Tag: Bettye LaVette
Jazz Singer Gretchen Parlato Celebrates Sinatra and Peggy Lee
"There's something so powerful about this understatement and intimacy and kind of allowing people to feel all the different facets. It doesn't have to be something obvious, it can be something that's a little bit intriguing."
Saxophonist Ted Nash Revisits Coltrane and Hartman
"I want to try to find the spirituality behind Coltrane's playing. I want to copy the feeling that he had back at this time because that's what's truly sticks out."
Jazz Stream: September 1st – September 7th
Concerts live and filmed plus the Detroit Jazz Festival are featured
Catherine Russell Loves Singing Jazz
"I love the fact that we are still paying tribute to David Bowie and I'm doing it with people who worked with him. I like doing things I enjoy doing. I love jazz."
The Not So Lush Life of Bettye Lavette
Not many singers who have a hit song at the age of sixteen are still performing at the age of 68. Even fewer still...