History: Louis Armstrong and the cool crowd in the hot mid-century desert
The most admired, desirable and attractive people and things, those that are universally deemed cool, have been part of the ...
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First-time Grammy nominee Christie Dashiell on the history behind her jazz album
NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with the jazz artist Christie Dashiell about her first-ever Grammy nomination, for Best Jazz Vocal Album.
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"Fans will know it from the cover of his debut solo album": Jeff Beck’s famous Les Paul sells for more than £1m!
The 1954 'Oxblood' Gibson Les Paul was pictured on the cover of Beck’s classic 1975 album Blow By Blow. The guitar had a pre-auction estimate of £300,000 - £500,000. A representative of auctioneers ...
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Former TPOK Jazz songbird Nana Akumu releases nostalgic album
One of the top former female TPOK Jazz Band singers, Nana Akumu, is celebrating her rich musical link to Kenya with the release of a brand new album. The 17-track album titled, Grand-mère (grandmother ...
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98 Degrees Flex While Recreating Album Cover 25 Years Later
before the album's debut on Sept. 26, 2000. In the Jan. 16 post, Timmons, Jeffre, Nick and Drew posed below a beach pier. Similar to the original photo, which served as the cover for the UK promo ...
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Lucy Dacus to Return With First Solo Album in Four Years, ‘Forever Is a Feeling,’ and National Tour
A different painting of the singer appears on the new album cover, painted by the artist Will St. John, portrayed Dacus with the title emblazoned across her chest. An announcement for the ...
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Bob Dylan Charts A Brand New Album In America
Bob Dylan earns his fortieth career hit on Billboard's Americana/Folk Albums chart as Mixing Up The ... [+] Medicine / A Retrospective debuts. April 1965: American electric folk hero Bob Dylan ...
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Who is on the album cover of ‘Tattoo You’ by The Rolling Stones?
Needing a cutting-edge cover for the new wave audience ... of the decade and serving as the gateway symbol of a new generation of kids bludgeoned with the album’s videos’ MTV domination. Encapsulating ...
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David Bowie hid a secret message on the cover of one of his most famous albums
Low is one of the greatest albums recorded by David Bowie - and probably one of the greatest albums recorded by any rock artist,. Produced by Bowie and long-term collaborator Tony Visconti, the ...
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Mac Miller short film, posthumous album of unreleased music are coming
"Balloonerism: A Film Based On The Album By Mac Miller" will release this week, with screenings in the U.S. on Wednesday and internationally on Thursday, Miller's estate announced Monday.
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A Listener’s Guide to Jazz From 1964–1972
who produced many of the classic studio albums found in any serious jazz collection. Herbie Hancock: Maiden Voyage; Empyrean Isles Jackie McLean and Lee Morgan were both established masters of ...
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2025 New Orleans Jazz Fest music lineup drops this week; see when, and who might be on it
Producers of the 2025 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival plan to reveal its music lineup on Wednesday. The 54th edition of Jazz Fest is slated to span two four-day, Thursday-to-Sunday weekends ...