Judy McHugh Presents an
Evening of Jimmy McHugh
at Vitello’s Jazz Club
Judy McHugh is presenting a very special evening of music to salute Black History Month, featuring the music of her grandfather, Jimmy McHugh.
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| Ella Fitzgerald & Jimmy McHugh |
The composer’s indelible ties to the Black community began in the Roaring Twenties, when he was the music director at New York’s legendary Cotton Club.
There he not only wrote countless songs for the era’s most famous African-American performers, but was also directly responsible for Duke Ellington’s first engagement at the famed Harlem showplace. This was when and where the Duke’s career was launched.
Since then McHugh’s music has been performed and recorded by hundreds of African-American artists including Ella Fitzgerald, Dizzy Gillespie, Sam Cooke, Nat King Cole and Smokey Robinson.
Judy McHugh has put together a great talent lineup to cap the month long celebration of Black history, featuring John Proulx, piano and voice; Chuck Berghofer on bass and Joe LaBarbera on drums. Vocalist Sherry Williams rounds out the bill, along with a special guest appearance by Deana Martin (Dean’s daughter and Jimmy McHugh’s Goddaughter.)
We hope to see you there.
Wednesday, February 29, 8pm
Vitello’s Jazz & Supper Club
4349 Tujunga Avenue
Studio City, CA 91604.
818.769.0905
http://www.vitellosjazz.com/event/jimmy-mc-hugh-music-presents-black-history-month-tribute/
Featured on The International Review of Music
Featured on The International Review of Music
Ella Fitzgerald:
Reach For Tomorrow
http://youtu.be/ykP8Wtcg86w
Billie Holiday:
I Can't Believe That You're In Love With Me
http://youtu.be/ykP8Wtcg86w
Sarah Vaughn:
I'm In The Mood For Love
http://youtu.be/yezEgD0TmB8 (Mood)
