A bittersweet farewell to the extraordinary jazz vocalist Sheila Jordan. Bitter for the obvious reason that the world is poorer in her absence and sweet because my GOODNESS what a legacy she built in her almost 97 years on the planet. Some singers resist being pigeonholed as jazz vocalists because it doesn’t fully reflect the…

The Sun of Latin Music has set, so we should all wish safe passage to the truly great Eddie Palmieri. I know Latin jazz like the back of my neck (which is to say better than the average citizen but not to what I’d consider an expert degree) but I do know that Eddie Palmieri…