Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Cleo Laine at Ronnie Scott’s in Soho, 1969 - David Redfern/Redferns Dame Cleo Laine, the singer and actress who has died aged 97, ...

Sheila Jordan, the jazz vocalist who tugged at the boundaries of music whether she was scat-singing or freshly interpreting songs by Kurt Weill, Rodgers and Hart, or Jimmy Webb, died on Monday. She ...

Of all the folk songsters from the 1960s, Mitchell has proven to have the strongest influence on jazz singers. Joni's Jazz features her collaborations with stars like Wayne Shorter and Herbie Hancock.

The death of Cleo Laine Thursday at the age of 97 has inspired a slew of admiring headlines for the acclaimed English vocal and theater star, nearly all of them hailing her as a great jazz singer.

Cleo Laine, the jazz singer and actress known for her distinct, husky voice has passed aged 97. Her death was announced Friday by her charity, The Stables. “She will be greatly missed but her unique ...

Cleo Laine, considered by many to be the U.K.’s preeminent jazz singer, and an accomplished theater actress in her home country as well as on Broadway, died Thursday at age 97. The death was announced ...

A Purchase College graduate is celebrating a major career milestone this morning after another big win at the Grammy Awards. Jazz singer Samara Joy took home the award for Best Jazz Vocal Album for ...

The jazz singer's 1960s concert career is amply documented on record, with live albums from Berlin, LA, Tokyo and the French Riviera. Now comes a newly released concert of Fitzgerald in Oakland, Calif ...

"America's Jazz Heritage"--Box. Previously released on various labels. Compact discs. Program notes by Robert G. O'Meally, with bibliography and indexes (127 p. : ill. ; 29 x 14 cm.) laid in container ...