This is an odd tribute post. My daughter is a senior at Binghamton University in upstate New York. Early on, our family visited and went with her to a...
Category - Jazz
One of the fun things about posting old music is that if it survived this long, it’s usually great. Another fun thing is that the videos themselves are...
Jazz Age Music reports that Ivy Benson was born on this day in 1913. Here is what the site says about her: Ivy Benson was born in 1913, in Holbeck, a suburb of...
This Day in Music notes that “The Nat King Cole Show” debuted on NBC on November 5, 1956. It was the first variety show hosted by an African...
Blossom Dearie was not a superstar, but made a name for herself and had a long and successful career. The unique name wasn’t made up. Margrethe Blossom...
Charlie Parker is a towering figure in American music history. “Bird” was one of the main architects of be-bop, a form of music that Wikipedia...
[column size=one_half position=first ]Writing at AllMusic, Scott Yanow — a friend of The Daily Music Break — summed up the importance and approach...
HT: Richard B. Keiko Matsui is a composer and keyboard player of smooth jazz, jazz fusion and new age. She was born in 1961 in Japan and now lives in Los...
Marcus Roberts is as impressive as any musician covered by The Daily Music Break. It’s not fair to the others to say more impressive, since some...
The Gershwins – composer George and lyricist Ira – are among the most important figures in American music history. As with many transformative artists, the...
