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Bobby McFerrin was onto something when he titled his second album The Voice. At the time, in the mid-1980s, it was a sobriquet more readily associated with

The composer, clarinetist, pianist, vocalist and DJ had a hell of a year. But the albums and other well-publicized milestones don't tell the whole story. Not even close.

ATLANTA, Ga., Oct. 6, 2021 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Singer/Songwriter Tony Hightower is taking up the mantle to be a bridge that ushers R&B audiences into Jazz – Real Jazz. With

Linda Hillshafer Share Tune in weekday mornings for Stories of Standards to hear our favorite versions of “Stompin’ At the Savoy.” Rodney Franks presents Stories of Standards Monday through Friday at 7:50 and 8:50 am beginning Monday, May 10! Stories of Standards is sponsored by  Edgar Sampson wrote, “Stompin’ At the Savoy” in 1933 while alto saxophonist with Rex Stewart’s Orchestra at the Empire Ballroom. Named for the Savoy Ballroom in New York City, it was used...

The Good Men Project Become a Premium Member We have pioneered the largest worldwide conversation about what it means to be a good man in the 21st century. Your support of our work is inspiring and invaluable. ‘Hey Clockface’: Elvis Costello Surprises Again Growing up as an Elvis Costello fan, I could always count on something surprising.   The fun thing about growing up as an Elvis Costello fan was that I could always count on something surprising.  His prolific output, consisting of 31 ...

Welcome to Wiki propaganda on topics of Islam, Jihad and the Arab war on Israel. Thu Jan 14, 2021 Wikipedia now has 55 million separate articles. It would be churlish to complain about them all. Some of them are very good, in fact; for example, the entry on the Russian playwright Alexander Griboyedov, whose  Woe From Wit I studied, line by line, in Moscow, with a teacher at Patrice Lumumba University (I believe I am the only American to have studied with a faculty member at Lumumb...

The Great Gatsby at the London International Antiquarian Book Fair in London in 2013. Image credit: Oli Scarff Stay tuned in to our local news coverage: Listen to 90.7 WMFE on your FM or HD radio, the WMFE mobile app or your smart speaker — say “Alexa, play NPR” and you’ll be connected. What a year it was for Anglo-American literature and the arts! 1925 was the year of heralded novels by F. Scott Fitzgerald and Virginia Woolf, seminal works by Sinclair Lewis, Franz Kafka, Gertrude St...

The Great Gatsby at the London International Antiquarian Book Fair in London in 2013. Oli Scarff / Getty Images What a year it was for Anglo-American literature and the arts! 1925 was the year of heralded novels by F. Scott Fitzgerald and Virginia Woolf, seminal works by Sinclair Lewis, Franz Kafka, Gertrude Stein, Agatha Christie, Theodore Dreiser, Edith Wharton, Aldous Huxley ... and a banner year for musicians, too. Bessie Smith, Ma Rainey, the Gershwins, Duke Ellington and Fats Waller,...

History Spotlight: Today in 1943, American jazz musician, singer and composer, Fats Waller died of pneumonia on a train trip near Kansas City, Missouri. He wrote many songs including "Aint Misbehavin", "Your Feets Too Big" and "The Reefer Song". His closest collaborator, Andy Razaf, once described his partner as "the soul of melody... a man who made the piano sing... both big in body and in mind... known for his generosity... a bubbling bundle of joy". Also, Today In: 1956 - Elvis Presley gave ...

Monday, December 14 Night Train marks the centennial birthday of featured artist Clark Terry in a special edition of the show. We’ll hear music from Terry in hour one, ranging from his early work with Ellington, to his debut album, and onto guest appearances he made with Ray Brown, Oscar Peterson, Dianne Reeves, Dinah Washington and more. Then a special in hour two surveys the life and career of the master trumpeter, mentor and pioneering jazz educator. Tuesday, Decmeber 15 Night Train marks ...