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‘Stephane Grappelli Plays Jerome Kern’ enjoys re-release

Ironic that a famous French gypsy jazz violin player from the famous 1930s Hot Club would focus his whimsical fusion notes on an early 20th century...

"Old Man River" one of the greatest songs of the 20th Century

In the previous article, we discussed Frank Sinatra's (over produced ?) 1946 role in the movie bio of composer Jerome Kern..." 'Til The Clouds...

Tell us what you thought of Tony Bennett

Tony Bennett, the iconclastic crooner performed in Calgary, Canada on Saturday. The Calgary paper asked concert goers "What did you think of...

New Streisand album out Sepember 29th

Here are the tracks for Barbra Streisand's " Love Is the Answer." The Great American Songbook is in very good hands. How do you like two...

What did Sinatra really think of Rock 'n Roll?

Here is Frank Sinatra's comment about the music that was quickly overtaking the music of the swing/crooner era in the late 1950's; "Rock 'n...

On this day in music history-Helen Morgan

On this date in 1932 ( August 9), Broadway singer Helen Morgan who was the epitome of a torch singer, recorded for the first time the Jerome Kern-P...