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Music Review: Linda Ronstadt - Lush Life
Blogcritics.org (blog)
... by Bill Strayhorn in 1930 and has been recorded by such artists as Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughan, John Coltrane, and Billy Eckstine among others. ...




The Metropolitan Room Announces March 2010 Lineup
Broadway World
His songs have been sung by Big Band greats like Don Cherry, Frankie Laine, Eddy Howard, Sammy Kaye Harry James, Billy Eckstine, and even Frank Sinatra. ...




DC exhibition will spotlight Apollo Theater's greatest hits, on stage and off
Washington Post
In the exhibition, the names of some of the more illustrious amateur night contestants will be enshrined in a special section: Billy Eckstine, Lauryn Hill, ...




Saxy Superwoman or pure laid-back jazz
Tonight
Wess played with the Billy Eckstine band before joining Count Basie and later joined Clark Terry's big band. He won the Downbeat poll for flautists six ...




The Express Times - LehighValleyLive.com

Phillipsburg High School grad David Hajdu awaits word on National Book Critics ...
The Express Times - LehighValleyLive.com
A collection of mostly published essays, the book also brings to light the untold story of musician Billy Eckstine. The National Book Critics Circle (NBCC) ...
David Hajdu's third National Book Critics Circle nomination ends without award ...The Express Times - LehighValleyLive.com

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Smokey Robinson still going strong at age 70
The Desert Sun
Yeah, Frank Sinatra was one of the first voices I heard in my house — Sarah Vaughan, Billy Eckstine, Frank Sinatra, Nat King Cole. ...

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Author's life reflects his passions
California Chronicle
Its centerpiece is an essay on Billy Eckstine, a black singer who combined sex appeal, sophistication and machismo and paid the price for it. ...

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A Shorter guide to the galaxies
Brisbane Times
... "the tenor has this expressive sound in its range that is kind of like the male voice, like Sinatra's range and Nat Cole's range and Billy Eckstine's. ...




National Jazz Museum Announces March Events
Broadway World
From there, he briefly led a Boston-based big band before joining Billy Eckstine's new group, with which he would remain from 1944-1947. ...
Prez Fest 2010 Celebrating Art Blakey & Jazz Messengers, 3/14Broadway World

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Revelan nuevos datos sobre relación de Marilyn con JFK
TabascoHoy.com
Durante las dos últimas semanas se había llevado a la cama al disc jockey Alan Freed, a Billy Eckstine (cantante de jazz), a Freddy Otash (investigador ...

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Billy « Mr B » EckstineWilliam Clarence était un chanteur, trompettiste, tromboniste à pistons et chef d'orchestre américain de jazz. Il est né à Pittsburgh en Pennsylvanie le 8 juillet 1914 et mort le 8 mars 1993.





Enregistrements :

  • Jelly, Jelly (avec Hines, 1942)
  • Air Mail Special Opus X (1945, radio)
  • Oop Bop Sh'Bam (1946)
  • Balcony Jump (1946)
  • St Louis Blues (Métronome All Stars, 1953)


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