Brown, White Among New Smooth Jazz Releases 保罗`布朗和皮特?怀特演绎新风格爵士乐 Paul Brown may have invented a whole new sub-category of jazz, smooth funk. In fact, strains of funk are heard throughout his latest album The Funky Joi...
Jazz Goes Country on Schuur's 'The Gathering' Grammy-winning jazz singer Diane Schuur takes a country turn on her latest album, The Gathering. Schuur has always had an ear for country music. In fact, her earliest recording was a country single titled...
You don't have to be a jazz fan to appreciate Kurt Elling. In fact, when you look at the names of the artists whose works he's covered, jazz may not be the first thing that comes to mind. On The Gate, he turns to the music of The Beatles, Stevie Wond...
International Jazz Day is usually celebrated each year on May 23. It is one day of the year when people around the world can celebrate this great music form. Jazz started in the USA and is America's only indigenous art form. Music lovers and musician...
Famed jazz pianist and composer George Shearing, 91, died Monday, February 14 of heart failure in New York City. Shearing was born in England but settled in the United States in 1947. His recording career lasted more than six decades and included alb...
The 53nd Annual Grammy Awards will be held in Los Angeles, California on February 13. Here are this year's nominees in jazz. Three of the greatest names in jazz fusion: John McLaughlin, Stanley Clarke and Jeff Lorber - are in the running for Best Con...
Willis Conover Brought Jazz, 'the Music of Freedom,' to the World Written by Dana Demange (MUSIC) VOICE ONE: Im Bob Doughty. VOICE TWO: Willis Conover And Im Barbara Klein with People in America in VOA Special English. Today, we tell about Willis Con...
By Cynthia Kirk Broadcast: October 17, 2004 (MUSIC) VOICE ONE: I'm Steve Ember. VOICE TWO: And I'm Shirley Griffith with the VOA Special English program PEOPLE IN AMERICA. Today, we tell about pianist John Lewis. He created one of one of the most fam...
By Doug Levine Washington 26 December 2007 Jazz pianist and composer Oscar Peterson died near Toronto, Ontario, Canada, December 23, of kidney failure. He was 82. Often compared to Erroll Garner and Art Tatum, Peterson modernized the jazz piano. His...
By Doug Levine Washington 18 December 2007 Jazz fans are well known for celebrating the old and the new, and 2007 was no exception. As VOA's Doug Levine reports, the year was filled with jazz tributes, including one to the man who introduced jazz to...
