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OBITUARY: Ed Thigpen Jazz Drummer Legend Dies Aged 79

6146 days ago
All About Jazz — Ed Thigpen, Chicago-born drummer with the Oscar Peterson Trio during the famed jazz pianist's popular early-'60s period, died on Wednesday, January 13, 2010 at the age of seventy-nine in Kingdom Hospital in Copenhagen after being ill for a long perio... more info

OBITUARY: Ed Thigpen Jazz Drummer Dies

6146 days ago
All About Jazz — Jazz drummer Ed Thigpen, who often was described as "Mr. Taste" for his sensitive accompaniment of instrumentalists and singers such as Ella Fitzgerald, Oscar Peterson, Bud Powell and Billy Taylor, died Wednesday at Hvidovre Hospital in Copenhagen. H... more info

CD/DOWNLOAD/ALBUM: Top 10 Jazz Albums of 2009

6159 days ago
All About Jazz — Here are the Best Jazz Albums of 2009...1. Ella Fitzgerald, Twelve Nights in Hollywood (Verve).The best jazz album of 2009 was recorded in 1961 and '62, a four-CD boxed set of Ella Fitzgerald and her trio, performing live in a small club on the Sunse... more info

FESTIVAL/CRUISE: 2010 Temecula Valley International Jazz Festival

6165 days ago
All About Jazz — From July 9th to 11th in the Southern California Wine Country City of Temecula, thousands will converge to celebrate the "first lady of song, " Ella Fitzgerald, the most popular female jazz singer in the United States for more than half a century. In... more info

Pete King obituary

6168 days ago
Guardian Music — Jazz saxophonist and co-founder of Ronnie Scott's who strove to keep the club afloatThe instinct of most jazz musicians to chase down the unexpected improvisational twist and avoid the formulaic has been good for the art, but often bad for business. ... more info

Four-CD set features never-before-released Ella Fitzgerald performances at an L.A. club

6175 days ago
Mercury News, California — 'Twelve Nights in Hollywood' captures the singer in her peak years, and at top form, doing 76 songs at the Crescendo, a small jazz club in Los Angeles, in 1961 and '62. more info

PERFORMANCE/TOUR: San Francisco Jazz Vocalist Kim Nalley Stars in the World Premiere of Her New Musical

6179 days ago
All About Jazz — San Francisco jazz vocalist Kim Nalley stars in the world premiere of her new musical "Ella: The American Dream." Nalley penned this Ella Fitzgerald tribute, a quintessential rags to riches story that takes audiences back to 1930's Harlem, Savoy Ball... more info

Box set review: Ella Fitzgerald's 'Twelve Nights in Hollywood'

6181 days ago
L.A. Times - Entertainment — For a generation of listeners, the late Ella Fitzgerald exists perhaps as more of a concept than someone who was once a living human being. more info

Album review: Ella Fitzgerald's 'Twelve Nights in Hollywood'

6181 days ago
L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — For a generation of listeners, the late Ella Fitzgerald exists perhaps as more of a concept than someone who was once a living human being. As the Beatles are to pop music, Fitzgerald is to jazz vocals, and the quality... more info

PERFORMANCE/TOUR: Ella! Featuring Dee Dee Bridgewater, Janis Siegel, AL Jarreau, and the Dizzy Gillespie All-Star Big Band, Antonio Hart, Music Director

6208 days ago
All About Jazz — Grammy-winning vocalists Dee Dee Bridgewater, Janis Siegel, and Al Jarreau are featured in this all-star celebration of the music of Ella Fitzgerald, with the Dizzy Gillespie All-Star Big Band, Antonio Hart, music director. Jan 24, 2010 at 7:00 PM C... more info

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