If anyone deserves to be a salty about a lack of career recognition, it's Patti Austin.
The 56-year-old singer, who grew up in the business and had Quincy Jones and Dinah...
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Esperanza Spalding has a simple way of dealing with her success: Just don't think about it.
At age 22, she is an accomplished bass player who has performed with some of...
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In the liner notes to the
Rippingtons' new "20th Anniversary" album, Russ Freeman, the
founder and creative genius behind the contemporary jazz group,
wrote, "My favorite...
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President Bush honored the nation's black musicians on Monday at a White House "Black Music Month" ceremony that featured performances from blues master B.B. King, singer...
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Senegal's Youssou N'Dour, Peter Gabriel
and other musicians are throwing the United Nations 60th
anniversary concert next weekend to raise funds to combat
malaria, which...
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