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A food book from Franz Ferdinand?s frontman, a Susannah McCorkle biography, the beginning of a fiction franchise from Snoop Dogg and more.
ANDREW GILBERT: JAZZ TALK: Couple's blues/jazz hybrid is Concord staple Contra Costa Times
A RARE Bay Area performance by pianist/vocalist Jeannie Cheatham at the Jazzschool on Sunday afternoon brings to mind the glory years of Concord Records, when Jeannie and her husband, bass trombonist and arranger Jimmy Cheatham, led the Sweet Baby Blues Band, one of the world's hardest-swinging blues combos. Between 1984 and 1996, the Cheathams released eight glorious albums for the label and
Jazz great Anita O'Day dies in L.A. at 87 Entertainment Weekly
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Anita O'Day, the last of the great jazz singers spawned by the swing era, died Thursday of cardiac arrest in Los Angeles. She was 87.
Sonny Rollins: Hardy Perennial All About Jazz
Legendary jazz saxophonist Sonny Rollins is a “household word,” an innovator, and a “hardy perennial” in the jazz world. He came up, performed, and recorded with the likes of Miles Davis, Thelonious Monk, and John Coltrane.
Jazz great Anita O'Day dies in L.A. at 87 Reuters via Yahoo!7 News
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Anita O'Day, the last of the great jazz singers spawned by the swing era, died Thursday of cardiac arrest in Los Angeles.
Substance, not style, set her apart Calendarlive.com
Anita O'Day, who died Thursday at 87, was never just another big-band canary. That's not to say that she lacked the physical attributes to compete with the other Swing era vocalists — frilly eye candy occasionally taking the microphone to offer jaunty riffs on the latest pop tunes — who sat on stage with the Glenn Miller, Benny Goodman and Harry James ensembles.
Anita O'Day Independent
Anita Belle Colton (Anita O'Day), jazz singer: born Chicago, Illinois 18 October 1919; married first Don Carter (marriage annulled), second Carl Hoff (marriage dissolved); died Los Angeles 23 November 2006.
Singer Anita O'Day, 'the Jezebel of Jazz,' dies at 87 The Wichita Eagle
Anita O'Day, whose breathy voice and witty improvisation made her one of the most dazzling jazz singers of the last century and whose appeal and drug addiction earned her the nickname "the Jezebel of Jazz," died of pneumonia Nov. 23 at a convalescent hospital in West Los Angeles. She was 87.
Jazz great Anita O’Day dies at 87 Helena Independent Record
Anita O’Day, whose coolly ebullient and rhythmically assured vocal style made her a premier singer of both the big-band and postwar jazz eras, and whose taste for fast living secured her name as one of jazz’s toughest survivors, died Thursday in Los Angeles. She was 87.
Books for the holidays The Herald-Sun
The Herald-Sun's features staff has been combing through a lot of books in recent weeks. Here are a few recommendations for seasonal stocking stuffers.

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