Ella Fitzgerald would have turned 91 on April 25, and to celebrate, Playhouse in the Park is having a party. And, my, what a show director Rob Ruggiero's "Ella" is. Forget that the actors prove that as actors; they're singers. You've come for the music, and these tunes haven't aged a bit.
April 24, 2008 -- Los Angeles: Haylee, grand-daughter of Ella Fitzgerald, signed her first recording contract with SRI Jazz. Her debut will be a duet with dad Ray Brown Jr. singing Ella's first hit, ???Tisket-A-Tasket".
Martin Speake was born in Barnet, England, in 1958. There was music in the family and his grandmother was a pub pianist all her life having started off playing for silent films.
Wine-guy David Walker has returned. The former wine director at the Banff Springs Hotel, former chef at Inniskillin winery and one of the city's most renowned and respected wine connoisseurs has been hiding in the woodwork for a while, and now the Calgary wine community is learning why.
"I had the hardest time finding a Michael," said Eddie Stiles, who is directing "I've Got the Music in Me," the Liberty Theatre's final show of the season.
Alex Acu?±a was born on December 12, 1944 in Pativilca, Peru - a small coastal village 100 miles north of the capital city of Lima, Peru. His real name is Alexjandro Neciosup Acu?±a. A self-educated musician, he was inspired by his father and brothers (all of whom were musicians).
Rock/Blues Danielia Cotton "Rare Child??? (Adrenaline Records/ADA) Singer, songwriter and guitarist Danielia Cotton has released her sophomore compact disc, "Rare Child.??? A native of Hopewell, N.J., Cotton cites AC/DC, Led Zeppelin, the Rolling Stones, Mavis Staples, Etta James, Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald, her aunts and her mother, who was a jazz singer, as her musical influences. Cotton's
Nu Groove Records Jazz recording artist Jay Soto will help kick off the first annual ???Night of Jazz and Fashion by the Sea Benefit Concert" for children with HIV/AIDS and Pediatric AIDS Research.
Jodie Prenger has won the final of I'd Do Anything to play Nancy in the upcoming production of Oliver! in the West End.The 28-year-old from Blackpool beat
The town is loaded with talent. Here's Bill Cosby, back on top as TV's No. 1 star, wandering into Enrico's to see Bandooch, who has been Cos' pal since the old hungry i days. Enrico is seated as usual at the family table with his wife, Robin, and their 6-yr-
John Moore's column: The summer mountain theater slate opens in earnest this week with the Creede Repertory Theatre's 43rd season opener, "The Mystery of Edwin Drood."
She has recorded with hip-hop stars Jay-Z, Nas and the Roots, performed three times on David Letterman's show and earned a gold record for her debut album.
Burlington Discover Jazz Festival -- a serious, playful, glorious celebration of local, regional and national artists -- turns 25 this year. "It's a really adventurous festival," said Arnie Malina, festival artistic director. "We don't bring in the predictable brand names of jazz.
Classic Patti Austin, Newly Focused on Swing and Jazz For years Patti Austin has struggled with the mixed blessing of having a voice that is too perfect.
Tony Bennett attracted throngs. Ella Fitzgerald swung like crazy. Pearl Bailey shook the room with a voice so huge you almost could hear it on Michigan Avenue.
The building that houses the music department at Mills College is undergoing rehabilitation, so Roscoe Mitchell, the saxophonist who was hired last fall as the Darius Milhaud Chair of Composition, has been given a temporary office in another hall down the
The year was 1955 and, unthinkably, black singers were not allowed to perform in leading nightclubs. It was also the year that Marilyn Monroe, tired of being cast as a helpless sex symbol, took a break from Los Angeles and headed to New York to find herself. Here she immersed herself in jazz, in particular the music of Ella Fitzgerald. In Fitzgerald's melodies, Monroe recognised the creative
The University of Pittsburgh at Titusville's student union took on the ambiance of a jazz nightclub on Sunday as vocalist Brenda Alford took the stage as part of the local university's Black History Month.
From Charles Lindbergh to Amelia Earhart to Oprah, many famous faces have found their way to Greensboro over the years. (Credit: "By Don Patterson Staff Writer")
The alarm clock sliced through my sleep like the headlights of a Mack truck on a dark country road. I moved my legs through soft folds of sheets. My nose felt cold, sleeping-in-a-tent cold, even though the heater was banging away.
In rural southwestern Virginia, Mary and John Peluso meticulously assemble microphones modeled after some of the world's legendary and infamous microphones, but at a price today's musicians can afford.
The Mojave Hot Shots isn't the kind of up-and-coming band you'd usually hear about nowadays. They don't play alternative rock, country or hip-hop. They don't aspire to play Coachella or sign a major record deal with Clive Davis or P. Diddy.
Heading north and dreading the tiresome drive on Interstate 95? Can't blame you, really. Packing the car and paying at the pump are painful enough, not to mention long hours behind the wheel and putting up with road construction projects that try your patience and slow your progress.
What: Centre Dimensions jazz concert When: 8 tonight Where: Esber Recital Hall, Music Building I Details: Admission is $4.99 for general admission and $2 for students.
Both XM and Sirius satellite radio are doing wall-to-wall coverage of Pope Benedict's visit to the U.S., and tomorrow morning, listeners of traditional radio can hear an extensive feature as well.
While not as famous as Sinatra or Cole, Johnny Hartman remains one of the greatest--and most under appreciated--interpreters of the Great American Songbook. When you hear the words ???Great American Songbook,??? which artists immediately leap to mind? Frank Sinatra, Nat King Cole, Ella Fitzgerald, and Tony Bennett, to name a few, would be the most likely candidates. But one more worthy singer can
The late Gregory Cherry worked to honor the "First Lady of Song," who was born in Newport News. ?? The name of Ella Fitzgerald, the "First Lady of Song" who dominated the jazz world for the first half of the 20th century, will soon grace a street near where she was born 90 years ago.
When he was just 15 years old, Bob Gaudio wrote his first hit song, "(Who Wears) Short Shorts," for his group the Royal Teens. But that's not the strangest thing that ever happened to him.
Biography The showroom at the Suncoast Hotel and Casino, in Las Vegas, Nevada, sparkled brilliantly, the weekend of October 17-19, 2003 with the luminary talent of the legendary British couple, Dame Cleo Laine and John Dankworth.
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