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In search of holiday inspiration? WBGO has you covered.As we round the final lap of a uniquely trying year, music is more of a comfort than ever. And even…
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By the early 1960s, Ella Fitzgerald was an established international artist, beginning to reap the fruits of a 25-year career.Onstage, her perfect…
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Ella Fitzgerald had a brilliant night in Germany 60 years ago, as captured on the iconic album Ella in Berlin: Mack the Knife. Two years later, on March…
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Ella Fitzgerald and The Apollo Theater — the two iconic names have been entwined since the dawn of her performing career, when she stepped out of…
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The Hot Sardines, “Caravan”Not many bands have seized the postmillennial early-jazz spotlight with as much gusto as The Hot Sardines. An eight-piece…
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Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater is on a coast-to-coast North American Tour that will culminate May 11-13 at NJPAC with three special programs.Artistic…
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Edward Simon and Afinidad, “Triangle”There are multiple fluencies, along many frequencies, in the music of Edward Simon. A pianist originally from…
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Ella Fitzgerald was a big star on the cusp of something bigger when she began an engagement at Zardi’s Jazzland, in the heart of Hollywood, during the…
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Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater will be completing a coast-to-coast tour at NJPAC for performances on Mother’s Day weekend.It is especially significant…
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The immortal Ella Fitzgerald, First Lady of Song, was born a century ago — April 25, 1917 — and there has been no shortage of commemorative celebration.…