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Jazzy Halloween Playlist | The Headless Crow
Celebrate spooky season with the best in vintage jazz and blues. Featuring Louis Armstrong, Eartha Kitt, Bessie Smith, Nina Simone, and more. Listen to the playlist now.
Celebrating Jazz Architect, Genius and Legend Louis Armstrong to Close Out #JazzAppreciationMonth (LISTEN)
by Lori Lakin Hutcherson (@lakinhutcherson)
We end our celebration of #JazzAppreciationMonth today with a short tribute to a seminal architect of the sound, the legendary New Orleans son, Louis Armstrong.
To read about Armstrong, read on. To hear about him, press PLAY:
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MUSIC MONDAY: Born #OnThisDay in 1917 – “First Lady of Song” Ella Fitzgerald (LISTEN)
MUSIC MONDAY: Born #OnThisDay in 1917 — “First Lady of Song” Ella Fitzgerald (LISTEN)
[Photo: Ella Fitzgerald via ellafitzgerald.com]
by Lori Lakin Hutcherson (@lakinhutcherson)
GBN is pulling a trifecta today — celebrating #MusicMonday, #JazzAppreciationMonth, and dropping in on absolutely one of the best singers past, present — or ever — Ella Fitzgerald!
Born 105 years ago #OnThisDay, through her stunningly timeless gifts (and vast catalog), Ella Fitzgerald is still surprising…
Lady Writes The Blues: Billie Holiday’s Singing and Songwriting Artistry (LISTEN)
Lady Writes The Blues: Billie Holiday’s Singing and Songwriting Artistry (LISTEN)
[Billie Holiday, from March 23, 1949. Photographer: Carl Van Vechten. from the Yale University Archives at Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library]
by Lori Lakin Hutcherson (@lakinhutcherson)
In continued celebration of #JazzAppreciationMonth, today we drop in on Billie Holiday, the singer and artist who not only influenced peers and progeny alike with her innovative interpretation of and…
MUSIC MONDAY: “Ear Food” - A New Jazz Playlist (LISTEN)
MUSIC MONDAY: “Ear Food” – A New Jazz Playlist (LISTEN)
by Marlon West (FB: marlon.west1 Twitter: @marlonw IG: stlmarlonwest Spotify: marlonwest)
Happy #JazzAppreciationMonth, good people! For most the word “Jazz” conjures up images of the giants like Charlie Parker, Ella Fitzgerald, John Coltrane, Miles Davis, Sarah Vaughan, and Louis Armstrong.
Though this collection, “Ear Food: A New Jazz Playlist“ features a new school of Jazz artists re-imagining…
Celebrating Jazz Piano Virtuoso Oscar Peterson for #JazzAppreciationMonth (LISTEN)
by Lori Lakin Hutcherson (@lakinhutcherson)
In continued celebration of #JazzAppreciationMonth, today we drop in on virtuoso pianist Oscar Peterson, who hailed from Canada, composed the de facto Civil Rights Movement anthem “Hymn to Freedom,” and was dubbed the “Maharaja of the Keyboard” by none other than fellow piano master Duke Ellington.
To read about Peterson, read on. To hear about him,…
Louis Armstrong relaxes on the set of High Society (1956).
JAZZ ON A SUMMER’S DAY. 4K restoration coming August 12 courtesy of Kino Lorber and Kino Marquee.
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West End Blues - Louis Armstrong (1955)
This is the first ever improv recording. Prior to this, every other arrangement was stock. This was the beginning of Satchmo’s revolutionizing of jazz.
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Louis Armstrong - Lazy River (1931)
Lucille takes control of the scooter as her husband Louis Armstrong plays, Rome in 1949 by Slim Aarons.
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A spread I did for @fmacookbookzine ! Had a lot of fun designing this! Make sure to check out the other great pieces there as well ~!
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I had some letterpress type left over from last academic year so I decided to finally use it in a drawing.
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Jazz music has always been one of my favourite genres of music.
