Kevin Whitehead

2 weeks ago | kuow.org | Kevin Whitehead

Davis was jazz critic for The Village Voice and a contributing editor for The Atlantic. He wrote many books on jazz, and won a Grammy for his liner notes for the reissue of Miles Davis' Kind of Blue.

2 weeks ago | kuow.org | Kevin Whitehead

Jazz tenor saxophonist Gene Ammons would have turned 100 this weekBorn on April 14, 1925, Ammons was a second-generation jazz musician from Chicago, who earned attention for his fiery work in Billy Eckstine's big band, and his staged duels with fellow saxophonists.

1 month ago | wfdd.org | David Bianculli |Kevin Whitehead

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1 month ago | tpr.org | Kevin Whitehead

DAVE DAVIES, HOST:Jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald's concert career in the 1960s is amply documented on record, with live albums from Berlin, Rome, Los Angeles, Tokyo, Hamburg, Stockholm and the French Riviera. Now comes a newly released concert of Ella in Oakland. Jazz historian Kevin Whitehead says it's all right. (SOUNDBITE OF "DON'T BE THAT WAY (LIVE AT THE COLISEUM)")ELLA FITZGERALD: (Singing) Don't you cry. Honey, don't you be that way. Clouds in the sky should never make you feel that way.

1 month ago | ctpublic.org | Kevin Whitehead

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