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| FROM BESSIE TO EVA -- A NEW JAZZ SINGING WEBSITE! Jazz singer promoter and murder mystery author Joan Merrill has launched her new website, sayingitwithjazz.com, which provides a sweeping look at the greatest singers and songwriters of the Golden Age of Jazz from the early 1920s to the late 1960s. SayingItWithJazz.com includes 80 shows that Merrill has produced for jazz station WETF-FM in South Bend, Indiana, ranging from singers Bessie Smith to Eva Cassidy and songwriters Irving Berlin to Stephen Sondheim. The site is a one-stop shop for anyone wanting to learn about the legends who helped make jazz the greatest musical art form in American history. It's the latest creation by Joan Merrill, who produced 15 shows for NPR's 'Jazz Profiles, ' which won a Peabody Award in 2001; represented late greats Ernestine Anderson and Rebecca Parris; created the definitive website CarmenMcRae.com; and has written five jazz murder mystery novels. Merrill is also producer and writer for "Que Sera! Celebrating Doris Day, " an acclaimed tribute show featuring renowned West Coast artist Kristi King. "Joan really knows her stuff. As a longtime jazz radio programmer, I love having a site wholly devoted to jazz singing." -- Alisa Clancy, host of KCSM's 'Morning Cup of Jazz' for over two decades "Joan Merrill's site on jazz singers is a valuable resource to get introduced to some of the finest jazz singers." -- Scott Yanow, jazz journalist/historian and author of 'The Jazz Singers' "This book ('And All That Murder') is a jazz mystery from cover to cover. The author knows whereof she speaks." -- David Rife, Jazz Fiction, Take Two write your comments about the article :: © 2023 Jazz News :: home page |