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Bringing back the Howard

The Howard. Just mention the legendary theater in a room full of Washingtonians old enough to remember the place in its heyday and listen. Everyone has a story. For decades, the Howard Theatre was a mecca for black entertainers such as Duke Ellington, Ella Fitzgerald, Pearl Bailey, Cab Calloway, James Brown, the Supremes, the Drifters. Then the lights went out. It's been years since the theater went...

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Ella Fitzgerald's Career Start

November 21, 2009 You may Listen or download this story in .mp3 format. or as a .wav file Profile America — Saturday, November 21st. Just about every jazz critic's short list of top singers includes Ella Fitzgerald. It was 75 years ago this evening that her career got its start. Appearing at one of the Apollo Theater's famous amateur nights. She fumbled her first song, but starting over, impressed...

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Popsurfing Radio Show Playlist: Rain (11-20-09)

Here's the playlist for my latest Popsurfing radio show. It airs weekly on WEFT Champaign 90.1 fm on Thursday night/Friday morning from 1 am to 3 am. You can stream it live online at weft.org. You can download the episode on iTunes. Enjoy! Wanna make a request? Here are some potential themes for upcoming shows. Feel free to email me with a request for one of your favorite songs that fits the theme...

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Fri 20th Nov: Broken Hearts, Fixed Beats

When Jez Tozer was handed the baton for the live studio at Somerset House he rallied in The Broken Hearts duo to spin the soundtrack to his session. I got in touch with Amber and Nisha to send me some pics from their set at Somerset House. In the name of research I tuned into the live feed and bopped along to their do-wop roster of tunes whilst I worked away in my own studio. Stand out favourite tracks...

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The Most Successful Woman We Will Ever Know In This Country?

It's one of those statements that jolts you, revealing yet another decline of the once-noble American culture into the marshes of insipidity. For in the mind of Chicago Mayor Richard Daley (and probably many other celebrity worshipers), Oprah Winfrey, a New Age egotist who talks about mostly inane, irrelevant topics on a TV program, soars above all mothers, scientists, political leaders, doctors,...

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Review: Sheila Jordan

Review: Sheila Jordan 81st birthday gig (Bull's Head, London Jazz Festival, November 18th 2009, review by Georgia Mancio) "It’s quite something to stand up and convey a song. It looks easy…," mused a member of the audience at the busy Bull’s Head on Wednesday night. "...but it’s difficult to convey overly emotive songs, and it’s difficult to convey jokey...

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Dreamgirls 2009: Broadway Bound Revival Gets Apollo Theater Extension

Filed under: News , Theater The best of The Great White Way has come to Harlem USA, and it's proving to be a perfect combination. The new version of the legendary Broadway musical 'Dreamgirls,' which is premiering at the world's famous Apollo Theater, is being extended. Producer John Breglio and the Apollo Theater Foundation, Inc. announced that audiences will get an additional week to see the brand-new...

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Song Lyric of the Day (Johnny Mercer, in All His Wistful Glory, in “Skylark”)

“Oh skylark Have you seen a valley green with spring? Where my heart can go a journeying Over the shadows and the rain To a blossom-covered lane.”—“Skylark,” lyrics by Johnny Mercer, music by Hoagy Carmichael (1942) Johnny Mercer , the incomparably lyricist whose centennial we celebrate today, might be the most unique and multi-faceted contributor to the Great American...

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Illegal Sunday Overdub – Summerlove

Overdub – Summerlove [mp3] Avia – Love & Rise Ella Fitzgerald – Summertime (cover) + Louis Armstrong – Summertime (trompet) instant summer anywhere, anytime

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PERFORMANCE/TOUR: Ella! Featuring Dee Dee Bridgewater, Janis Siegel, AL Jarreau, and the Dizzy Gillespie All-Star Big Band, Antonio Hart, Music Director

Grammy-winning vocalists Dee Dee Bridgewater, Janis Siegel, and Al Jarreau are featured in this all-star celebration of the music of Ella Fitzgerald, with the Dizzy Gillespie All-Star Big Band, Antonio Hart, music director. Jan 24, 2010 at 7:00 PM Concert Hall 1 hour, 45 minutes $20.00 - $45.00 Ella...

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The Divine Sarah (Version Deux)

Apart from A.G., the singer who thrills me endlessly and gives me immeasurable pleasure is Sarah Vaughan. She says something to me that Billie Holliday doesn't say. There is something primal—primeval—about Sarah's voice that gives an unrequited love song its devastating realism, and a bravura—the woman had an astounding three-octave range which she exploited extravagantly—that...

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Young Songbird Nikki Yanofsky Preparing Debut Album

Introducing Nikki Yanofsky, the 15-year-old singing sensation set to take the world by storm. Raised on jazz, Nikki has been singing all her life and has been compared to greats Billie Holliday, Judy Garland, and Ella Fitzgerald. Her hometown newspaper, the Montreal Gazette, says of her voice, "there is a richness and a maturity and a heart and an effortlessness that divas twice or three times...

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Talking Shop: Bonnie Greer

Writer Bonnie Greer talks about her play Marilyn and Ella, based on the unlikely friendship forged between Marilyn Monroe and Ella Fitzgerald in 1950s' America.

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Interview: Brief Encounter With … Bonnie Greer

Bonnie Greer's 2007 'play with songs' Marilyn and Ella, about the largely undocumented friendship between Marilyn Monroe and Ella Fitzgerald, receives its London premiere at the Apollo Theatre on Sunday (15 November 2009). Greer is an award-winnin...

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Lovin' The Blues

The perfect accompaniment to knitting Miss BB has been Lady Day and Ella Fitzgerald. I'm not singing the blues over this sweater, but the warm and rich tones of Billy and Ella enhance the way I feel. I love this...