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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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