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American Songbook series presents Billie Holiday tribute
American Songbook: The JAZZ View sextet presents Billie Holiday classics
The American Songbook: The JAZZ View
Features the Music of Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong this fall
September 20, 7:30PM: Remembering Billie Holiday, with “God Bless the Child,” “Good Morning Heartache,” “These Foolish Things” and many more of her hits.
The American Songbook: The JAZZ View, extremely well received in past years, returns for another season of stellar entertainment at the Arsenal Center for the Arts in Watertown beginning September 20. Advance ticket purchase is recommended as concerts frequently sell out. Contact www.arsenalarts.org/music or 617-923-8487.
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For the past three years, each concert has featured the songs of a single composer. This year, the series changes direction with tributes to the legendary singers who made these works famous: Louis Armstrong, Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald, Nat King Cole and Sarah Vaughan. This shift in emphasis allows the 6-piece band of Berklee faculty to examine the works of many lesser known composers whose output was less prolific, yet highly influential to the songwriting genre and the standard song repertoire.
