Longtime friends Ellen Winters and Johnny Rodgers will combine their vocal talents to share the music of Ella Fitzgerald and Mel Torme for “Ella Meets Mel” Dec. 17 at the Skokie Theatre. They will be ...
Steve Ettleson, 56, drummer and leading authority for drum manufacturers on artist relations, died Friday of injuries sustained when he was hit by an automobile in Studio City. Born in Chicago, ...
Plus, get the best of BroadwayWorld delivered to your inbox, and unlimited access to our editorial content across the globe. “Mel and Ella Swing!” included beloved favorites from the Great American ...
Award-winning jazz vocalist Gabrielle Stravelli and pianist/vocalist and Grammy-winning composer and recording artist Billy Stritch (Broadway’s 42nd Street; long-time accompanist for Liza Minnelli) ...
Ella, First Lady of Song traces the 60-year career of the woman Mel Torme called “the best singer on the planet.” The story of Ella Fitzgerald truly challenges the age-old saying “The show must go on.
Mel Tormé was unquestionably one of the great jazz singers of all time, by any definition, and yet he himself was never entirely comfortable with that label. Well, let me clarify that: He didn’t mind ...
"That Old Feeling , the first track on Torme's self titled album, is a lively tune tinged with sadness ï" he's happy to see his old lover, but he recognizes that he won't fall in love again until he ...
As Concord re-releases some of its classic Mel Tormé albums, it becomes increasingly clear to even the most casual listener that he improved with age. Like the very best of the big band singers, and ...
Ella Fitzgerald Papers, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution. The Archives Center can provide reproductions of some materials ...
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