Ella Fitzgerald News

Published: Monday, November 9, 2009 at 8:14 a.m. Last Modified: Monday, November 9, 2009 at 8:14 a.m. HAMPSTEAD Melva Houston and her band will perform at Topsail High School, appearing with the Topsail High School Jazz Ensemble for a special opening number.

My boss readily admits that she doesn't know a whole lot about jazz. But she lets me write all this nonsense on the Internet, so I'm not complaining.

Jazz and blues were on the menu for the Student Union's Live at the U audience Saturday night.

October 25, 2009, 7:27 AM / Jazz Ella Fitzgerald, "Twelve Nights in Hollywood" . A little bit of heaven in jazz song.

As you are making your early 2010 coverage plans, beautiful teenage Canadian vocalist Nikki Yanofsky needs to be at the top of your list.

More on Soupy and the giants of jazz. Soupy Sales remembers a few of the jazz greats who appeared on 'Soupy's On.' Ella Fitzgerald, vocalist: 'Ella was wonderful.

My boss readily admits that she doesn't know a whole lot about jazz. But she lets me write all this nonsense on the Internet, so I'm not complaining.

Will your perfect Sunday be as legendary as Ella Fitzgerald? Only if you win Amateur Night auditions at the Apollo and attain the level of achievement Ella did.

OK. We get it already. The Great American Songbook is, well, great. From the '20s to the '60s a seemingly endless number of great songs were written by cadre of amazingly talented New York songwriters.

O livia Duhon found the musical love of her life at the movies. "I was always a fan of movie musicals," she said, "and hearing songs by people like George Gershwin and Cole Porter, it was like this light bulb went off in my head - that this was music I just loved." That love of the Great American Songbook soon led Duhon to discover some of the ...

Local jazz singer Dennis Rowland has a bit of a cough. And no one could blame the Valley legend, who just returned from Russia following a tour of Asia and Europe.

NEWS RELEASE ALGOMA FALL FESTIVAL *************************** At 15, singer Nikki Yanofsky has already accomplished what someone twice her age dreams about.

As the child of parents who met at a jazz concert, it would seem that singer Roberta Gambarini was destined to become a jazz musician.

It's been an out-of-the-ordinary career trip for Roberta Gambarini--a trip that's seen her go from a young girl in Italy, scatting along with records by American singers Louis Armstrong and Ella Fitzgerald , to struggling to get singing gigs in her native land, to grabbing an opportunity to come to the United States, to gaining recognition by ...

There will be a Steubenville touch to Pittsburgh theater this fall. Two productions scheduled for the next several weeks - "Ella" at the Pittsburgh Public Theater and "Dr. Jekyll and Mr.

Ben's Chili Bowl Restaurant, a famous diner in Washington for politicians and celebrities, has lost its founder Ben Ali who died Wednesday of natural causes, the restaurant said on its website .

Dreamland Ballroom A group wants to bring back the history and the party in downtown Little Rock.

CLIFTON He's shared the stage with some of the most flashy, innovative and enduring stars of the jazz genre, but for Vinnie Corrao his career as a musician has remained an exercise in group-oriented performance and the understated grace of six-string precision.

Louis Armstrong in all his grinning glory, Billie Holliday swaying on stage and Ella Fitzgerald crooning into her microphone are just some of the images in a major new exhibition highlighting the golden age of jazz.

When: Through Nov. 1 with performances at 8 p.m. Tuesdays-Saturdays except for Oct.