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Missing Jazz in Seattle? Check Out 3 Books About Iconic Female Jazz Musicians to Get Your Fill

October 1, 2020
October 1, 2020

The great singer Peggy Lee — most famous for her sensual, million-selling 1958 record “Fever” — was not immune to the male chauvinism that saturated the music business then, starting with her days as a star with Benny Goodman in the early 1940s, and it is safe to say that the same chauvinism has prevented her from being recognized as an industry giant comparable to Frank Sinatra or Bing Crosby. Jazz vocalist and teacher Tish Oney’s “Peggy Lee: A Century of Song” tells all about the icon while also offering incisive technical analysis, singer to singer. [Source: Seattle Times]

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in News /by David Torresen

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