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Music Review | Leny Andrade: Summoning the Woman From Ipanema, at Last (New York Times)

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 04:32:08 GMT

To describe Leny Andrade as both the Sarah Vaughan and Ella Fitzgerald of bossa nova only goes so far in evoking a performer whose voice seems to contain the body and soul of Brazil.

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EVENT: Fourth Annual Mainstreet Jazz Festival in Stone Mountain, GA (All About Jazz)

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 02:24:56 GMT

... and contemporary jazz likened to the style of Nancy Wilson, Ella Fitzgerald, Dianne Reeves, Sarah Vaughan, Al Jarreau and Dee Dee Bridgewater. Ragland's latest CD is entitled “Raizin." “Each year we look forward to presenting a fun and memorable evening that gives music lovers from around Atlanta a unique and intimate concert experience," says Winfrey Pierce, president of the Mainstreet...

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Legendary Composer, Conductor, and Performer Lalo Schifrin Celebrates His Life With Autobiography (PR News Wire )

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 17:45:00 GMT

... taken him in many directions. As a jazz musician he performed and recorded with Dizzy Gillespie, Sarah Vaughan, Ella Fitzgerald, Stan Getz, Count Basie, Dee Dee Bridgewater, and George Benson. His classical activities include Zubin Mehta, The Three Tenors, Rostropovich, Barenboim, and others. His longtime involvement in both the jazz and symphonic worlds came together in 1993 as...

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ANITA O'DAY: THE LIFE OF A JAZZ SINGER (New York Post)

Fri, 15 Aug 2008 04:44:37 GMT

THE greatest female jazz sing ers of all time? According to experts interviewed in "Anita O'Day: The Life of a Jazz Singer," they are Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughan and Ms. O'Day, the only white chick in the bunch. Just why O'Day...

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Pauly Blahgs: Know When to Say When (Fruit Salad)

Thu, 14 Aug 2008 19:24:20 GMT

... stunt? Etta James is a legend compared with the likes of Billie Holliday, Dinah Washington, Sarah Vaughan and Ella Fitzgerald. It is a shame that she is leaving people with this impression of her. Instead of being a mature lady, she decided to go a different route. Most likely everyone that was at the show last night will go away with memories of Etta James licking a microphone instead...

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Wednesday Open Thread (Air America Radio -)

Wed, 13 Aug 2008 07:24:47 GMT

The Wonderful Sarah Vaughan Good morning. I hope everyone can make it over Hump Day just fine. Be sure to spend some time here at JJP. Drop those links, engage in debate, and give trivia and gossip too. And always, have a peaceful day. ShareThis

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Sarah Vaughan Is Just What I Needed.. (Love B. Scott)

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 07:45:38 GMT

.. tonight! Love muffins sometimes we all need a little Sarah Vaughan in our lives and for me tonight I really needed a special dose. As soon as I turned her on, she put me instantly at ease and my soul was at peace. Here’s the jazz legend singing one of my favorite songs of [...]

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Savouring the Swede sound of success (The Herald )

Mon, 21 Jul 2008 22:17:22 GMT

... a jazz technique. It's called scatting.' And I thought, okay. But then he said I should check out Sarah Vaughan, so I did and then I thought, r-i-i-ight."In these days of iPods containing whole libraries of music and the internet making pretty much everything and anything available at the click of a mouse, it may be hard for some to imagine the now very aware Gustafsson's childhood...

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Soul queen city (Cincinnati Enquirer)

Mon, 21 Jul 2008 09:43:00 GMT

... on her debut album, "I Am," singing reverently, "I've been studying Miss Billie, Miss Ella, Miss Sarah Vaughan and Miss Natalie Cole."So how does an intimate, quiet singer pull it off at a stadium show? "It's definitely petrifying," Michele said.Actually, she has already passed the audition, performing earlier this month to solid reviews at the Essence Festival in New Orleans where...

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Sarah Vaughan In Hi-Fi. Review by: Michael Fremer (Used, but not abused)

Sun, 20 Jul 2008 19:00:39 GMT

“Bop clarinetist Tony Scott (born Anthony Joseph Sciacca in Morristown, NJ), who plays on this Sarah Vaughan album as part of an octet that includes Miles Davis (then 24), passed away the day before this was written, on the last day of March, 2007. An obit I read says that the eclectic Mr. Scott also [...]

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Bassist Buddy Catlett, a Seattle native, brings jazz home (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)

Sun, 20 Jul 2008 17:51:00 GMT

... the course of his career, Catlett has performed with such musical greats as Billie Holiday, Sarah Vaughan and Ella Fitzgerald. He also performed on the often-heard Quincy Jones arrangement of "Fly Me to the Moon" with Frank Sinatra and Count Basie, and on Louis Armstrong's "What a Wonderful World.""He's very well-known all over the nation and all over the world because he's on recordings...

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CD/DOWNLOAD RELEASE: Monterey Jazz Festival Records to Release Six Archival Recordings (All About Jazz)

Thu, 17 Jul 2008 16:52:06 GMT

... His All-Stars/1958; Miles Davis Quintet/1963, Thelonious Monk Quartet/1964; Dizzy Gillespie/1965; Sarah Vaughan/1971; and a 50th-year compilation disc that included selections from the aforementioned albums as well as live material from Diana Krall, Joe Henderson, Dave Brubeck, and Pat Metheny. The recordings represent the wide variety of classic performers in the mainstream jazz,...

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Westin Tokyo lobby bar is lesbian bar (The Trailing Partner Post)

Tue, 15 Jul 2008 05:26:44 GMT

... thick carpets, plush sofas, comfy pillows and canned jazz classics. Give me a killer martini and Sarah Vaughan and I’ll be yours forever. Sure, the view is sub par and the stools could use an update. But the attentive wait staff in their crisp black and white uniforms and slicked-back hair always manage to be charming and laid-back, never overly precious or pretentious. This balancing...

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Album review: Verve Remixed 4 (Scotsman.com)

Sun, 13 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

... has done to Ella Fitzgerald's vocals is unforgivable. Dinah Washington's 'Cry Me A River', Sarah Vaughan's 'Tea For Two'

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7-Time Juno Nominee Takes On New Genre, New Label And New Direction (Guest Music Bloggers)

Sun, 29 Jun 2008 12:41:19 GMT

... even go as far as to grade her deep, rich voice against the bluesy sounds of Billy Holiday or Sarah Vaughan” (Georgette Charlicombe, Mic Check). It’s no surprise that Reid lists Whitney Houston as one of her influences, since her new album contains vocals comparable to those of Alicia Keys, Mary J. Blige and India.Arie. Says Charles Bouley II from Billboard, “Reid delivers inspired...

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Lorraine Reid Invited To Perform At The Montreal Reggae Festival (Guest Music Bloggers)

Thu, 19 Jun 2008 12:26:25 GMT

... and blues. Lorraine attributes her unique vocal style to the influences of Billie Holiday, Sade, Sarah Vaughan and Whitney Houston and primarily enjoys listening to vocal jazz, rhythm and blues, and reggae. While with Temperance, Lorraine achieved many successes on top of her Juno Nominations, including six top ten singles on the Canadian National Dance Chart and a Much Music Video...

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Various Artists - Verve Remixed, Vol. 4 CD Review (TheCelebrityCafe.com)

Mon, 09 Jun 2008 09:18:04 GMT

... classics, especially Ella Fitzgerald’s “I Get a Kick out of You,” a Cinematic Orchestra remix, and Sarah Vaughan’s “Tea for Two,” remixed by Chris Shaw. The album is consistent in its selection of classic styles, but with different interpretations and remixes, the album sways between being diverse and inconsistent in its quality. However, the remixes are extremely creative, and in...

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Listening And Remembering Sarah Vaughan, Ella Fitzgerald and Pearl Bailey This Saturday Morning (Chuck Newton)

Sat, 07 Jun 2008 15:49:17 GMT

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Media Oligopolies (or, why I love BitTorrent) (Wikinomics.com)

Wed, 04 Jun 2008 15:33:32 GMT

... finally getting their fair share of the proceeds. Years ago, I saw Miles Davis, Oscar Peterson, Sarah Vaughan and Dizzy Gillespie — all just before they died. Then, I saw Ella Fitzgerald, seemingly just *after* she died! She was struggling on stage, telling the same two jokes in alternation literally between every song. Why did she need to tour in her 80s? Because she never got the...

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{Verve Remixed 4} (caffeine-headache)

Wed, 04 Jun 2008 00:11:17 GMT

... remixed by Antibalas 10. Evil Ways - Willie Bobo remixed by Karriem Higgins 11. Tea For Two - Sarah Vaughan remixed by Chris Shaw 12. I Get A Kick Out Of You - Ella Fitzgerald remixed by Cinematic Orchestra Purchase Verve Remixed 4 right here

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