Tag: Sunday Jazz Corner

James Melvin “Jimmie” Lunceford (June 6, 1902 – July 12, 1947) was an American Jazz alto saxophonist and…

The one and only Etta James.  It is sad to think we have just only…

King of the stride, Fats Waller was a colorful comedic personality and jazz legend in…

The apple does not fall far from the tree.  A few weeks ago we featured…

Let’s go back in time to a different era and take a look at old…

For those who don’t know, you need to know.  For those who do know, you…

A Song For You, was written by Leon Russell in 1970 and is considered an…

Duke Ellington’s last words were, “Music is how I live, why I live and how…

Ella Fitzgerald was known as the “Queen of Jazz“.   An American jazz vocalist with…