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"Humdrum Blues" "The Touch of Your Lips" "Fair Weather" "Bird Alone" "Confirmation" "The Zoo" "Sheila's Blues" November 27, 2009 - On this Piano Jazz , singer Sheila Jordan sits down with guest host Jon Weber to talk about her early career in Detroit, her bebop vocal group - Skeeter, Mitch and Jean - and chasing Charlie Parker from gig to gig.

The Gene Norman Group was the first to record an all-Dylan jazz album. jfprods Last month saw the release of "Dylan Different," the latest album from pianist, producer, singer and composer Ben Sidran.

Doesn't Christian McBride look like he belongs in the Rat Pack?" You learn a lot about musicians when you hijack their digital music players and set them to access files randomly.

A film series in Jackson today features several black films, including a local documentary on legendary civil rights photographer Ernest Withers.

Jeanette LindstrAfA m was born and raised in Sweden, but there have been times when her phrasing might lead those who haven't seen her picture to think she could be African-American, although one would have been unlikely to make that mistake if they'd heard her singing jazz in Swedish with bassist Anders Jormin.

Hailed by JazzTimes as "one of the most focused, unpretentious, no-nonsense, bop-oriented jazz singers around," Judy Wexler's debut CD, "Easy on the Heart," showcases her expressive voice and gift for storytelling.

FEINSTEIN'S AT LOEWS REGENCY, the nightclub proclaimed "Best of New York" by New York Magazine, and "an invaluable New York institution" by The New York Post, continues its 10th Anniversary season with the debut of critically acclaimed vocalist, JUDY WEXLER as she celebrates the release of her latest CD, Dreams and Shadows with songs by Irving ...

Hello, Santa Clarita Valley! Welcome to The-Signal.com's Daybreak, your point of entry for the day, and a quick journey through the past, present and future.

Hello, Santa Clarita Valley! Welcome to The-Signal.com's Daybreak, your point of entry for the day, and a quick journey through the past, present and future.

As one of the most original and gifted male jazz vocalists to perform over the last 50 years, six-time Grammy Award nominee Mark Murphy has inspired generations of up-and-coming jazz singers.

Hello, Santa Clarita Valley! Welcome to The-Signal.com's Daybreak, your point of entry for the day, and a quick journey through the past, present and future.

My return visit to to Freihofer's Jazz Festival after an eight-year absence reminded me very quickly that this two-day event remains one of the summer season's great jazz lawn parties.

While jazz is mostly a listening experience, it can also be fun to watch . Just ask the folks who put together the Jazz Icons video series.