Black Music Sunday: Happy birthday to 3 great ladies of jazz!
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Since April is Jazz Appreciation Month, and because so many of the finest practitioners of the genre were born this month, let’s pay a special birthday tribute to three of the all-time top jazz vocalists! Ella Fitzgerald (born April 25, 1917), Billie Holiday (born April 7, 1915), and Carmen McRae (born April 8, 1920) are all from the same generation, but each had a unique sound. And since this year’s JAM is a celebration of the great Duke Ellington, we’re playing these ladies’ renditions of his...

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