CD1: Strange Fruit; Yesterdays; Fine and Mellow; I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues; How Am I to Know; My Old Flame; I'll Get By; I Cover the Waterfront; I'll Be Seeing You; I'm Yours; Embraceable You; ...

Roy Haynes, who has died aged 99, was one of jazz’s greatest drummers, a maestro of bebop with the crisp, rapid snare and ...

Billie Holiday is widely considered jazz’s pre-eminent singer. Frank Sinatra once said that “with few exceptions, every major pop singer in the U.S. during her generation has been touched in ...

The ever-alert Norman Granz took over Billie’s (faltering) career in the 1940s, and featured her extensively in his early ...

Marcia Hocker, artist curator and emcee of the 17th annual Lady Sings the Blues event ... jazz performances to pay tribute to jazz icon Billie Holiday on what would have been her 109th birthday.

Singer Ineza joins Cerys to share her favourite blues records. Born in Rwanda, raised in Belgium and now based in the UK, Ineza's been influenced by Bessie Smith and Billie Holiday. Show more ...