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Radio revival: 'Ella' looks to make jazz great again with new Berlin station

A new Berlin-based radio station named after jazz legend Ella Fitzgerald is aiming to revive the genres fortunes. As the music used to be an expression of rebellion, emancipation and social protest, the launch says more about our times than you might imagine, writes Diana Resnik.

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When is Jack Draper playing at the US Open?

Draper reached the semi-finals at last year’s tournament and enjoyed his big breakthrough at a grand slam

The Independent UK

Katy Perry sings Louis Armstrong's What A Wonderful World as Blue Origin descends back to Earth

Pop superstar Katy Perry serenaded her fellow Blue Origin passengers with a rendition of Louis Armstrong's 'What A Wonderful World' as the rocket descended back to Earth after travelling into orbit.

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Katy Perry to write a song about her Blue Origin space experience

It comes after the star sang Louis Armstrong’s What A Wonderful World in space

The Independent UK

Katy Perry will write a song about her experience after returning from space

The 40-year-old sung Louis Armstrong’s What A Wonderful World as she entered space.

Evening Standard

Bullets and blues: Louis Armstrong’s difficult upbringing revealed after discovery of family police records

A new book reveals the jazz musician’s mother and sister were arrested several times for prostitution in New Orleans

The Guardian - UK

Louis Armstrong's Descendant Makes Broadway Debut In Musical

Explore the Broadway musical 'A Wonderful World' featuring Brandon Louis Armstrong, connecting to Louis Armstrong's legacy.

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'Tis the season for holiday albums, from Jennifer Hudson to Toby Keith and Jimmy Fallon

It’s not the holiday season until the house is full of festive music, from classics to covers and reimaginations across genres, for all to enjoy

The Independent UK

Trailblazing dancer and choreographer Eileen Kramer dies aged 110

Sydney icon danced in the jazz bars of Paris, painted murals in Karachi and mixed with Louis Armstrong, Ella Fitzgerald and Groucho Marx

The Guardian - AU

Coups, colonialism and all that jazz: the film that unravels extraordinary cold war truths

Johan Grimonprez’s documentary Soundtrack to a Coup D’Etat reveals the curious link between Black Americans’ fight for civil rights and the assassination of Congo’s first democratically elected Black African prime minister

The Guardian - UK

Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat review – finger-popping theory of the conspiracy to kill Congo’s leader

Johan Grimonprez’s fascinating documentary suggests that the US used jazz legend Louis Armstrong in a ‘cool war’ offensive to assassinate Patrice Lumumba

The Guardian - UK

‘Bob Dylan was an endearing young scallywag!’ Barbara Dane, the singer who burned a path through folk, blues and activism

The US singer-songwriter, who has died aged 97, encountered Louis Armstrong and more as she championed civil rights as much as music. In her final interview conducted last week, she explained why she was still angry

The Guardian - UK

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Paid in Full: The Battle for Black Music review – the racism that’s seen artists brutally ripped off for 100 years

Nile Rodgers, Ice T and Trevor Nelson join music historians to lay bare the horrific industry practices that have denied Black musicians millions. It’s just a shame it doesn’t offer more anti-capitalist analysis

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Person Asks Online: “What Is The Most Beautiful Place You Have Ever Visited?”, Gets 33 Answers

People online are sharing the most stunning places they've visited and here are 33 of them. The post Person Asks Online: “What Is The Most Beautiful Place You Have Ever Visited?”, Gets 33 Answers first appeared on Bored Panda.

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Tips for Enjoying the 2024 U.S. Open: Hacks, Pointers and Recommendations

Who to watch, what to eat and how to get to Flushing Meadows.

The Guardian - UK

Norma Winstone and Kit Downes: Outpost of Dreams review – bonded by jazz tradition

The esteemed vocalist and prolific pianist weave their sounds together in an album of exquisite songs and extraordinary empathy

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The Guardian - US

‘Should not be played indoors’: writers on their all-time favourite summertime songs

As the weather heats up, Guardian writers pick their defining summer tracks, from Phoenix and Donna Summer to Stevie Wonder

The Guardian - UK

Unheard Louis Armstrong recordings to be released

What a Wonderful World and You’ll Never Walk Alone are among five unreleased tracks on compilation Louis in London, performed at the BBC in 1968

The Guardian - US

From Bond to bust: a Sin City hotel’s closing mirrors the new face of Vegas

Tropicana, once host to celebrities, criminals and 007, will be replaced by the city’s new focus of attraction, a sports stadium

Guitar World

“Django stretched the guitar imagination to its limit. He was the fastest, the most creative”: What Django Reinhardt can teach today’s blues players

Idolized by B.B. King and George Benson, Django Reinhardt was gypsy jazz guitar’s most legendary player. Improve your jazz vocabulary with this primer in his pyrotechnic style

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Louis Armstrong's Jazz Diplomacy Unveiled In Congo Documentary

Explore Louis Armstrong's visit to Congo during its independence and the political tensions of the time in the documentary 'Soundtrack to a Coup D’Etat'.

Marie Claire

32 Best Red Carpet Moments of the 1960s

Celebrity drama was just as intense!

The Guardian - UK

Brenda Lee’s Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree hits US No 1 – 65 years after release

At 78, Lee becomes oldest person to top US singles chart, beating record held by Louis Armstrong since 1964

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