Lena Horne: The Lady and her Music

Personnel:
Lena Horne – Vocals
Terrance Burrus – Keyboards
Rodney Jones – Guitar
Benjamin Franklin Brown – Double bass
Ron Bridgewater – Reeds
Vinnie Johnson – Drums
Marva Hicks
Stanley Perryman
Janice Harrisson
L. Edmund Wesley
Thomas Skelton
Giorgio Sant’Angelo
Sherman Sneed
Veronica Claypool
Linda Twine
Janet Powell
Musical numbers:
“A Lady Must Live”
“As Long As I Live”
“I Want to Be Happy”
“But Not For Me”
“Can’t Help Loving That Man Of Mine”
“Copper Coloured Gal Of Mine”
“Day In Day Out”
“Where or When”
“Deed I Do ”
“Fly”
“From This Moment On”
“Honeysuckle Rose”
“I Got A Name”
“Life Goes On”
“Push De Button”
“Lady With A Fan”
“Push De Button”
“Raisin’ The Rent”“
“Stormy Weather”
“Where Or When”
“The Lady Is A Tramp”
“Bewitched, Bothered And Bewildered”
“Yesterday When I Was Young”
“If You Believe”
“I Want To Be Happy”

Legendary singer, actress, Lena Horne born in Brooklyn, New York June 30th and died May, 9th 2010 dazzled audiences worldwide starting as a 16 years old chorus line dancer at Harlem’s famous Cotton Club, it was there where she met and worked with Duke Ellington, Cab Calloway, Count Basie, Ethel Waters and Ivy Anderson. She later worked with Noble Sissle as a singer and went on to sing with Charlie Barnett, Teddy Wilson, JC Heard, and Sid Catlett. An MGM talent scout found Lena as she eventually signed on at MGM and made the films, ”Cabin In The Sky and “ Panama Hattie”. For 20th Century- Fox in 1943 her role in the classic “Stormy Weather” had her singing the title song of Stormy Weather itself which became her trademark throughout her illustrious career. As time went on she became a highly ranked international star playing standing room audiences around the world. She has worked alongside of Tony Bennett, Harry Belafonte, Danny Thomas, Vic Damone, Count Basie, Alan King and more. She’s been a guest star in television with Judy Garland, Frank Sinatra, Perry Como and Flip Wilson. Miss Horne first appeared on Broadway in “Blackbirds of 1939” also in “Harold Arlen and Yip Harburg’s ”Jamaica“. Her dual concert with Tony Bennett was the highlight of the 1974–75 season. Lena Horne has won numerous awards that include 2 Grammy Awards, best female Pop Vocalist of 1982 and best Original Cast Album from her show ”Lady And Her Music". In 1984 Lena Horne The Lady And Her Music ran in London at the Adelphi Theatre from August 6th – September 29th and the Lena Horne Quintet had consisted of Terrance Burrus on keyboards and piano, Rodney Jones on guitar, Benjamin Franklin Brown on bass, Ron Bridgewater on reeds.
With a late clerical entry the programme saids Vinnie Johnson on drums but actually it was the late great Wilby Fletcher who played drums on these dates along with a wonderful cast of Marva Hicks, Stanley Perryman, Janice Harrison, L. Edmund Wesley, Janet Powell and conductor Linda Twine.

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