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“If I’m going to sing like someone else, then I don’t need to sing at all.” –...
Featured below is a live performance on The Sound of Jazz, a 1957 edition of the CBS television series Seven Lively Arts. It was one of the first major programs to feature jazz on American network...
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SIGHTS & SOUNDS – Brigitte Zarie
The songs that Brigitte Zarie writes are only outshined by the vibrant and invigorating vocals she brings to them. In a word: class.
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SIGHTS & SOUNDS – Joseph Leo Bwarie
An incredibly talented performer, Joseph Leo Bwarie came to the recording studio from a critically-acclaimed 4-year, 45-city run as Frankie Valli in the 1st National Tour of ‘Jersey Boys’.
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PROFILE POSTED: Jimmy Rushing
Known as “Mister Five-By-Five” (an affectionate reference to his height and girth), Jimmy Rushing was a blues shouter who defined and then transcended the form. His booming voice radiated sheer joy...
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Ella Fitzgerald
In 1934, Ella Fitzgerald won an amateur contest at Harlem’s Apollo Theatre and became the star of drummer Chick Webb’s big band the following year. Fitzgerald’s association with manager and impresario...
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SIGHTS & SOUNDS FLASHBACKS: Peggy Lee And Friends
While researching our upcoming profile of Peggy Lee, we came across these three videos and knew they had to be shared. The first two feature Lee performing with Ella Fitzgerald and Benny Goodman. The...
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PROFILE POSTED: Peggy Lee
Peggy Lee became famous for her singular voice — sexy, subtle, simultaneously smoky and cool — and her unique jazz-inflected interpretations of popular tunes. She began singing as a teenager and hit...
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