Rene Marie, the award winning jazz, soul and blues singer-songwriter whose voice has been compared by critics to Ella Fitzgerald and Sarah Vaughn and her social advocacy to Nina Simone and Abbey Lincoln releases her new album Black Lace Freudian Slip

NEW YORK, March 2, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Grammy, Tony, and Emmy Award-winning recording artist Barry Manilow has been proudly collaborating with the world's greatest singers whenever possible.

WASHINGTON, April 26 /PRNewswire/ -- Washingtonians and visitors to the nation's capital can feel the past and glimpse the future of jazz music by visiting historic Bohemian Caverns, where a rich jazz experience awaits. A jazz spot whose roots date back to 1926, Bohemian Caverns is the city's oldest jazz club and a must-hear, must-see jazz destination.

Chrisette Michele, who got her big break singing on Jay-Z's track "Lost Ones," possesses one of those rare voices that's inevitably compared to such all-time greats as Billie Holiday, Nina Simone and Ella Fitzgerald.

By David Yonke, The Blade, Toledo, Ohio Mar. 9--Dianne Reeves has won four Grammy Awards, but in a recent interview the renowned jazz singer was much more interested in talking about someone else's Grammy than her own.