Tag: Billie Holiday
Review: ‘Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar & Grill’ at Anacostia Playhouse
“These are my friends,” Billie Holiday (Anya Nebel) tells her accompanist (LeVar Betts), gesturing at the audience. It is March of 1959, and Holiday...
Review #2: ‘An Evening with Chris Botti’ at Strathmore
World-renowned, Grammy Award-winning trumpet superstar Chris Botti returned to Bethesda’s Strathmore Music Center Thursday night to serenade a packed crowd to an elegantly enlivening...
Review: ‘Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar and Grill’ at Spotlighters Theatre
Picture yourself sitting in a dive bar in south Philadelphia in March of 1959. You’re spending an evening listening to Billie Holiday’s soulful voice...
Madeleine Peyroux at The Barns at Wolf Trap
Last night, jazz virtuoso Madeleine Peyroux shared her enormous talent with an appreciative crowd that held onto her every note. Peyroux’ witty comedic chops...
2015 Kennedy Center Spring Gala: ‘It Don’t Mean a Thing… A...
The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts rolled out the red carpet on Sunday evening with a star-studded salute to the swing...
Cassandra Wilson-Coming Forth by Day: A Tribute to Billie Holiday at...
The legacy of the brilliant and iconic jazz legend, Billie Holiday, coupled with the cool, classic styling of the very contemporary and experimentally-inclined jazz...
Remembering Billie Holiday on Her 100th Birthday
On April 7, 2015 serious jazz fans celebrate the 100th anniversary of the birth of incomparable vocalist Billie Holiday, who died in 1959 at age...
World Stages: International Theatre Festival -‘The Suit’ at The Kennedy Center
The World Stages: International Theater Festival takes the center stage at The Kennedy Center, March 10-30, 2014 bringing together some of today's most exciting...
‘The Monterey Jazz Festival on Tour 55th Anniversary Celebration’ at The...
The Monterey Jazz Festival on Tour 55th Anniversary Celebration concert at The Kennedy Center Friday night brought together six talented jazz musicians and an...
‘Ladies Swing the Blues’ at MetroStage by Audrey Thornton
The world premiere of the musical Ladies Swing the Blues, book and lyrics by Thomas W. Jones II and music by William Knowles, was...
‘Women of the Blues’ at Creative Cauldron by Amanda Gunther
A new sound is sliding its way into town as Creative Cauldron presents Women Of The Blues. An original blues review featuring those melancholy melodies from the...