The Denton Arts and Jazz Festival started last Friday and runs through today, Sunday, April 27th. The annual festival is expected to draw over 200,000 music fans to Quakertown Park in Denton, Texas, this year.

You don’t want to miss a single performance from the award-winning jazz ensembles from the University of North Texas, like the Two or Three O’Clock Lab Band. There’s plenty of young talent from the middle schools as well.

The Neville Brothers played Friday night, and Delbert McClinton on Saturday, and Brave Combo performs on the Jazz Stage at 7:00 pm Sunday night. Check the website for details.

Official Website www.dentonjazzfest.com

Ella Fitzgerald (April 25, 1918 – June 15, 1996) from Newport News, Virginia, 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.

Her three octave vocal range was widely celebrated, and is well known for developing a “scat” style of singing. She was also known as the “First Lady of Song” and is considered one of the most influential jazz vocalists of the 20th Century.

Sources:
The Library of Congress - Today in History
memory.loc.gov/ammem/today/today.html

Official Website of Ella Fitzgerald ellafitzgerald.com

The James Hyman Gallery and Paul McCartney have announced a new exhibition of photographs by Linda McCartney. It’s her first major photo exhibition in the UK, and a labor of love from the McCartney family, mainly Paul and daughter Mary.

Here’s a YouTube video of Paul speaking about the photos, many never seen before.

The James Hyman Gallery www.jameshymangallery.com

PaulMcCartney YouTube Video Channel
youtube.com/user/PAULMCCARTNEY