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Vice President Kamala Harris and her husband, entertainment lawyer Doug Emhoff, have already made history: She as the first Black, female and Asian second-in-command of America; he as the country’s first Second Gentleman and first Jewish spouse in the White House. As her possible bid for the presidency dangles new…

As the weather heats up, Guardian writers pick their defining summer tracks, from Phoenix and Donna Summer to Stevie Wonder

Amy Fleming visits the Maeght Foundation in Saint-Paul-de-Vence, which is celebrating its 60th birthday with a new extension and an exhibition that recalls the closeness of Bonnard and Matisse to its founders

Hôtel Provençal opened in 1927 and quickly became a magnet for the rich and famous in the Jazz Age, with F. Scott Fitzgerald, Coco Chanel and Winston Churchill all having visited

The revival of the teatime classic has been a smashing hit! Plus, a celebration of Ella Fitzgerald. Here’s everything to watch this evening

Bona-fide jazz legend Joe Pass had it all. Here we celebrate the life and career of on of jazz guitar's most fluid and fluent players

We revisit some classic 50s hairstyles as well as modern takes on popular looks

American soul and jazz singer best known for California Soul, Mercy, Mercy, Mercy and Go Away Little Boy

Singer recasts herself as a Christmassy Ella Fitzgerald as she renders seasonal staples in a range of musical styles – not all of them successful

What is a holiday season without festive music

If Miriam Makeba is hailed as the South African vocalist of her generation who brilliantly embraced (and actually shaped) global music sounds, and Sathima Bea Benjamin as the experimenter who entranced the modern jazz scene in Europe and the US, then Ncediwe Sylvia Mdunyelwa joins that pantheon of late, great…