T25F-211 Frank and Ella: Jazz Royalty
Tulsa | Available (Membership Required)
From the idol of bobbysoxers in the 1940s, to a critically acclaimed jazz vocalist, Frank Sinatra is an entertainment icon. We’ll trace his development from his days with Dorsey through his legendary recordings with Nelson Riddle and Billy May. Duets with “the queen,” will transition into the career of America’s foremost female jazz artist: Ella Fitzgerald. Vintage 78s and vinyl will be featured.
John Hamill
A long-time OLLI instructor, John Hamill is a musician, jazz historian and former adjunct professor at the University of Tulsa. He has taught various aspects of the history of jazz for a decade with OLLI at OkState. He is the author of five books; his most recent is titled Voices of Oklahoma (with John Erling). He earned both his bachelor’s and master’s degrees at Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism. His career has included newspaper and television reporting, editing TulsaPeople magazine, hosting a long-running jazz show on radio, and community and investor relations. This is the tenth year for John Hamill to lecture and demonstrate various components of jazz. He uses as a resource some thirty books on the history of jazz, and a library of more than 5,000 LPs and CDs.