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I n the depths of the 1980s, when Duran Duran, Depeche Mode and Culture Club dominated the charts, Christa Hughes preferred her father's vast collection of jazz. She was entranced by Bessie Smith and Billie Holiday, singing Moanin' Low and Pennies From Heaven .

Fuzzy Music releases new CD titled The Trio "Live" @ Charlie O's featuring pianist Terry Trotter, bassist Chuck Berghofer and drummer Peter Erskine "The TRIO" is the musical brainchild of west coast jazz veteran Chuck Berghofer, long known for his swinging work with Shelly Manne, Pete Jolly and Frank Sinatra. Pianist Terry Trotter is both a legendary pianist and a best-kept secret. Drummer Peter ...

NEW YORK -- When Barbra Streisand was a 19-year-old ingenue, she never had a problem performing in front of small crowds -- it was her livelihood. The Brooklyn girl could only get gigs in clubs that sat a few dozen people.

EDMONTON - If anyone can pull off a solo show and make it sound so much more than just one guy and his guitar and not even a round-the-neck harmonica holder or knee tambourines to fill out the sound it's Elvis Costello.

ABC's matchmaking show features all-white contenders. Why that won't change for a while.

Each of Vince Gill's 11 original albums have charted in the Billboard top 10 in country. But this is his first album of exclusively love songs, drawn from his albums of 1996-2006.

Near the beginning of the classic backstage drama All About Eve , in words shaped by the inimitably eloquent Joseph L. Mankiewicz, lauded Broadway director Bill Sampson (Gary Merrill) sounds off about the restrictive imprudence of theatrical elitism.

Goodspeed Musicals will honor Oscar and Grammy Award-winning composer-lyricist Paul Williams at a gala benefit evening June 12, when he will receive The Goodspeed Award for Outstanding Contribution to Musical Theatre in recognition of his career.

The New York Times predicted that we would "be hearing more about (Gerald Clayton)" in the near future elaborating "there just aren't a lot of pianists who have so much organized at such a young age."

David Sanborn may have made his name in jazz , but his first love is the music of Ray Charles. Sanborns latest album, Only Everything, reflects that adoration, as he pays homage to the late, great soul singer and his legendary saxophonists, Hank Crawford and David Fathead Newman.