Reuters - Feb 16, 2004
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, founder and director of Europe...
More »Reuters - Feb 6, 2004
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 Christmas. Last year, 13.9 million...
More »AP - Feb 4, 2004
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 turns 50 on Thursday, marking...
More »Reuters - Nov 21, 2003
Violinist Regina Carter culminated a three-year relationship with the treasured Guerneri del Gesu violin that classical virtuoso Niccolo Paganini once owned with a triumphant concert Nov. 2 at Alice Tully...
More »AP - Nov 6, 2003
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 having our grand opening in 2008...
More »AP - Nov 5, 2003
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 than ever. Bridgewater, a Grammy...
More »USRN - Apr 15, 2003
(4/14/03, 10 a.m. ET) -- 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 Divas...
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