Music Of Ella And Sarah News

 
Concert series kicks off Monday at Denison
The Newark Advocate
Vocalist Kelly Delaveris, who will be performing in her last concert with the ensemble, grew up listening to Ella Fitzgerald and Sarah Vaughan and the great singers of the big band era, Moran said. McKinley said the music and picnicking outdoors while ...


 
Village Voice (blog)
Live: Remembering The Glorious Life Of New York Jazz Heroine Phoebe Jacobs
Village Voice (blog)
Just before critic Stanley Crouch kicked things off, Jacobs, via video, was recalling how Ella Fitzgerald once remarked that no one had ever thrown her a real birthday party—and how she took it upon herself to quickly organize one for Ella, ...

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Ver Des Makes Verdant Debut Performance at Mother Earth This Friday
Broward-Palm Beach New Times (blog)
By Alex Rendon Fri., May 25 2012 at 10:12 AM Just one month ago, Ella Herrera was anxiously walking the Palm Beach State College grounds. The bright-eyed 18-year-old fought hard to earn a spot in the school's medical assisting program, ...


 
Sitti Performs At Midas Hotel's 2702 Lounge
Manila Bulletin
Sitti's musical influences include bossa nova artists Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughn, Astrud Gilberto, and Gal Costa. Why did Sitti choose bossa nova? “On my third year as a lounge singer, people would comment that my voice would be best suited to this ...


 
Dianne Reeves, Allen Toussaint to play Chicago Jazz Festival
Chicago Sun-Times
“Exquisitely For Ella: A Songbook Tribute to Ella Fitzgerald” opens the fest at the Jay Pritzker Pavilion in Millennium Park. Haynes — a member of Charlie Parker's quintet, a high-demand drummer with numerous stars (Stan Getz, Sarah Vaughn, ...

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Phoebe Jacobs, Publicist for Jazz Greats, Dies at 93
New York Times
Among the many jazz stories that Phoebe Jacobs delighted in telling, one always stood out as characteristic of her tenacious and resourceful service to the music. It was the wee hours of an April morning in the 1950s, and Ella Fitzgerald had finished ...


 
Douglaston's Own: Bob Haggart
Patch.com
In 1942, he broke away from the band and began recording with a number of jazz legends, including Duke Ellington, Benny Goodman, Billie Holiday, Sarah Vaughan, Charlie Parker and Ella Fitzgerald. He arranged a number of the songs on Louis Armstrong's ...