Nina Simone News

Prince performs at the Jazz Festival this year bring excitement along the shores of lake Geneva.

Copenhagen Jazz Festival Various locations around Copenhagen: starts Friday, ends Sunday 10 July; www.jazz.dk Welcome to a unique mix of music with roots both in the African-American south and the stoic Scandinavian character and landscape.A The artists serve the soul and spontaneity, the crowds respond with some foot tapping and rhythmic clapping, ...

Lisa Finnie is a familiar voice at Caf 322, playing a cool mix of Americana, jazz and folk - most of them her own original works.

Soul luminaries such as Chaka Khan have been a partof the Montreux Jazz Festival's rich musical tradition.

Billie Holiday is one of many who've interpreted Abel Meeropol's words for "Strange Fruit," but she left the deepest impression.

SUMMERTIME is festival time all over Europe , and space permits only a glance at a little of what's on offer.

Sing The Truth: Nina Simone Remembered featuring Dianne Reeves, Lizz Wright, Angelique Kidjo and Simone Tickets 20/25/30/35 Produced by the Barbican in association with Serious Part of Blaze A singer of unique emotional effect, Nina Simones passing left a huge gap in the music world.

Start: Jun 12, 2009 End: Jun 12, 2009 Time: 7:00pm Price: $10 in advance and $12 at the door Contact: 822-2326 Location: 426 E. Tehachapi Blvd., Tehachapi, CA 93561 From the first fiery note to the last whispery phrase, Christine Rosander's sultry voice grabs hold and doesn't let go, stirring up yearning and desire long after a song has ended.

Copenhagen Jazz Festival 2009 - from retro to rebirth in 10 days... Now the program for the Copenhagen Jazz Festival 2009 has been published.

AS a general rule, the original version of a song is better than any of the dozens of cover versions that might follow.

Critically acclaimed jazz vocalist, Michelle Walker , will perform in concert at the intimate stage of the The Zinc Bar in its widely respected jazz lounge.

It's been quite a revolutionary week and the soundtracks you have provided couldn't have been more welcome.

" "Voice of Hope" - " dedicated to promote awareness about domestic violence. Matt Ninemire - " "Jazz and Nina Simone" - " depicts the life of jazz musician Nina Simone.

Interview: Creed Taylor SOURCE: JazzWax by Marc Myers Throughout his six-decade career as a record producer, Creed Taylor has operated with bold strokes, subtleties and contrasts.

Ronnie Scott's Soho jazz club started life 50 years ago with the DIY makeover of a grubby Gerrard Street basement cabbies' den, in what is now Soho's Chinatown.

CAOIMHE DUANE really makes singing sound effortless, but the Ardmore Park girl has been putting in the work since childhood and sits down at her piano every day to practice – discipline that belies her 22 years.

Leaving the lovely warm day behind and crowding into the cellar venue of Leeds University , everyone here is looking forward to some summer sounds.

Take Art presents The Lady Loves Jazz, a wonderful celebration of traditional and contemporary jazz songs that will ignite the spirit and warm the soul, at St John's Church Hall in Chilcompton on Saturday.

2007 Australian pub rocker Lobby Loyde dies of cancer in a Melbourne hospital. He is 66.

Lizzie West and Baba Buffalo will play Club Helsinki on Friday. Thursday, April 16 Who: Lizzie West and Baba Buffalo Genre: Folk, blues, ragtime and cabaret with vocal harmonies, politically-charged lyrics and a deeply spiritual sensibility - and fans around the world as close as family.