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Third Batch Of Classic Jazz Titles Completes Vital Vinyl Reissue Series
The final instalment of titles in Verve and Impulse! Records’ Vital Vinyl series, in conjunction with UMe, are released today (23). The new batch of albums complete the celebration of essential jazz...
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Best Freddie Mercury Songs: 20 Essential Solo And Queen Tracks
Freddie Mercury loved writing songs and said inspiration came to him with such force sometimes that he was “known to scribble down lyrics in the middle of the night without even putting the light on”....
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Digital Soundtrack Of HBO Documentary Film ‘The Apollo’ Out Now
The digital edition of The Apollo: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack is released today (1 November) by Universal Music Group/Blue Note Records/Polygram Entertainment/UMe. The soundtrack appears just...
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Best Christmas Songs: 50 Essential Seasonal Classics
As the old cliché goes, Christmas comes just once a year – but it’s inspired a truly timeless selection of seasonal songs. Drawing up a definitive list of festive hits is a task that would tax Santa...
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Ella Fitzgerald’s ‘The Complete Piano Duets’ For 2CD, Digital Release
For the first time, all of Ella Fitzgerald’s collaborations with pianists recorded for the Decca, Verve and Pablo labels will be brought together on the album The Complete Piano Duets. The set will be...
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Louis Armstrong – Sing with Jazz Legend, Satchmo
Louis Armstrong was a superstar, long before Andy Warhol popularised the phrase. Pops visited more countries around the world than any of his contemporaries, at a time when foreign travel by musicians...
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Watch Kandace Springs’ Live Video Of Billie Holiday’s ‘Strange Fruit’
Kandace Springs has shared her video performance of Billie Holiday’s ‘Strange Fruit,’ as featured on the acclaimed jazz-soul singer’s forthcoming record The Women Who Raised Me — “the album I’ve been...
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Kandace Springs Pays Tribute To Carmen McRae With Single ‘Solitude’
Jazz and soul singer Kandace Springs has released a deliciously moody new track, ‘Solitude’, plus a live, stripped-down performance of the song, captured on video. The second single from her...
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Watch Common, Billie Eilish And More Via The Grammy Museum
While Los Angeles’ Grammy Museum may be closed to the public due to COVID-19, they are offering hours of free content on their website throughout the month of April, including never-before-released...
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Ella Fitzgerald’s ‘Can’t Buy Me Love’: The Queen Of Jazz Meets George Martin
Only a fraction of the almost infinite number of Beatles covers won the approval of the group themselves. One such example made the UK chart on 30 April 1964, when the queen of jazz vocalising, Ella...
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Ella Fitzgerald
She was simply the best woman that sang jazz or any other kind of music – one of the most loved by fans across the world. Ella’s catalogue is vast, but if you are looking for somewhere to start then...
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Ella Fitzgerald Film ‘Ella: Just One of Those Things’ For BBC Screening
The 2019 documentary about the life of the incomparable Ella Fitzgerald will be broadcast by the BBC later this month. Ella: Just One of Those Things airs on BBC2 at 9.30pm BST on 30 May. The film is...
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How The Newport Jazz Festival Changed The Live Jazz Experience Forever
In 1954 the smallest state in America started a tradition that changed the live jazz experience forever. Since then, the Newport Jazz Festival has been on board for every evolutionary phase of the...
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Hear Ella Fitzgerald Sing ‘Mack The Knife’ In An Unearthed 1962 Recording
A newly-discovered recording from 1962 captures Ella Fitzgerald at the height of her career, performing for a spellbound audience at Berlin’s Sportpalast. The complete concert, dubbed The Lost Berlin...
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Ella Fitzgerald, Count Basie Docs Set For Digital Release In September
This fall, Eagle Rock Entertainment will celebrate the legacy of two Jazz music icons, with the release of Ella Fitzgerald: Just One Of Those Things and Count Basie: Through His Own Eyes. These...
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Cécile McLorin Salvant Animates Video For ‘Lost’ Ella Fitzgerald Recording
When Grammy Award-winning jazz singer and visual artist Cécile McLorin Salvant first learned about a freshly-unearthed live recording from pioneering vocalist Ella Fitzgerald, she was not only thrilled...
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Best Ella Fitzgerald Songs: 20 Standards From The First Lady Of Jazz
In the fall of 1934, Ella Fitzgerald – then a homeless, 17-year-old girl in Harlem – took the stage at the Apollo Theater’s very first Amateur Night. She had planned on dancing in hopes of securing her...
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‘Verve Wishes You a Swinging Christmas’ With Classic Jazz Holiday Box
Famed jazz label Verve Records and UMe have gathered some of the most-loved jazz holiday albums into the new vinyl box set Verve Wishes You a Swinging Christmas, out now. The box features four...
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Newly-Animated Classics From Bing Crosby, Frank Sinatra And More Usher In The...
This holiday season, musical legends Bing Crosby, Chuck Berry, Ella Fitzgerald and Frank Sinatra are returning in animated form with first-ever official music videos from UMe for some of the most...
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New Mixtape Offers Modern Lofi Remixes Of Holiday Classics
A new holiday release finds some of today’s most exciting electronic music producers putting their own, modern spin on classic Christmas songs. Available now across streaming platforms, the eight-track...
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Plan The Perfect Zoom Holiday Party With These Artist-Themed Guides
While in-person holiday parties aren’t feasible in 2020, there are plenty of opportunities to gather with friends and family from near and far, thanks to the technology of Zoom. Now, a nifty set of...
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‘The Ed Sullivan Show’ YouTube Channel Spotlights Jazz In April 2021
The Ed Sullivan Show’s official YouTube channel continues to feature full segments from across the entertainment spectrum, focusing on jazz appreciation throughout April. The Ed Sullivan Show channel...
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Watch The New Animated Video For Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong’s ‘Cheek...
In celebration of the legendary Ella Fitzgerald’s 104th birthday, one of her most enduring and beloved duets with Louis Armstrong, “Cheek To Cheek,” has received a whimsical new animated video. You can...
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Watch Ella Fitzgerald’s Swinging 1968 Performance On ‘The Ed Sullivan Show’
The archives of The Ed Sullivan Show have opened again to reveal a glorious 1968 performance by Ella Fitzgerald. The show’s official YouTube channel is now playing host to the peerless vocal stylist’s...
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100 Of The Best 50s Songs: Essential Tracks From A Decade That Changed Music...
The best songs of the 50s. It wasn’t easy to construct such a list, we’ll admit. And we must begin by sayings that this list is not the definitive top 100 songs of the 50s. What we’re trying to do...
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Barack Obama Shares 2021 Summer Playlist Featuring Rihanna, Drake, Bob Dylan
Former President Barack Obama has shared the 2021 edition of his annual Summer playlist. In an effort to highlight both established and emerging artists, each year he handpicks a collection of tracks...
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Watch Louis Armstrong And His Band In A 1957 ‘Ed Sullivan Show’ Clip
Louis Armstrong is captured at his effusive best in one of the latest clips to be shared on the official YouTube channel of The Ed Sullivan Show. The newly-added recording shows the jazz maestro and...
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Ella Fitzgerald’s ‘Dream A Little Dream Of Me’ Stars In ‘Stranger Things’...
Stranger Things is finally returning to the small screen, and the hit Netflix series has chosen Ella Fitzgerald’s legendary “Dream A Little Dream Of Me” to accompany the trailer for the...
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The Best Duets of All Time: 72 Karaoke Classics
As Marvin Gaye and Kim Weston once sang: “It Takes Two.” Indeed, a pairing of great talents can often lead to truly memorable (and highly profitable) results. Whether it’s a romantic ballad, a tandem...
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The Best Jazz Musicians Of All-Time
The best jazz musicians ever are among the most talented musicians ever. Period. Even though jazz has been around for well over a century, it’s still viewed by some people as the coolest, hippest music...
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Ella Fitzgerald’s ‘Sleigh Ride’ Comes To Life In New Animated Visual
Verve Records and the creative team at Pixel Park have produced a new animated video for Ella Fitzgerald’s iconic Christmas track “Sleigh Ride.” The new video takes us on a striking visual adventure...
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Classic Christmas Songs From Bing Crosby, Frank Sinatra & More Receive...
This holiday season, UMe has once again teamed up with legendary artists and estates to create official animated videos for some of the most beloved holiday songs in the Christmas canon from the likes...
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Ella Fitzgerald, The Temptations, The Supremes Receive Lo-Fi Holiday Remixes...
The second edition of the tone-setting Lofi Holiday Mixtape has arrived with chilled, hypnotic takes on seasonal classics from Ella Fitzgerald, The Temptations, The Supremes, Chet Baker, Kay Starr, and...
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New Documentary ‘Ronnie’s’ Charts History Of Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Club
A new documentary about the life and times of British saxophone great Ronnie Scott and his world-famous London jazz club will open in selected theaters and on demand on February 11. Greenwich...
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Ella Fitzgerald Sings Irving Berlin In Previously-Unreleased Hollywood Bowl...
The previously-unreleased Ella At The Hollywood Bowl: The Irving Berlin Songbook will be available via Verve/UMe on June 24. The full, 15-song performance by Ella Fitzgerald will be available on CD,...
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Watch Ella Fitzgerald Brought To Vivid Life In New Animated ‘Cheek To Cheek’...
The majesty and magic of Ella Fitzgerald performing live is brought to vivid life in the new animated video for the incredible, one-of-a-kind performance of her beloved tune, “Cheek To Cheek,” recorded...
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‘Relentlessly Magnificent’ Ella Fitzgerald’s Hollywood Bowl Album Out Now
The newly-released Ella Fitzgerald album Ella At The Hollywood Bowl: The Irving Berlin Songbook has won immediate acclaim from reviewers, including a five-star commendation from Mojo. Issued by...
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The Joy Of ‘Ella at the Hollywood Bowl: The Irving Berlin Songbook’
In 2021, an intriguing painting – presumed to be a print of a famous work – was discovered in the dusty closet of a Maine home. Later, an auctioneer gave relatives of the late homeowner the shock of...
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Watch Ella Fitzgerald And Duke Ellington Swinging On ‘The Ed Sullivan Show’
The explosive musical cocktail that was the combination of Ella Fitzgerald and Duke Ellington can be seen in action on a vintage clip newly shared from the rich archives of The Ed Sullivan Show. The...
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Session Musician Spotlight: Paulinho Da Costa
What do Donny Osmond, Dizzy Gillespie, Madonna, Barbra Streisand, Kenny Rogers, and Tori Amos all have in common? Paulinho Da Costa. This Rio de Janeiro-born percussionist joined his first band at the...
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Limited Edition Vinyl Boxsets From Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald Set For...
Limited edition vinyl box sets from legendary jazz vocalists Billie Holiday and Ella Fitzgerald are set for release this fall. Never-before-released on vinyl, the four LP box collection, Billie...
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New ‘M Means Music’ Episode Tackles Ella Fitzgerald’s ‘Ella At The Hollywood...
Season three of M Means Music has returned with a new episode offering an in-depth look at Ella Fitzgerald’s seminal new archival live release, Ella At The Hollywood Bowl: The Irving Berlin Songbook....
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Pharoah Sanders’ ‘Karma’ Set To Return On Vinyl In December
Pharoah Sanders’ classic 1969 album Karma will be pressed on 180-gram black vinyl as part of Verve/UMe’s acclaimed audiophile vinyl reissue series, Acoustic Sounds. Due for release December 16th, the...
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Sixth Annual Ella Fitzgerald Jazz Vocal Competition Invites Submissions
The sixth annual Ella Fitzgerald Jazz Vocal Competition has been announced by the Blues Alley Jazz Society. The theme of this year’s contest is “Ella Sings Ellington,” with participants invited to...
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Watch Ella Fitzgerald Weave Vocal Magic On ‘Perdido’ From ‘Ed Sullivan Show’
A vintage performance by Ella Fitzgerald features in the latest clip from the archives of The Ed Sullivan Show. The peerless vocal stylist is seen, in her finest scatting form, in a performance from...
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Best Bing Crosby Songs: 20 Indelible Performances From The King Of Croon
Though renowned for the warm treacly sound of his resonant baritone voice, which dominated the airwaves during the golden age of radio broadcasting in the 1930s and 40s, Bing Crosby was so much more...
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‘Deep Dive’ Documentary Series To Explore Music’s Greatest Untold Stories
TIME Studios will shine a light on some of music’s greatest untold stories in the upcoming Deep Dive documentary series, which will see it exploring the depths of the Universal Music Group vaults. The...
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BTS’ V Gets Jazzy With Bing Crosby And Ella Fitzgerald Covers
BTS singer V has shared a new live performance video in which he delivers jazzy covers of songs previously recorded by Bing Crosby and Ella Fitzgerald. The new clip is the latest installment of BTS’...
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Verve Records Prepares New Edition Of Ella Fitzgerald’s ‘Ella Wishes You A...
Verve Records has announced a new edition of Ella Wishes You A Swinging Christmas, the legendary holiday album from Ella Fitzgerald. Set for an October 27 release, this collection of festive tunes—now...
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Melody Gardot’s ‘Worrisome Heart’ Turns 15 With New Pink Vinyl Edition
In celebration of the record’s 15th anniversary, Decca Records is set to reissue Melody Gardot’s critically acclaimed debut album, Worrisome Heart, on a beautiful pink colorway LP on November 17. The...
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