This weekend (April 7th-11th) is the famous popular annual Jazz Fest at UMM-Morris, Minnesota. Since I was "searching" the internet, I found some sites relating to this.
*never heard of him until I did Sunday School (Super Church) for my local church when I did a profile on kids' favorite music/bands
Related Sites: Wikipedia "were a Christian ska/swing band, formed in Corvallis, Oregon in 1996. Success came quickly to the band and their first album, Fourth from the Last 1998, had the strongest debut of any Christian album to date for its distributor. They toured the United States several times with a variety of artists as diverse as dc talk, Jennifer Knapp, Five Iron Frenzy, and Soul-Junk.
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It Don't Mean a Thing - Tribute to Ella Fitzgerald
"It Don't Mean a Thing (If it ain't got that swing) - Celebrating Ella Fitzgerald: A pictorial tribute in song. "
*never heard of her until I took an online English class (11/9/08). After listening and watching her on youtube.com, I recognized many of her famous songs. Wow, great voice! "Biography
Dubbed "The First Lady of Song," Ella Fitzgerald was the most popular female jazz singer in the United States for more than half a century. In her lifetime, she won 13 Grammy awards and sold over 40 million albums.
Her voice was flexible, wide-ranging, accurate and ageless. She could sing sultry ballads, sweet jazz and imitate every instrument in an orchestra. She worked with all the jazz greats, from Duke Ellington, Count Basie and Nat King Cole, to Frank Sinatra, Dizzy Gillespie and Benny Goodman. (Or rather, some might say all the jazz greats had the pleasure of working with Ella.)
She performed at top venues all over the world, and packed them to the hilt. Her audiences were as diverse as her vocal range. They were rich and poor, made up of all races, all religions and all nationalities. In fact, many of them had just one binding factor in common - they all loved her. ..
Overcoming discrimination
Norman wasn't the only one willing to stand up for Ella. She received support from numerous celebrity fans, including a zealous Marilyn Monroe.
"I owe Marilyn Monroe a real debt," Ella later said. "It was because of her that I played the Mocambo, a very popular nightclub in the '50s. She personally called the owner of the Mocambo, and told him she wanted me booked immediately, and if he would do it, she would take a front table every night. She told him - and it was true, due to Marilyn's superstar status - that the press would go wild."
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