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For Valentine's Day, KNKX compiled a list of songs about love that feature all of your favorite jazz and blues artists.
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Nina Simone fans have a reason for feeling good: A previously unreleased recording of the legendary artist’s set at the Newport Jazz Festival in July 1966 has been released.
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Pianist and singer Kandace Springs' second solo studio session honors the past and looks to the future
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This February, in celebration of Black History Month, KNKX will air five one-hour specials telling the stories of African American jazz and blues artists and their most influential recordings.
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"Bessie, Billie and Nina — Pioneering Women in Jazz" celebrates the enduring legacies of Bessie Smith, Billie Holiday and Nina Simone at Bellingham's Mt. Baker Theatre on March 13 and at Olympia's Washington Center for the Performing Arts on March 15.
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So many recently discovered and previously unreleased jazz collections were produced this year. Here are my top five picks, in no particular order and based solely on my personal taste.
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When Nina Simone had finally had enough, she wrote her first protest song in 1963.
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Many people have decried the casting of Zoe Saldana in upcoming biopic Nina, but Ta-Nehisi Coates digs deep into why this choice struck a nerve.
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Day was born to perform: She's able to channel the likes of Nina Simone and Billie Holiday in songs that feel candid and vulnerable, but not understated.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eYSbUOoq4VgI'll be playing Nina Simone's "I Want A Little Sugar In My Bowl" today at noon PT to start the Blue Plate…