A special tribute to one of the most important and influential Jazz vocalists in history whose story and music enthrall us still, some six decades after her untimely passing at the age of 44. #ladyday #billieholiday #jazz #womeninmusic #jazzday
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More Than Apple Vanity
For this series 100th program, a extended show dedicated to some of the many talented artists of music history’s most amazing experiment in the business, Apple Records, that started off with great promise but crashed and burned amid a bitter divorce among what were once close friends. #beatles #applerecords #apple By 1967, The Beatles had […]
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Bird, 1949 (Free Download)
This month’s free download was by request. #jazz #graphicdesign #charlieparker A while back, a dear friend asked if I could design a charlie Parker poster for her. Parker, of course, is one of the founders of what was once called Bop, or Modern Jazz. She had always wanted one for her apartment, but original ones, […]
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International Jazz Day 2020 Poster and Program Info
What started out as a program to give access to those without the means to attend a Jazz program for International Jazz Day five years ago has taken a whole new meaning this year. #JazzDay #Covid19 #coltrane
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