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This week In Male Balladeers 45/52

Robert Palmer, Leonard Cohen, Art Garfunkel, , Neil Diamond, Bryan Adams, Caetano Veloso, Tom Yorke, Bob Dylan, Robbie Williams, Billy Idol, Hunter Hayes

We All remember Ella Fitzgerald. ‘Hello Ella’

This day (June 15, 1996), in Beverly Hills, California, died Ella Fitzgerald, an American jazz and song vocalist, also known as the First Lady of Song, Queen of Jazz, and Lady Ella, who had a vocal range spanning three octaves and was noted for her purity of tone, impeccable diction, phrasing and intonation, and a horn-like improvisational ability, particularly in her scat singing.

On ‘Crush’, Ravyn Lenae blends Kate Bush’s overtones with Aaliyah’s ingenuity

Ravyn Lenae' s 'Crush' is her third EP produced by Steve Lacy and released on February 9, 2018 by Atlantic.

(Source Ravyn Lenae - Crush | Official Website)

On Kate Bush
's overtones with Aaliyah's ingenuity' />

Pitchfork



She’s got the range to take on Lacy’s contemporary SoCal soul.

Vogue



Her whipping falsetto is set to an electric organ and a simmering groove that is decidedly disco

Ravyn Lenae - Crush

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Jazzin’Around The Nearness of You

Starting and ending with Hoagy Carmichael / Ned Washington's composition 'The nearness of you', we have mixed 18 'Old Fashion and Mellow Jazz' tunes around the theme of 'Hoagy Carmichael / Ned Washington'. It has Vanya Borges, Mary Stallings, Peggy Lee, Archie Shepp and many more.

All We Need is … Satisfaction

From 'You re Gonna Need My Help' to 'I Don't Need No Doctor' , we have mixed 18 'Mostly Blues' tunes around the theme of 'Essential Needs'. It has Bonnie Lee, Otis Spann, Robert Cocksey, Fleetwood Mac and many more.

Jazzin’Around Smoke Gets In Your Eyes

Starting and ending with Jerome Kern / Otto Harbach's composition 'Smoke Gets In Your Eyes', we have mixed 18 'Jazzy' tunes around the theme of 'Jerome Kern / Otto Harbach'. It has Andy Kirk And His Orchestra, Amalia Rodrigues , Cannonball Adderley, Chet Baker and many more.

Filles A Papa

From 'Don't Leave Me, Daddy' to 'Long Daddy Green' , we have mixed 19 'Jazz' tunes around the theme of 'Girls and their Dadies'. "Filles A Papa" has Dinah Shore , Dinah Washington, Eva Ayllon, Marylin Scott and many more.

Stop Complaining!

From 'Too Close For Comfort' to 'Everything's Movin' Too Fast' , we have mixed 19 'Jazz' tunes around the theme of 'Complaints'. It has The Mar-Keys, Les Brown and His Orchestra, Four Knights, Patti Jo and many more.

Twenty Piano Men (and Women)

From 'Moten Swing' to 'The Beast', we have mixed 22 'Jazz' tunes around the theme of 'Piano Players'. It has Hazell Scott, Mose Allison, Joe Sullivan, Bennie Moten and many more.

The Piedmont Fingerstyle

Featuring Etta Baker . David Holt . John Dee Holman .Piedmont Blues . George Higgs . Move On . Cephas and Wiggins . Little School Girl . Sonny Terry . Brownie McGhee . Red River Blues . Crow Jane . Dirty Piedmont Blues . Brandon Turner . Freddie Vanderford . She Can Cook Good Sallat . Charlie Parr . Hogkill Blues . Etta Baker .