LILLIAS WHITE And THE PALM BEACH POPS Honor LOUIS ARMSTRONG
By: Beau Higgins Jan. 11, 2012
(Lillias White Is Pictured)
BOB LAPPIN AND THE PALM BEACH POPS
HONOR THE LEGACY OF Louis Armstrong FEBRUARY 6-8 & 10-12, 2012
HONOR THE LEGACY OF Louis Armstrong FEBRUARY 6-8 & 10-12, 2012
ROUSING TRIBUTE TO INCLUDE PERFORMANCES BY TONY AWARD WINNER Lillias White AND VIRTUOSO TRUMPETER LONGINEU PARSONS
Bob Lappin & The Palm Beach Pops celebrate the great Louis Armstrong with Tony Award Winner Lillias White and renowned trumpeter and vocalist Longineu Parsons to honor the everlasting legacy of this legendary musician. With a six-night South Florida engagement entitled "Wonderful World: A Salute to Louis Armstrong," this concert will run February 6 & 7 at the Kravis Center, West Palm Beach, February 8, 10 & 11 at The Carole and Barry Kaye Performing Arts Auditorium at FAU, Boca Raton and February 12 at the Eissey Campus Theatre at Palm Beach State College in Palm Beach Gardens.
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Fans will swing to the sounds of classic Armstrong standards such as "Hello Dolly," "Mack the Knife," and "Wonderful World," among many other favorites.
Lillias White, the Brooklyn, New York native made her Broadway debut in Barnum in 1981. White earned a Tony Award for The Life and an additional nomination for Fela! White's other Broadway credits include How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, Cats and Once on This Island. She also received an Emmy Award for her portrayal of LillIan Edwards on Sesame Street.
Lillias White joined the cast of Love, Loss and What I Wore on January 4, 2012 at off-Broadway's Westside Theatre and will appear in the show through January 29.
Longineu Parsons
LONGINEU PARSONS has been hailed by critics internationally as one of the world's finest trumpet players. He is also a master of recorders, flute, percussion, and sings the blues. His music crosses genres and defies classification. It's jazz, it's funk, it's blues, it's classic, it's urban, it's world fusion, it's good. His music serves as a metaphor for crossing restrictive boundaries that separate people and confine human potential.
Over his 25-year career, Longineu has performed in some thirty countries and has shared the stage and recording studio with Cab Calloway, Nat Adderley, Cecil Taylor, Nancy Wilson, Joe Williams, Herbie Mann, Frank Foster, WyCliff Gordon and many others.
ABOUT Louis Armstrong
Recognized as a founding father of jazz, Louis Armstrong made a profound impact on popular culture as one of the first great celebrities of the twentieth century. His legacy lives on to this day the world over as many musicians seek to imitate his exciting, innovative style. Armstrong's easy, unassuming manner, great sense of humor and upbeat outlook endeared him to everyone he encountered. He recorded hit songs for five decades, performed an average of 300 concerts each year, and appeared in more than thirty films.
TICKETS
·February 6 & 7 at 8:00p.m. – Kravis Center, West Palm Beach
·February 8, 10 & 11 at 8:00 p.m. – Kaye Performing Arts Auditorium at FAU, Boca Raton
·February 12 at 8:00 p.m. – Eissey Campus Theatre, Palm Beach Gardens
Tickets $29-$89; Call 561-832-7677 or visit www.palmbeachpops.org/armstrong
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