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Ella Fitzgerald

  • Blogs

    May 25, 2012

    Live: Remembering The Glorious Life Of New York Jazz Heroine Phoebe Jacobs

    A Celebration of the Wonderful World Of Phoebe Jacobs Rose Hall, Jazz at Lincoln Center Thursday, May 24 The voice that filled Rose Hall first at the Thursday afternoon memorial for Phoebe Jacobs was Jacobs's own. There was her face, too, projected on a large screen in a first-tier box. It all mi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 21, 2012

    Cannes Film Festival: The Korean Woody Allen, and an Iranian Game-Changer

    After operating at maybe 75 percent of its potential for almost its first full week, on Sunday the Cannes Film Festival kicked into full auteurist gear, with the premieres of three formally audacious new works from three contemporary international art film stars: Michael Haneke's Amour (which we ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    May 9, 2012

    '11th Annual A Great Night in Harlem'

    After operating at maybe 75 percent of its potential for almost its first full week, on Sunday the Cannes Film Festival kicked into full auteurist gear, with the premieres of three formally audacious new works from three contemporary international art film stars: Michael Haneke's Amour (which we ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 29, 2012

    Dr. John Gets Locked Down With The Black Keys' Dan Auerbach

    One recent trend in pop music has seen a number of old souls producing albums by the young at heart. Gospel goddess Mavis Staples's latest album, 2010's You Are Not Alone, was produced by Wilco wunderkind Jeff Tweedy; rockabilly vet Wanda Jackson's The Party Ain't Over, released in 2011, was oversee ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 14, 2012

    Paul McCartney Opens The Book Of Love Songs With Kisses On The Bottom

    What do you do when you are the Cute Beatle approaching 70? Age—and those decades of inhaling herb—is finally catching up to those pipes, yet vanity or stubbornness prevents you from simply clipping on that capo to sing your classics in a lower key. Oh, and your name is Sir Paul and you' ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 13, 2011

    Favorite Plus-Sized Female Singer Of All Time?

    Some of these ladies aren't still plus-sized -- and a bunch of them aren't even alive -- but whatever the case, they have all been through plump periods of the soul. And their apparent lack of vomiting skills always gave them a refreshing heft, big lungs, and an ability to transcend their potential ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 10, 2011

    The New Marilyn Movie: A Girl's Best Friend?

    I just saw My Week With Marilyn at the New York Film Festival, and it turns out to be a sweet and incisive true story about a production assistant's interplay with the screen legend during the tumultuous filming of The Prince and the Showgirl. The gofer, Colin Clark (played with youthful wonder by ... More >>

  • Music

    December 29, 2010

    Jason Moran Tops Himself

    The adventurous Ten headlines the Voice's Fifth Annual Jazz Critics' Poll

  • Blogs

    May 17, 2010

    R.I.P. Jazz-Piano Giant Hank Jones, Dead At 91

    His extraordinary humility aside, pianist Hank Jones had an extraordinary career: He played with everyone from Ella Fitzgerald to Charlie Parker to Benny Goodman, and after a late-career resurgence in which he finally deigned to bask a bit in the spotlight, he was recording critically lauded album ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 13, 2010

    Chatting With Patricia Williams Cooking for Jazz Fans at Smoke, the Dreaded Jazz Brunch, and the Similarities Between Dancing and Cooking

    Patricia Williams​Patricia Williams has been cooking in New York for almost 30 years, and her resume includes many restaurants that made a significant imprint on the city's dining scene, including Barry Wine's Quilted Giraffe, Arizona 206, and Sarabeth's Kitchen. And after spending time behind ... More >>

  • Music

    December 29, 2009

    2009 Voice Jazz Critics' Poll: The Results

    Album of the year, reissue of the year, best debut, and more

  • Music

    December 29, 2009

    Vijay Iyer Tops the Fourth Annual Village Voice Jazz Poll

    Historicity and records from other fresh faces take our 2009 jazz poll

  • Blogs

    November 20, 2009

    Nuthin' But a G Thang: A Dispatch from the First, and Best, Miss G Train Pageant

    Paul QuitorianoElizabeth Kuchta, representing the Court Square stop, dressed as the Subway Ride of Shame, with Gatorade and high heels in hand. Portraits of the other contestants are here. The City Reliquary is a small, unassuming Williamsburg storefront with a strand of carnival lights across the ... More >>

  • Music

    March 18, 2009

    Spring Guide: With Fantasies, Metric Learn A New System

    Paul QuitorianoElizabeth Kuchta, representing the Court Square stop, dressed as the Subway Ride of Shame, with Gatorade and high heels in hand. Portraits of the other contestants are here. The City Reliquary is a small, unassuming Williamsburg storefront with a strand of carnival lights across the ... More >>

  • Film

    August 12, 2008

    Anita O'Day: The Life of a Jazz Singer

    Paul QuitorianoElizabeth Kuchta, representing the Court Square stop, dressed as the Subway Ride of Shame, with Gatorade and high heels in hand. Portraits of the other contestants are here. The City Reliquary is a small, unassuming Williamsburg storefront with a strand of carnival lights across the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 14, 2008

    Ah, What Urinetown Hath Wrought! (NSFW)

    Paul QuitorianoElizabeth Kuchta, representing the Court Square stop, dressed as the Subway Ride of Shame, with Gatorade and high heels in hand. Portraits of the other contestants are here. The City Reliquary is a small, unassuming Williamsburg storefront with a strand of carnival lights across the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 24, 2008

    The Best Little Western Swing Band in Brooklyn: Smokey Hormel's Roundup at Sunny's

    Paul QuitorianoElizabeth Kuchta, representing the Court Square stop, dressed as the Subway Ride of Shame, with Gatorade and high heels in hand. Portraits of the other contestants are here. The City Reliquary is a small, unassuming Williamsburg storefront with a strand of carnival lights across the ... More >>

  • Dance

    October 2, 2007

    High on Speed

    A City Center sampler of dances that take off and rarely hit the brakes

  • Music

    May 29, 2007

    File Under "Shows"

    Recalling jazz's brief, obscure, but occasionally revelatory love affair with Broadway

  • NYC Life

    August 15, 2006

    Close-Up on Flushing, Queens

    Recalling jazz's brief, obscure, but occasionally revelatory love affair with Broadway

  • Film

    July 11, 2006

    'Been Rich All My Life'

    Recalling jazz's brief, obscure, but occasionally revelatory love affair with Broadway

  • Dance

    December 20, 2005

    Fresh Blood

    Three new works show Ailey dancers in different lights

  • Music

    May 3, 2005

    Beguilement and Rage

    So many unpretentious young bands with a geniune knack, so many others without a clue

  • Theater

    December 7, 2004

    One-Handers

    Celebrities theatrically pleasure themselves on Broadway

  • Music

    December 23, 2003

    Who Needs Boxes?

    The very best of the year's best-ofs for your economical holiday-gift-giving convenience

  • Music

    November 18, 2003

    Midlife Bloom

    Dianne Reeves rides a formerly unsingable Monk ballad into the jazz singers' pantheon

  • Dance

    October 14, 2003

    The Blessed and the Mad Share Awards and Choreography

    Dianne Reeves rides a formerly unsingable Monk ballad into the jazz singers' pantheon

  • NYC Life

    September 9, 2003

    Well Strung: Carter's Musical Present Tied Up With a Bow

    Dianne Reeves rides a formerly unsingable Monk ballad into the jazz singers' pantheon

  • Columns

    February 18, 2003

    NY Mirror

    Dianne Reeves rides a formerly unsingable Monk ballad into the jazz singers' pantheon

  • Music

    December 3, 2002

    Christmas Gilt

    A Bounty of Chestnuts and Gift Boxes

  • Film

    November 5, 2002

    Film

    A Bounty of Chestnuts and Gift Boxes

  • News

    June 4, 2002

    Post-War Jazz: An Arbitrary Road Map

    A Bounty of Chestnuts and Gift Boxes

  • Music

    May 14, 2002

    Fetishizing the LP

    Verve Miniaturizes 20 Old Albums

  • Music

    February 26, 2002

    Singing Cool and Hot

    Cassandra Wilson and Dee Dee Bridgewater Enter the Pantheon

  • News

    December 4, 2001

    Photo Shop

    Surveying the Season's Most Extravagant Photo Books

  • Music

    August 21, 2001

    Music

    Surveying the Season's Most Extravagant Photo Books

  • Music

    June 5, 2001

    The Old Songster

    Surveying the Season's Most Extravagant Photo Books

  • Music

    January 16, 2001

    Bedside Jazz

    Sometimes You Want It All—But Usually You Don’t

  • Music

    January 9, 2001

    Music

    Sometimes You Want It All—But Usually You Don’t

  • Music

    November 28, 2000

    El Fanático

    Sometimes You Want It All—But Usually You Don’t

  • Film

    November 21, 2000

    Traveling Miles

    Sometimes You Want It All—But Usually You Don’t

  • Music

    July 18, 2000

    Music

    Sometimes You Want It All—But Usually You Don’t

  • Books

    June 6, 2000

    The Jazz Singer

    Sometimes You Want It All—But Usually You Don’t

  • Music

    January 4, 2000

    Let's Get Busy in Hawaiian

    100 Years of Ragged Beats and Cheap Tunes

  • Long Island Voice

    December 28, 1999

    Queens For A Day

    100 Years of Ragged Beats and Cheap Tunes

  • Music

    June 1, 1999

    Doo-dah!

    100 Years of Ragged Beats and Cheap Tunes

  • Music

    April 20, 1999

    Woman's Work

    100 Years of Ragged Beats and Cheap Tunes

  • Music

    December 8, 1998

    Rousing Rabble

    At JATP swing, bebop, and R&B found common ground on the solid rock of 4/4, the aggression offering a raucous alternative to dance as a way of participating

  • Music

    November 3, 1998

    Pure Presentation

    At JATP swing, bebop, and R&B found common ground on the solid rock of 4/4, the aggression offering a raucous alternative to dance as a way of participating

  • Music

    January 6, 1998

    They're Bo-o-o-xed!

    The virtues and vices of completeness

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