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5 Minutes That Will Make You Love Jazz Vocals Nat King Cole, Billie Holiday and Louis Armstrong were A-list celebrities at the top of their art form. Today’s jazz singers are finding new paths ...
The 90-minute show showcases Petrus’ acting and singing talents, and explores Holliday’s influences— including Bessie Smith, Louis Armstrong, Ella Fitzgerald, Etta James and more.
Louis Armstrong — the gravely voiced singer and maestro of the trumpet — has a new album topping the charts now, more than 50 years after his death. It's a holiday record called "Louis Wishes ...
That phrase, Louis Wishes You A Cool Yule, is also the title of a new compilation of Armstrong's timeless holiday-associated selections, mostly from Decca Records in the 1950's.
Audiences are invited to step back in time to a seedy Philly bar as Philadelphia Theatre Company (PTC) presents “Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar & Grill,” continuing through April 30 ...