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Jazz Vocalist Ellen Johnson's Bold New Recording Form & formless Explores Duality in Creative Improvisation

BERKELEY, Calif., April 21, 2015 /PRNewswire/ — "So much of life, like music, is the art of listening and responding," said west coast vocalist Ellen Johnson about her conceptual new recording, Form & formless, slated for release by Vocal Visions Records on June 9, 2015. Most singers are not comfortable with having to create a song […]

Rowman and Littlefield Releases NEA Jazz Master's Highly Anticipated Biography

Jazz Child: A Portrait of Sheila Jordan By Ellen Johnson BERKELEY, Calif., Aug. 26, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — When Sheila Jordan dropped a nickel in the jukebox of a Detroit diner in the 1940s and heard "Now's The Time" by Charlie Parker, she was instantly hooked—and so began a seventy-year jazz journey. With Jordan's full cooperation, author […]