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“He showed complete mastery of the bebop jazz language – a language invented on horns”: Celebrating Joe Pass, jazz guitar’s great re-inventor – and a player who had the rare ability to nail sax lines on a six-string

Bona-fide jazz legend Joe Pass had it all. Here we celebrate the life and career of on of jazz guitar's most fluid and fluent players

Guitar World

32 of the best 50s hairstyles for a vintage feel

We revisit some classic 50s hairstyles as well as modern takes on popular looks

Woman & Home

Marlena Shaw obituary

American soul and jazz singer best known for California Soul, Mercy, Mercy, Mercy and Go Away Little Boy

The Guardian - UK

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Leona Lewis review – walking in a decidedly surreal winter wonderland

Singer recasts herself as a Christmassy Ella Fitzgerald as she renders seasonal staples in a range of musical styles – not all of them successful

The Guardian - UK

Fill your holiday stocking with Cher, Ella Fitzgerald, Brandy, Andrea Bocelli and more

What is a holiday season without festive music

The Independent UK

Sylvia Mdunyelwa, one of South Africa's great jazz vocalists, kept music traditions alive

If Miriam Makeba is hailed as the South African vocalist of her generation who brilliantly embraced (and actually shaped) global music sounds, and Sathima Bea Benjamin as the experimenter who entranced the modern jazz scene in Europe and the US, then Ncediwe Sylvia Mdunyelwa joins that pantheon of late, great…

The Conversation

Leny Andrade, star of Brazilian jazz, dies aged 80

Singer described as described as ‘the Ella Fitzgerald of Brazil’ by Tony Bennett had been living with dementia

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Leny Andrade, known as the first lady of Brazilian jazz, dies at 80

Andrade was a consummate nightclub artist who sang torridly of love in a husky voice. A fixture in her home country since the '60s, she became a sensation in the U.S. in the 1990s.

WEKU

Glimmer of hope for foot soldiers

There was encouraging news for Bangkok's pedestrians last week when the city governor announced that during the coming year there would be a major upgrade of pavements in the Big Mango. It was promised that some pavements might even become "walkable". Well, best of luck with that.

Bangkok Post

From SZA to The Full Monty: a complete guide to this week’s entertainment

Whether it’s pop superstars or Sheffield strippers, our critics have you covered for the next seven days

The Guardian - UK

TV tonight: a gorgeous documentary about ‘first lady of song’ Ella Fitzgerald

Laura Mvula and Jamie Cullum help celebrate the singer. Plus: on the hunt for Tutankhamun. Here’s everything to watch this evening.

The Guardian - UK

TV tonight: Our highlights for Saturday, June 10

Casualty is just one of the gems on TV tonight.

WhatToWatch

A Grandparent’s Guide to Today’s Popular Music

A guide for grandparents to today's popular music, including how to stream music online.

Kiplinger

Things to do in Chicago April 20-26: The Mix

“Into the Woods,” Joe Perry in concert, and Pixar Putt mini-golf at Navy Pier are among the highlights in the week ahead.

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How Doug Emhoff became the White House’s voice against antisemitism

WASHINGTON — Second gentleman Doug Emhoff was furious.

Tribune News Service

Samara Joy, a 2-time 2023 Grammy-winner at 23, is understandably jazzed: 'It was pretty crazy!'

The 2023 Grammy Awards took place more than a month ago, but Samara Joy's feet are still not back on the ground.

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The Incomparable Freda Payne To Receive Lifetime Achievement Award At Luxury Gala Oscars

Freda Payne continues to rake in awards more than 60 years after starting her career.

Los Angeles Times

Lizzo tweeted 'cancel culture is appropriation.' Not everyone agreed with her point

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Twitter queen Dionne Warwick discusses music, singing with Chance the Rapper and chiding Snoop Dogg

Before she became one of the biggest-selling female solo artists of the 20th century, Dionne Warwick was a teenaged piano major who earned tuition money as a background singer on records by The Drifters, Dinah Washington, Brook Benton, Solomon Burke and other vocal greats.

The Independent UK

Well noted: A selection of some music-themed gifts this year

The Associated Press is recommending for music lovers gifts including vinyl box sets by Neil Young, Billie Holiday and Ella Fitzgerald, Paul McCartney and heavy metal icon Iron Maiden

The Guardian - UK

The country’s going to the dogs, but at least the police have cleared the M25

The Met says Just Stop Oil are a tiny minority causing ‘disproportionate’ disruption. Isn’t environmental Armageddon enough justification?

The Conversation

We studied the 'bibles' of jazz standards – and found sexism lurking in the strangest place

We are two female jazz singers, jazz researchers and lovers of jazz. And we have discovered jazz gave us another shared experience – sexism.

Tribune News Service

Grammy and Tony Award winner Dee Dee Bridgewater to star in Ella Fitzgerald musical developed by Anna Deavere Smith

NEW YORK — The life and times of the First Lady of Song has been turned into a musical — with a powerhouse team developing it for Broadway.

Los Angeles Times

Jean Smart is holding on to optimism ... crying to Whitney Houston helps

LOS ANGELES — Jean Smart just pulled her car over to the side of the road. She needed a moment. Whitney Houston's soaring power ballad "I Have Nothing" is playing on KOST-FM ("love songs on the Cooooast "), a song that ranks as Smart's "all-time singalong if you want to…

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Robert Englund’s 'Stranger Things 4' cameo, explained: Who is Victor Creel?

The horror icon makes a short but pivotal appearance in the new season of the Netflix series. Learn more about Robert Englund's Victor Creel in 'Stranger Things 4.'

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