Tag: Louis Armstrong
Billie Holiday
4.7.15 The legendary vocalist Billie Holiday was born 100 years ago today. Though a household name nowadays, she struggled to achieve the same notoriety as singers like Louis Armstrong and Ella Fitzgerald. Strongly influenced by Armstrong and Bessie Smith, her Read More …
Album Review: Putumayo presents “Jazz”
Putumayo has been a favorite record label of WSUM’s world music genre leaders (fancy name for DJ wranglers) for some years now, if for no other reason than because their releases serve as primers for any DJ slightly nervous about Read More …
Where it all began: “Sleepless In Seattle” soundtrack
Just about every time a new acquaintance learns of my involvement in this thing we call The Heavy Petting Zoo, I get the same question: “How did you ever get into that kind of music?!” Many factors contribute to this Read More …