Greetings, music sloots, and welcome to another edition of Manor Music Monday, today with two - count 'em, two - wonderful, mostly forgotten jazz songbirds. Yet they're not forgotten by DJ Li'l Scratch, who's lived many lives, as you know, and has seen and heard so much, and in fact was born with a brood of five wee kittens in the smoky backroom of " The Green Mill Jazz Club."  But that's a story for another day.  Tonight only at the Manor's "Shuck 'Em and Funk 'Em" after-hours lounge and taqueria, DJ Li' Scratch will be spinning tunes by two chanteuses from the "cool jazz" period in the late 1950s through the early 1960s, or tunes with hushed tones, smooth, steady tempos and complex harmonies. First we have Joy Bryan, the epitome of the All-American girl-next-door, don't you think? Yet looks can be deceiving - and all is not vanilla. Joy was yet another one of those terrific, highly regarded late 1950's-era West...

Greetings, music sloots, and welcome to another edition of Manor Music Monday. Today is a Monday in which all of Hollywood has yet to awaken and most of America has already forgotten about who won what last night at the Emmys. It's also a day when DJ Li'l Scratch is eager to introduce us to yet another forgotten Mademoiselle of Music™, this time a jazz crooner who was also a songwriter and a sharp-eyed businesswoman. Tonight, make sure to swing by the Manor's exclusive Muffin Puffin After Hours Lounge and you'll hear all about this smart 'n fiery sex-bomb songstress. Her name is Nancy Steele, a va-va-voom performer who began her career as a commercial artist in Philadelphia and New York City in the late 1940s and early 50s. At the same time, purely as a hobby, she was taking voice lessons, and her teacher was so impressed, he urged her to pursue a professional career. With that bit of encouragement, it didn't take long for our Nance to snag a prime gig at the ve...