By now readers of my blog know that I love Christmas. I kinda love most things about Christmas, (perhaps except for certain kinds of Christi...

Here's a vintage post from January 2007. According to Alyn Shipton's A New History of Jazz , Jazz is "an American musical art f...

I am obsessed with this incredible remix of the Ella Fitzgerald chestnut by djs Mangini vs. Pallin. One listen and you will be too.

The final entry in my three-part series from last year. You may notice some obvious omissions - especially when it comes to the disco era an...

Continuing my "rebroadcast" from last year. Please note that the divas are listed in chronological birth order, not in order of t...