Infectious grooves, stunning arrangements, and electrifying solos are just some of the phrases used to describe Seattle based vocal group Groove For Thought. Since 1998, GFT has brought their unique brand of jazz and R&B infused tunes to festival, concert, school, and nightclub audiences through...
Lewis was never funnier than when he was teamed with Dean Martin for their nightclub act but we have little evidence of just how funny they really were because these performances were never filmed. The closest we have is watching the Colgate Comedy Hour where they do some of the ad libbing...
Cambodian and Laotian immigrants after the war in Southeast Asia in the early 1980’s, this urban crossroads was the main pulse of an integrated nightclub scene in the 1930’s, ’40s and ’50s that featured dozens of late-night jazz clubs that not only housed the city’s thriving...
In 1947 she enrolled in Wayne State University as a psychology major and sang in a gospel group called The Meditations. In 1949, at the encouragement of her pastor to pursue more professional singing gigs, Reese took a job at a bowling alley/nightclub as a host and vocalist. In 1951, Ree...
Famous Aspen nightclub Belly Up hosted events each of the three nights. Another venue was the historic Wheeler Opera House, a 19th Century theater from Aspen's glorious silver mining days. Other venues were restaurants, bars and coffee shops with make-shift stages set up in a corner resulting...
The nightclub was packed for every show, making these some of the most popular events at FIJM! There were also several family-friendly activities on the Festival site.With all the divisiveness and discord reported in the news, people can easily despair about the state of the world. However,...
Pastorius died in 1987 after an altercation with a nightclub employee. While Metheny may have been surrounded by musicians with substance issues, he himself has never had a drink, tried drugs or smoked. "It's not for a moral reason, I've just never been interested," he says. "I can ...
where she was snatched up and signed by Warner Brother�s International. Her exquisite looks and prodigious live vocal talent catapulted her into the limelight singing at the famous Parisian nightclub Les Bains Douches, starring in films and commercials, and modeling for print and runway ...
Staging such an epic event is a rare cago in 1955 where he lived in the back of a nightclub opportunity and will thus be captured for a feature docu- where Muddy and the Wolf played regularly. Living in a mentary film described as The Last Waltz meets Buena night club, it's no ...
Holiday’s career. She was still contracted to Vocalion, now owned by CBS, and Hammond was still her producer, but they were most reluctant to let the singer record a very unusual song recently added to her repertory at Café Society, the country’s only nightclub catering to integrated ...