Okay, so as you might have noticed, b5media has been having some outages this week. It appears as though things are back on track, and my fellow music channel blogger Bryan Alaspa has listed some jazz and blues events going on this weekend in the Chicago area.
You know, some of my first introductions to blues […]
This week’s crooner is Lena Horne! Here’s some info on the legendary “woo-woo-woo-woo” female jazz crooner:
Lena Mary Calhoun Horne was born June 30, 1917 in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, New York City, New York. She grew up in an upper middle class black bourgeois community.
Horne became the first African American performer to sign a long-term contract with […]
Rev. Bob Glenn in Minnesota preaches the gospel by day, and croons his way through classics like “Meglio Stasera” with his jazz band at night.
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Two totally classic voices - undeniable in identity. Gotta love this!
Bing Crosby & Louis Armstrong - “Now You Have Jazz” video
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You heard it here, folks! Michael Buble is going to be on Leno in 2 weeks! I’m getting out the DVD recorder for this one!
Check your local listings and all that jazz, but before you do that, check out Mike and his Starbucks obsession:
“Nutritious, AND delicious!”
*swoon*
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According to some, crooners are only male. Others believe in female crooners. Here’s how Wikipedia defines crooner:
Crooner is an epithet given to a male singer of a certain style of popular songs, dubbed pop standards. A crooner is a singer of popular ballads thus a “balladeer”. The singer is normally backed by a full orchestra […]
All about the style, swagger, and sexy hip of the smooth-voiced singers from the 40's, 50's, and 60's era of music and life.
Written by Lara Kulpa [email] for b5media.
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