Bassist Rodney Whitaker and friends recently performed a musical tribute to Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong.
At the start of 2020, shortly before the COVID-19 pandemic took hold, Whitaker and an all-star roster of colleagues visited at Interlochen Center for the Arts and performed in the Dendrinos Chapel and Recital Hall.
Hear their tribute concert this week on Classical IPR in Concert.
Listen Friday at 8 p.m., Sunday at noon or any time on demand below.
Setlist
Barbarin: Bourbon Street Parade
DeLange, Alter: Do You Know What it Means to Miss New Orleans?
Berlin: Cheek to Cheek
Ellington: New Orleans Suite: Portrait of Louis Armstrong
Carmichael, Washington: The Nearness of You
Sparks: Every Say I Have the Blues
Redman, Mills: St. James Infirmary
Allen: Solo improvisation
Traditional: Travelin’ Blues
Sampson: Stompin’ At the Savoy
Gershwin: They Can’t Take That Away from Me
Personnel
Rodney Whitaker (bass and leader)
Carl Allen (drums)
Christopher Crenshaw (trombone)
Rockelle Fortin (vocals)
Victor Goines (sax and clarinet)
Christopher McDole (vocals)
Marcus Printup (trumpet)
Eric Reed (piano)