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, …

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 …

Oct. 18 (UPI) -- Those born on this day are under the sign of Libra. They include: -- Pope Pius II in 1405 -- Entrepreneur Frederick August Otto Schwarz in 1836 -- Writer Fannie Hurst in 1889 -- Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau in 1919 File Photo by …

The Jazz Barn: Music Inn, the Berkshires, and the Place of Jazz in American Life John Gennari 264 Pages ISBN: #978-1-68458-285-3 Brandeis University Press 2025 Award-winning author, University of Vermont professor and Berkshire County native John Gennari …

Experimental jazz guitarist Ian Smit announces that he will release his new album ¿QUÉ? on December 5, 2025. The album features Scott Petito on acoustic/electric bass and as recording engineer, Tom Rainey on drums, Ian Smit on electric/acoustic …

Doris Day was often called America's "girl next door"—friendly, wholesome, relatable, and unintimidating. Women wanted to be her and men wanted to marry her. It was an image so firmly attached to her that it overshadowed her remarkable talent …

Award-winning jazz sax and flute star Andy Panayi will be hosting the last of this summer's Garden Gigs at the Fishermen's Club in Eastbourne, on September 14 when the featured band will be guitarist Jason Henson's trio. Spokeswoman Annette …