(Los Angeles, CA) – Valley Performing Arts Center continues to bring diverse programming to the Valley with a new addition to the 2016-17 season: jazz and hip-hop vocalist, José James presents ...

Lady Sings the Blues is one of Billie Holiday’s signature recordings, and it’s a masterclass in vocal jazz. From the opening ...

"Lady Sings the Blues" is much more than a song—it’s the title of Billie Holiday’s 1956 autobiography and a window into the life of one of jazz’s most iconic voices.

Raphaela showed up at her job at the Oceanic Brew Pub with a slight swelling beneath her eye and a discoloration of the skin beneath it. The new grill cook, Hobgood, saw this right off when she came ...

Jose James calls Billie Holiday his “musical mother.” He’s far from alone in jazz song in claiming her maternity. The number of jazz singers, justly or not, who might claim Holiday as their mother ...

Although he wrote the music for one of Billie Holiday’s most renowned songs, “Lady Sings the Blues,” the work of pianist Herbie Nichols (1919-1963) is unduly obscure. He recorded only sporadically, ...

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The 36-year-old has been nominated for a best actress Oscar for her debut role in "The United States vs. Billie Holiday", which looks at the jazz singer's part in the push for Black civil rights and ...

In celebration of Black History and Women’s History Month, Amplify POC Cape Cod and the Cotuit Center for the Arts are hosting “Jazztastic,” two jazz shows from Tish Adams and Candida Rose and the ...

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