Ella Fitzgerald News

The World Premiere of Toby Armour’s new play Meltdown opens on Thursday, October 10 at Theatre for the New City (TNC).See photos from inside rehearsal..

I mean, my influences growing up? I went through a phase of everything was jazz! And it had to be old-school jazz! When I was about twelve or thirteen, I went to a yard sale. I found this CD. It was actually a tape. Billie Holiday, Lena Horn, Sarah Vaughn, Ella Fitzgerald. I'd never heard of any of them, and I just poured over it and studied the nuances of their voices.

TheaterWorks Hartford, under the leadership of Artistic Director Rob Ruggiero and Managing Director Jeff Griffin, has announced details for its 2024-2025 season opener Fever Dreams (of animals on the verge of extinction).

Singers Beverley Knight, Andrew Roachford, Omar Lye-Fook, and Tony Momrelle will join Sir Lenny Henry at the Royal Albert Hall on Saturday 19 October for The Sound of Philadelphia – marking 50 years of Black-owned soul music label, Philadelphia International Records, and legendary songwriting partnership Kenny Gamble, Leon Huff, and Thom Bell.

Birdland has revealed jazz programming running at Birdland Jazz Club and Birdland Theater October 7th - October 20th.

In recognition of American Archives Month, the Great American Songbook Foundation is offering rare public tours of its Songbook Library & Archives in October.

54 Below will present Redhot & Blue of Yale on November 3rd, 2024 at 9:30pm. As Yale University’s oldest all-gender a cappella group and premier vocal jazz ensemble, Redhot has wowed audiences all over the world with their tight harmonies and familial camaraderie.

Michael Feinstein will perform a tribute to Tony Bennett at The Luckman Fine Arts Complex's 30th anniversary gala, featuring the Carnegie Hall Ensemble and the Luckman Jazz Orchestra. Learn how to purchase tickets.

Discover the upcoming jazz performances at Birdland from September 30th to October 13th, featuring renowned artists and captivating shows. Stay updated on the latest events in the jazz scene.

Birdland Jazz Club and Birdland Theater has announced their October 2024 lineup featuring performances by John Pizzarelli, Stacey Kent, and the Mingus Big Band.

In a time of growing conflict and division in the U.S., singer-songwriter Camille Harrison offers an expressive and elegant rendition of the iconic song 'America The Beautiful.' Listen now.

Jazz Cats Cabaret has announced a performance at the Epiphany Center for the Arts on October 3, 2024, featuring a night of live jazz music.

Join platinum selling recording artist Chris Pinnella as he brings his 12-Piece Big Band Project to the newly renovated Newtown Theatre on Sunday September 29th. The afternoon will boast an all new setlist of songs played through brilliantly by Pinnella's stellar 12-Piece Big Band in their Newtown, PA debut.

Some of the biggest holiday songs of all time will be released on collectible 7” color vinyl in time for the holidays. Available November 8, Christmas music lovers and collectors alike can enjoy timeless yuletide classics from The Beach Boys, Brenda Lee, Burl Ives, Chuck Berry, Ella Fitzgerald, Frank Sinatra and Nat King Cole.

Palm Springs’ newest theatre enterprise, the REVOLUTION STAGE COMPANY garnered an impressive number of the recently- announced DTL (Desert Theatre League) nominations.

Christopher Riddle, esteemed trombonist and leader of the Nelson Riddle Orchestra, passed away at 74 after a battle with cancer. He died peacefully on August 24, 2024.

The Actors Studio of New Jersey will present a cabaret event, IT DON'T MEAN A THING, IF IT AIN'T GOT THAT SWING, at Forte Ristorante in Caldwell. Learn how to purchase tickets.

See exclusive photos of the 1920s to 1950s with Prima Theatre’s upcoming production, “Golden Era.”

Ron Himes’ amazing Black Rep company is opening its 48th season with a piece of pure delight.  It’s called Blues in the Night, and it’s a glorious musical revue of the history of that genre.  And such a vastly diverse history that is, with vaudeville songs, deeply moving songs of love and loss, lush and lonely excursions into real jazz, and comic novelty songs that get seriously, hilariously bawdy. 

The Living Legends Foundation announced Ed Eckstine as the 2024 Ray Harris Lifetime Achievement Award recipient. The awards dinner and gala will be held on October 4, 2024, at the Taglyan Cultural Complex in Hollywood, CA.