None of this bothered Eckstine. Songs such as Duke Ellington`s ”In My Solitude” and Billy Strayhorn`s ”Lush Life,” with their wide leaps of notes, must be difficult to sing, yet he tackled ...

Legends have brought us to where we are today in modern music. When the classic sounds from 1944-1947 echo through the room, we recall innovators such as Billy Eckstine, who helped shape the second ...

One of the least known albums recorded by singer Billy Eckstine is one of his best—Mr. B in Paris. Recorded for Britain's Felsted label while Eckstine was on tour in Europe between releases for ...

Billy Eckstine was smooth as silk. He was tall and handsome, sported a pencil-thin mustache and sang in a distinctive baritone. Eckstine began singing as a child. He was born in Pittsburgh 100 ...

Billy Eckstine, one of the most charismatic male singers in jazz and a prime force in the be-bop revolution of the 1940s, died Monday at Montefiore Hospital in Pittsburgh at age 78. He had ...

There was a time in the post-World War II era when William Clarence “Billy” Eckstine (1914 – 1993) was, for millions of fans and peers around the world, one of the most influential singers ...

Born on April 14, 1925, Ammons was a second-generation jazz musician from Chicago, who earned attention for his fiery work in Billy Eckstine's big band, and his staged duels with fellow saxophonists.

Singer Billy Eckstine was one of the ... This hour, we’ll hear some of their interpretations of songs from the Great American Songbook. It’s Eckstine’s Proteges: Arthur Prysock and Johnny ...

VOCALIST Eckstine was a mixture of the ultra-conservative and the visionary but he is in the former mode throughout this compilation of his early work. His booming baritone and heavy vibrato make ...