Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Cleo Laine at Ronnie Scott’s in Soho, 1969 - David Redfern/Redferns Dame Cleo Laine, the singer and actress who has died aged 97, ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... After much consternation, I’ve managed to pare down a long list of fine jazz-improv recordings from 2025 to a top 10. So, apologies to Marshall Allen, The ...

The death of Cleo Laine Thursday at the age of 97 has inspired a slew of admiring headlines for the acclaimed English vocal and theater star, nearly all of them hailing her as a great jazz singer.

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, a British jazz, pop and classical ...

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A documentary telling Detroit’s jazz legacy premieres at the 2024 Freep Film Festival. A local documentary premiering at the 2024 Freep Film Festival, “The Best of the Best: Jazz from Detroit,” ...

So... what kind of a year was 2025 for jazz? Well, it marked the centennial of saxophonist Gene Ammons, drummer Roy Haynes, critic Nat Hentoff, pianist Jutta Hipp ...