Performance

Venue	Royal Albert Hall
	Also: Elgar Room
Town	Inner London
County	Greater London
From	4th August 2017
To	4th August 2017
When	19:30
Royal Albert Hall (V221)
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Date of change: 11 May 17 - T64157142

Prom 27 - Ella and Dizzy: A Centenary Tribute

Work:: Prom 27 (S352)

Part of the BBC Proms.

Production:: Ella and Dizzy: A Centenary Tribute (T64157142)

Described by The New York Times as 'the most admired jazz diva since the heyday of Sarah Vaughan, Ella Fitzgerald and Billie Holiday', Dianne Reeves is joined by virtuoso trumpeter James Morrison to pay a double tribute to Ella Fitzgerald and Dizzy Gillespie in the centenary year of their births. Conducted by Broadway musical and Hollywood movie-score legend John Mauceri, the celebrations contrast the Great American Songbook, which played a key role in Fitzgerald's live and recording career, with the bebop and Afro-Latin sounds in which Gillespie excelled.

Performer	Dianne Reeves (singer)
Performer	James Morrison (trumpet)
Company	BBC Concert Orchestra
Conductor	John Mauceri

Listing:: L709197641

Ella and Dizzy: A Centenary Tribute

Described by The New York Times as 'the most admired jazz diva since the heyday of Sarah Vaughan, Ella Fitzgerald and Billie Holiday', Dianne Reeves is joined by virtuoso trumpeter James Morrison to pay a double tribute to Ella Fitzgerald and Dizzy Gillespie in the centenary year of their births. Conducted by Broadway musical and Hollywood movie-score legend John Mauceri, the celebrations contrast the Great American Songbook, which played a key role in Fitzgerald's live and recording career, with the bebop and Afro-Latin sounds in which Gillespie excelled.

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