Welcome to Afterglow, I’m your host, Mark Chilla. Anita O’Day was a hard-drinking, hard-swinging singer who could turn a song into pure jazz like no other. And October 18, 2019 marks one-hundred years since her birth. It’s hard to sum up a song stylist as …

Anita O‘Day began her career as a dancer in the Depression walkathons, making money by staying on her feet for days and nights at a time. In Chicago Gene Krupa discovered her singing in a nightclub and invited her into his big band, where she and trumpeter …

Vicki Burns Sings A Tribute To Anita O'Day @ The Green Room 42 Saturday, October 12th 7 PM Vicki Burns and her sizzling trio bring a sparkling tribute to Anita O'Day to The Green Room 42! Featuring such iconic tunes at Sweet Georgia Brown, …

ST. PETERSBURG — Alexis Cole will perform with the Helios Jazz Orchestra on Tuesday, April 1, 7:30 p.m., at the Palladium at St. Petersburg College, 253 Fifth Ave. N., St. Petersburg. The concert is part of the St. Petersburg Jazz Festival. Tickets start …

WBGO celebrates Women’s History Month with the women of jazz…from the women of jazz. Join hosts Pat Prescott, Monifa Brown, CJ Benson, Awilda Rivera, Lezlie Harrison, and Sheila Anderson as well as newscaster Janice Kirkel as we present Women Wednesdays - …

Anita O'Day High Times Hard Times Audiobook Exclusively On Audible.Com High Times Hard Times by Anita O'Day with George Eells makes its long-awaited debut, exclusively on Audible.com Poignantly and beautifully narrated by well-known actor Ann …

David Pastor Trio featuring Anna Pauline & Mattias Nilsson Jamboree Sala 3 Barcelona, Spain Pur Jazz March 4, 2025 If David Pastor had been born, say, in Sedalia, Missouri, instead of in Sedaví, in the Spanish Valencia province, his professional career …

One of the finest and most rewarding box sets to cross my desk this year is The Enchanting Guitar of Oscar Moore: The 1945-1965 Years. Released by Fresh Sound, this three-CD set with terrific liner notes by Jordi Pujol is both captivating and illuminating. …

Pink moon. Photo: Mayank Mrug   In the first part of a two-part show, Nick checks out some of the many jazz tunes inspired by, and named after, the moon: including Frank Sinatra singing "Fly Me to the Moon", Billie Holiday with "Blue Moon…