Jazz in Japan

I have returned from Japan today and have had a wonderful trip. One of the really interesting things was the quality of jazz I heard. Tokyo is truly an international city, big and brash and exciting. Every place I went, with the exception of the fabulous gardens, I heard great jazz. Jazz music seems to [...]

What do you do when you are sick?

As a singer our body is our instrument, and when our instrument is “out of tune” we cannot perform at our best. I have just come down with a nasty virus which is affecting my voice badly. If I talk for any length of time, it hurts. My glands in my neck are swollen. It [...]