Imani-Grace Cooper - "Sophisticated Lady"

4,166 views · Published 26 June 2015 · 4:07 · Indexed 21 October 2026

Channel: The Kennedy Center · 2015 · Nonprofits & Activism

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The Howard University music major and jazz vocalist pays homage to the legendary 1957 recording project, Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Duke Ellington Songbook, in which Miss Fitzgerald recorded a dozen Billy Strayhorn compositions. The band includes Cyrus Chestnut, piano, Elijah Balbed, saxophones, Eliot Seppa, bass, and Abinnet Berhanu, drums. Presented in collaboration with East River Jazz.

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