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Fresh Coast Jazz Festival, a Party With a Purpose

April 27, 2024

By Karen Stokes Prepare yourself for an incredible weekend of jazz at The 5th Annual Fresh Coast Jazz Festival. The 3-day event, Aug 22, 23 and 24th promises a musical journey with the only multi-day jazz festival in Milwaukee showcasing some of the world’s best contemporary jazz artists. Artists including superstar Boney James, and 12-time […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Carl Brown, Fresh Coast Jazz Festival, Jazz, Jazz Festivals, Jeff Ryan, Julian Vaughn, Karen Stokes, Oli Silk, Rick Braun

Lady Day’s 100th Birthday Marked by Release of New Book

April 24, 2015

By Elizabeth Stephens April 24, 2015   Billie Holiday     Born Eleanora Fagan in Philadelphia on April 17, 1915, Billie Holiday, affectionately known to many as “Lady Day,” was undoubtedly one of the most highly-acclaimed female jazz vocalists of the Harlem Renaissance.   Throughout her lifetime, she was honored with induction to the Rock […]

Popular Interests In This Article: APRIL 24 2015, Billie Holiday, Book Release, Harlem Renaissance, Jazz, VOL. 25 NO. 15

Madison Jazz Society Celebrates 30th Year

March 6, 2015

By Aubrey Koski March 6, 2015     The Madison Jazz Society (MJS) closes its year-long 30th anniversary celebration with a concert on March 29 presenting the Four Other Brothers from Illinois, at the Coliseum Bar in downtown Madison.   Continuing their organizational efforts to keep jazz alive the MJS anniversary celebration features the musical […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Greater Madison Jazz Consortium, Jazz, Madison Jazz Society MJS, MARCH 6 2015, VOL. 25 NO. 8

The Hunting of Billie Holiday

January 23, 2015

By Johann Hari January 23, 2015   Billie Holiday (AP Photo/HO)     From his first day in office in 1930, Harry Anslinger had a problem, and everybody knew it. He had just been appointed head of the Federal Bureau of Narcotics—a tiny agency, buried in the gray bowels of the Treasury Department in Washington, […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Billie Holiday, Federal Bureau of Narcotics FBN, Harry Anslinger, JANUARY 23 2015, Jazz, Johann Hari, Treasury Department, VOL. 25 NO. 3

“Your Way, Jose” – Neo Jazz Comes to Town

January 16, 2015

By Rob Franklin January 16, 2015   Jose   Jazz has always been recognized as a leading genre of music. But with the emergence of other genres like hip hop and electronic dance music, jazz seems to have taken a backseat. Jose James is an artist that is working very hard to bring it back […]

Popular Interests In This Article: JANUARY 16 2015, Jazz, Jose James, The New School, VOL. 25 NO. 2



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