“An Afternoon with Ella & Duke” presented by jazz journalist Will Friedwald – Metuchen, NJ

“An Afternoon with Ella & Duke” presented by jazz journalist Will Friedwald – Metuchen, NJ

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Don’t miss this upcoming event in Metuchen, NJ. Happening on Sunday, January 26, 2025 at Metuchen Borough Public Library. Doors open at 2:00 PM.

Will Friedwald narrates a live film clip historical overview of vocalist Ella Fitzgerald’s time with Duke Ellington & His Orchestra

Will Friedwald is the 2024 winner of the Jazz Journalists Association Lifetime Achievement Award for excellence in Jazz Journalism. He writes about music and popular culture for The Wall Street Journal, The New York Sun, The New York Stage Review, Vanity Fair, Playboy magazine and other publications. He is also the host of the radio show Sing! Sing! Sing! on San Diego KSDS on Saturday mornings. Will is the author of ten books including the award-winning A Biographical Guide To The Great Jazz And Pop Singers, Sinatra: The Song Is You, Stardust Melodies, Tony Bennett: The Good Life, Looney Tunes & Merrie Melodies, and Jazz Singing. He has written over 600 liner notes for compact discs, received eleven Grammy nominations, and appears frequently on television and other documentaries. Will is a consultant and curator for Apple Music. Current books: The Great Jazz And Pop Vocal Albums (Pantheon Books / Random House, November 2017), Sinatra: The Song Is You! – New Revised Edition (Chicago Review Press, May 2018) and Straighten Up and Fly Right: The Life and Music of Nat King Cole (Oxford University Press, July 2020). He studied elocution with Prof. Henry Higgins and musicology with Prof. Harold Hill.

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Event ID - 1125393053919

Event Venue - Metuchen Borough Public Library

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Event City - Metuchen

Event State - NJ

 

Date And Time

Sunday, January 26th, 2025 @ 02:00 PM (EST)
 

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Metuchen Borough Public Library
 

Location

480 Middlesex Avenue, Metuchen, NJ 08840
 

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New Jersey

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