Ella 100! Celebrating & Remembering the First Lady of Song

Cheryl Albright and friends will pay tribute to Ella Jane Fitzgerald, The First Lady of Song and Queen of Jazz honoring the 100th Anniversary of Ella’s birth. Cheryl Albright’s reputation as an original song stylist in many genres locally and nationally makes her a virtual institution. Two years ago, she premiered the much acclaimed “Oh Freedom Over Me”.

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. It was often said that Ella’s voice was ageless and her sultry and sweet sound could imitate every instrument in an orchestra. She worked with all the jazz greats, from Duke Ellington, Count Basie and Louis Armstrong, to Frank Sinatra, Dizzy Gillespie and Benny Goodman. Or rather, some might say all the jazz greats had the pleasure of working with Ella.

Ella’s story is very moving. “Just don’t give up trying to do what you really want to do. Where there is love and inspiration, I don’t think you can go wrong.” This inspiration is how she was able to connect her voice to the world in song.

Cheryl Albright shares the stage with: Carlos M. de Leon, Tracy B. Fontes, Gregory Conroy, Bob Ponte, Maggie Rizzi, Barbara Slater, Steve Thomas.