Etta James: RIP
It has been a rough start to 2012 for us jazz fans with the news that the legendary singer Etta James has died at her home in California. Aged 73, the soul and jazz diva had been diagnosed with leukaemia in 2011, but had been undergoing treatment for the disease. Best known for her immortal version of the classic track “At Last” as well “I’d Rather Go Blind” James had been in the music industry since she aged just 14, when she was in a singing group with some of the older girls in her area.








