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Bands are firing drummers, and trading drummers, and rehiring back the drummers they just fired last week. It's a full-blown crisis behind the kit. How did it happen?
Cécile McLorin Salvant's Ogresse At Carnegie Hall article by Adam Beaudoin, published on August 8, 2025 at All About Jazz.
Cleo Laine, a renowned British jazz singer and Tony-nominated actress, has died. She was 97. News of her death was confirmed by The Stables, a U.K. arts center that Laine founded with her late ...
Cleo Laine, one of Britain's great jazz singers, and a Tony nominee for her stage work, has died at age 97.
Cleo Laine, considered by many to be the U.K.’s preeminent jazz singer, and an accomplished theater actress in her home country as well as on Broadway, died Thursday at age 97. The death was ...
Today in Music History for Aug. 8: In 1911, Canadian violinist Frederick Grinke was born in Winnipeg. He was known for his performances of 20th-century English music. Composer Ralph Vaughan Williams ...
An appreciation of Dame Cleo Laine, a jazz singer whose evocative phrasing and four-octave range made her among the most celebrated voices in the world.
Cleo Laine, Regarded as Britain’s Greatest Jazz Voice, Dies at 97 During a career that crossed the Atlantic, the contralto was considered Britain’s finest contribution to the quintessential ...
Dame Cleo Laine, the singer and actress who has died aged 97, was not only the best jazz vocalist that Britain ever produced, but was also one of the most versatile and enduring musicians from any ...
Cleo Laine, whose husky contralto was one of the most distinctive voices in jazz and who was regarded by many as Britain’s greatest contribution to the quintessentially American music, has died ...