Singer Freda Payne, the celebrated singer of the disco-era top-charter “Band of Gold,” will bring her “Tribute to Ella Fitzgerald” to Bucks County Playhouse for 10 concerts, Aug. 26 through Sept. 5.
Payne, an accomplished R&B and jazz vocalist, pays tribute to the legendary Ella Fitzgerald’s 60-plus year career from her 1934 award–winning Apollo Theater debut and through her celebrated career as a vocalist.
The star of such Broadway shows as “Jelly’s Last Jam,” “Sophisticated Ladies” and “Blues in the Night,” Payne “recreates the spirit of Ella” with her renditions of “A Tisket, A-Tasket,” “Sweet Georgia Brown,” “It Don’t Mean A Thing” and “Mack the Knife,” as well as many other Fitzgerald classics.
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