Stories about jazz in the news featuring Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald, and the Newport Jazz Festival.
Verve and Impulse! Launch Vital Vinyl Jazz Reissue Series
Paul Sexton – Verve and Impulse! Records have launched their new Vital Vinyl series with UMe, celebrating…
Ella Fitzgerald’s Long-Undiscovered ‘Ella At The Shrine’ On Wide Release
Paul Sexton – Ella Fitzgerald’s Ella At The Shrine album, only recently discovered after more than 60 years in the vaults of Verve Records…
Billie Holiday Documentary In The Works
Jennifer Valez – ‘Billie,’ directed by James Erskine, will tell Holiday’s story through the eyes of late journalist Linda Lipnack Kuehl, who began a biography of the artist in 1970 but never finished it…
A Sprawling Blueprint For Protest Music, Courtesy Of The Jazz Duke
What makes a jazz anthem? NPR’s American Anthem series has spanned pop, rock, folk and more, but in most cases the songs are catchy, sing-at-the-top-of-your-lungs hits we all know and love…
Newport Jazz Festival Announces Initial 2019 Lineup: Herbie Hancock, The Bad Plus, Ravi Coltrane, More
The historic New England jazz festival has announced it’s
