A$AP Rocky: 'We're grungy but we live like rock stars'
He idolises John Lennon, doesn't disrespect women, and works with the most eclectic producers, but this Harlem rapper's main aim is to 'stay young'Harlem is changing. As ...
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Idaho tribe touts 'Mrs. Swing's' Indian roots
This week, the tribe introduced a resolution honoring Bailey in the Idaho Legislature, in part to convince the Jazz at Lincoln Center Hall of Fame in New York City to add...
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Cabaret crooner salutes Ella Fitzgerald at Danbury Palace
Jazz singer and cabaret crooner Sue Matsuki will present aAuElla & MeaAu at the Palace Theatre in Danbury on Saturday, March 3. Photo: Contributed Photo / CT Ella Fitzge...
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Ruth Hohmann: the first lady of East German jazz sings again
Under communism anything American was unwelcome, so Ruth Hohmann fell silent. But that changed when the Berlin Wall fell – and now, at 80, she is busier than everTh...
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Hot Sluts Of The Day!
Andy Rooney's enchanting and extraordinary magical cloud puff eyebrows that have been tickling my retinas since the beginning of my time.It's the end of an era...
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My favourite album: The Complete Hot Five and Hot Seven Recordings by Louis Armstrong
Our writers are picking their favourite albums – with a view that you might do the same. Here, Jon Wilde explains how Louis Armstrong's music pulled him back from t...
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Louis Armstrong: Ambassador of Jazz Box – review
(Universal, 10 CD box set)On musical grounds alone, a 10-disc collection of Louis Armstrong's best work from the 1920s to the 1960s can't help walking off with a five-sta...
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Amy Winehouse - Amy Winehouse Duet With Jazz Legend Gets Release Date
Amy Winehouse's duet with jazz legend Tony Bennett is set to be released as a charity single on 20th September 2011. The rendition of 'Body and Soul', made famous by Ella...
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Ronnie Scott's opens
October 1959: Number 29 in our series of the 50 key events in the history of dance musicAn East End Londoner, Ronnie Scott was a UK jazz star in the 1950s, playing tenor ...
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Behind the music: the secrets of Sade's success
Singer's former producer, Robin Millar, reveals an improbable route to global successShe's sold 50m records worldwide – almost half of them in the US – and ha...
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Hugh Martin obituary
A composer of classic musicals, he wrote Have Yourself a Merry Little ChristmasAmong the perennial Christmas songs, one of the most performed and popular is Have Yourself...
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thursday morning updates
Barbatrucmobile said...Vinylidyllique !- Nintendo Teenage Robots (= Alec Empire) - "We Punk Einheit !" (1999, DHR)- Ekseption - "Classic In Pop"http://vinylidyllique....
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Portrait of the artist: Johnny Mathis, singer
'Singing is like golf. You can flounder over things for years – then a pro sets you straight in minutes'What got you started?My dad was a piano player and singer, a...
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