| GREAT PERFORMANCES | We Love Ella! | Faddis & Wright | PBS |
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GREAT PERFORMANCES presents We Love Ella! A
Tribute to the First Lady of Song, premiering
Wednesday, June 6 at 9 p.m. (ET) on PBS
(check local listings). For more information
visit
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/gperf/shows/ellatribu
te/index.html
In this web-exclusive video, see concert
footage from the broadcast and interviews
with jazz trumpeter Jon Faddis and vocalist
Lizz Wright as they weigh in on America's
"First Lady of Song," Ella Fitzgerald. The
interviews were shot at a gala musical event
commemorating what would have been Ella's
90th birthday. This once-in-a-lifetime
concert, co-hosted by Natalie Cole and Quincy
Jones, also included Ella-inspired
performances by Stevie Wonder, Patti Austin,
Nancy Wilson, American Idol Ruben Studdard,
George Duke, Take 6, and others.
One of the longest-running performing arts
anthologies on television, the award-winning
GREAT PERFORMANCES series presents the best
in music, dance and theater. The series is a
production of Thirteen/WNET New York and
funded by the Corporation for Public
Broadcasting, the National Endowment for the
Arts, public television viewers, and PBS.
Major corporate funding is provided by UBS.
Tags : PBS Great Performances Ella Fitzgerald Natalie Cole Stevie Wonder Quincy Jones Jazz Music Ruben Studdard American Idol |
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Affichage : 31810
Durée : 418 s |
| Caliente w/Jon Faddis |
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Soulsa Caliente performing with Jon Faddis
iat the Rumba Club in Houston, Texas. This
group under the direction of Jose Antonio
Diaz, has performed with Eddie Palmieri,
David Sanchez, Larry Harlow, Jimmy Bosch,
Frankie Negron, Pete Escovedo, Danilo Perez,
Nestor Torres, Dave Valentin, Miguel Zenon,
John Santos, Brenda K Starr to name just a
few. For more info log onto
www.myspace.com/soulsacaliente,
www.soulsacaliente.com,
www.diazmusicinstitute.org, or
www.joseantoniodiaz.com
Tags : Latin jazz salsa world music alternative Jon Faddis soloist Diaz Music Institute Soulsa Caliente Rumba Club |
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Affichage : 1527
Durée : 562 s |
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