show tunes and well known standards. Critics have described her as “a jazz singer,” “a blues singer,” “a pop singer,” and “a cabaret singer.” Still others have referred to her as “a storyteller,” “a ...

Roberta Flack, a staple on the R&B charts throughout the '70s and '80s, has died at 88. She suffered from ALS, commonly known as Lou Gehrig’s disease.

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Flack developed ALS, otherwise known as Lou Gehrig’s disease ... Les McCann, the soul-jazz singer, composer and fellow pianist who discovered Flack while the latter performed in a Washington ...

Hart eventually became known locally as Austin's "First Lady of Jazz." Dr. Clayton Shorkey, a longtime University of Texas at Austin professor and a jazz lover, founded the Texas Music Museum 40 ...

“I keep moving all the time,” jazz singer and lyricist Kurt Elling said ... Elling recently returned from the jazz festival at sea known as the Jazz Cruise. “Usually, when you think of ...

After paying his dues in D.C.’s clubs, he toured with the pianist-singer ... mainstream jazz. Steve Jordan, the widely traveled drummer who now plays with the Rolling Stones, has known and ...

Roberta Flack, the Grammy-winning singer ... late 1960s by jazz musician Les McCann, who later wrote that "her voice touched, tapped, trapped, and kicked every emotion I've ever known." ...

The Grammy Award-winning artist and educator had shared an ALS diagnosis in 2022. She was best known for ballads such as "Killing Me Softly With His Song" and "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face." ...

Roberta Flack has died at 88. The Grammy-winning singer and pianist was known for her intimate vocal and musical style on “Killing Me Softly With His Song,” “The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face” and ...