Susanna Bartilla Sings The Life And Songs Of Miss Peggy Lee at Kunstfabrik Schlot

Duke Ellington called Peggy Lee "the Queen" and to Tony Bennett she was the female counterpart to Frank Sinatra.
In a career spanning over 60 years she received dozens of gold records, was nominated 12 times for a Grammy and twice for an Oscar and is an inspiration and role model to many modern vocalists. As the first real singer-songwriter she wrote over 150 songs including Mañana, It’s A Good Day or Johnny Guitar, that were recorded by Nina Simone, Ella Fitzgerald or Sarah Vaughan among others. On May 6th, Susanna Bartilla will be performing her Peggy-Lee-Story, "The Life and Songs of Miss Peggy Lee," an audiovisual tribute with many private pictures, videos and Musik from the family vault....

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Duke Ellington called Peggy Lee "the Queen" and to Tony Bennett she was the female counterpart to Frank Sinatra.
In a career spanning over 60 years she received dozens of gold records, was nominated 12 times for a Grammy and twice for an Oscar and is an inspiration and role model to many modern vocalists. As the first real singer-songwriter she wrote over 150 songs including Mañana, It’s A Good Day or Johnny Guitar, that were recorded by Nina Simone, Ella Fitzgerald or Sarah Vaughan among others. On May 6th, Susanna Bartilla will be performing her Peggy-Lee-Story, "The Life and Songs of Miss Peggy Lee," an audiovisual tribute with many private pictures, videos and Musik from the family vault.

Bruce Lindsay, All About Jazz:

"It's a fitting tribute with excellent song selection, superb delivery …a pure, bright, voice with a distinctive vibrato, which gives a fascinating dynamic to her interpretations of these Songbook classics… a more blues-tinged feel, an earthier sensuality…a late-night atmosphere for the torch song tales Bartilla tells.

I Love Lee has the endorsement of Peggy Lee's granddaughter, Holly Foster Wells. It's pleasing to see such an acknowledgement of Bartilla's work, a formal recognition of her respect for Lee's legacy and the quality of her tribute."

Holly Foster Wells, Vice-President of Peggy Lee Associate
"What a lovely tribute Susanna has paid to my grandmother, Peggy Lee. I think my grandmother would be so proud to see that the music she recorded and wrote so many decades ago continues to move and inspire people today.
I am touched that Susanna has honored my grandmother's legacy by putting her talented, unique spin on some of her favorite Peggy Lee songs."

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