Since April is Jazz Appreciation Month, and because so many of the finest practitioners of the genre were born this month, let’s pay a special birthday tribute to three of the all-time top jazz vocalists! Ella Fitzgerald (born April 25, 1917), Billie Holiday (born April 7, 1915), and Carmen McRae (born April 8, 1920) are all from the same generation, but each had a unique sound. And since this year’s JAM is a celebration of the great Duke Ellington, we’re playing these ladies’ renditions of his...
Venue Voices is a monthly series shining a spotlight on all the incredible venues Denver has to offer and the people who keep them running. Denver is one of the greatest music cities in the country, having become a mandatory destination for some of the biggest names in music while fostering a vibrant, thriving local […]
Fashion-loving friends, calling themselves Happy Chic, have boosted the coffers of a support service and café in Kettering – with donations now totalling more than £5,000. The group of seven pals from Kettering held their most successful clothes sale yet raising £1,080 for Johnny’s Happy Place (JHP). Harnessing their love of charity shop bargains and the rise of ‘fast fashion’, the group realised how much unworn clothing they had in their wardrobes. Happy Chic organiser Julie Buxton, who stores...
The final score for this one was the Denver Nuggets 111 and the Utah Jazz 95, but that score is a little deceiving. Yes, the Nuggets controlled the game, but the Jazz had some moments to be happy about. The Jazz actually played defense in this one, and it was fun to see. Utah was within single digits for a large portion of the second half and nearly took the lead. Jamal Murray, late in the game, went on his own 9-0 rum, but the Jazz made a lot of nice defensive plays to make this one...
Chief Career Happiness Officer at The Bauke Group Julie Bauke joins Ramblin Ray and Jane Clauss on the Steve Cochran Show to discuss what it means to be happy at work, how being an eternal seeker can contribute to career satisfaction, and why many members of Generation Z are choosing vocational school over traditional college.
Miles Davis's 1959 album Kind of Blue is the best-selling instrumental jazz album of all time. As the music-buying public is rightly suspicious of jazz, that makes Kind of Blue the kind of jazz that people who don't like jazz can stand. This was not what Davis had in mind when he convened a six-piece for two sessions at Columbia Records' 30th Street Studio in March and April 1959. Jazz was then still young enough to follow Ezra Pound's 1934 advice, "Make it new," but old enough to have the...
In my previous column, I made a mistake about the date of last year’s Transgender Day of Visibility. I’m sorry about that; factual accuracy is important. The Washington Times issued a correction, and onward we sail.
Happy Tax Day 2024 when, as usual, talk turns to taxes. Are taxes too high, too low, or just Goldilocks (and spending too high, too high, or just too high)? Are rates too high and the base too narrow, or are we taxing too broad a swath at lower rates. Is the tax system fair?
Attention teachers: Don't forget to submit your students' weather drawing to the Brainerd Dispatch, P.O. Box 974, Brainerd, MN, 56401.
By Michael Hutchins Herald Democrat Calvin Holland III hopes to put his experience with social services and Sherman Independent School District to good use if he is elected this spring to the school board this spring. Holland is among three candidates who will vie for the Place 1 seat in the May 4 elections. The seat is currently held by Adam Cernero, who is not seeking reelection. Holland, Nathan Cain and Evan Martin are also running to fill that vacant seat. The Herald Democrat recently...
Da Brat aka Shawntae Harris was born in Joliet, Illinois on this day 50 years ago. The Grammy-nominated rapper/actress/radio host that is mostly known for her debut album Funkdified, is the first female solo artist to earn a platinum plaque and the second overall only to Hip Hop icons Salt ‘N Pepa. Da Brat was […] The post Happy 50th Birthday to Da Brat! first appeared on The Source.