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Petra van Nuis: singing beyond the words

Petra van Nuis is a Chicago-based jazz vocalist whom Bruce Crowther described as "an exceptionally gifted singer with a light yet subtly textured sound"...

Duane Tatro: forgotten jazz composer

Duane who? Even highly knowledgeable jazz lovers might have missed this name. But Art Pepper knew it. One of Duane Tatro’s quirky compositions featured...

Olli Ahvenlahti: Euro Visions

The holy trinity of melody, harmony and rhythm has underpinned the Finnish veteran's work, whether in jazz or a certain song contest

Frank Griffith writes of swing

After working with such as John Dankworth and Tina May, the Oregon-born saxophonist now prefers composing and arranging to playing
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John Mayall and the Wimpy Bar Blues

Despite the endorsement of Red Holloway, the late British bluesman wasn't always charitably received by the local jazz establishment

Ricardo Pinheiro: making jazz happen

The Portuguese guitarist is an exemplar of globalised jazz, hustling up, out of Lisbon, work with a string of international names

Blossom Dearie: slight of sound, full of expression

She of the childlike voice, named after the pear blossoms brought to her on the day of her birth, would have been 100 years old today

Henry Mancini, a jazz pioneer in Hollywood

The composer of the innovative jazz score Peter Gunn and standards such as Days Of Wine And Roses would have been 100 years old this month
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Zev Feldman: digging out the lost gems

The producer responsible for a host of releases of previously unissued jazz in recent years thinks much of the best music is in the past

Lizz Wright: looking back

The southern-states singer talks about her family, including the preacher father who wanted her to marry someone like him

Bob Florence Limited Edition: a big-band blast

The brilliant attack of Florence's modern-era big band, combined with subtle dynamics worthy of Basie, could pin you to the chair

100 years ago: Sarah Vaughan

Born in Newark, NJ on 27 March 1924, she was perhaps unique in singing the poetry of the Polish priest who became Pope John Paul II
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