Jazz

Jazz singer Eleanor Collins on television in 1955, left, and on a Vancouver concert stage in 2013. The Surrey resident died Sunday, March 5, 2024, in hospital at age 104. (Contributed photos)

‘Canada’s first lady of jazz’ and TV pioneer, B.C.’s Eleanor Collins dead at 104

Surrey resident was a groundbreaking figure in Canadian entertainment history

Clarence (Big) Miller is seen during a performance at the Yardbird Suite, a jazz club in Edmonton, in an undated handout photo. The biggest thing about Big Miller may have been the legacy he left in his adopted home. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-The Yardbird Suite Society, *MANDATORY CREDIT*

‘I’m an Albertan’: Jazz legend Big Miller left swinging legacy in his adopted home

Clarence (Big) Horatius Miller was born in 1922 and grew up in Kansas