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Oregon Festival of American Music 2015: "potato Head Blues" at Oregon Festival of American Music at John G Shedd Institute for the Arts
Where
John G Shedd Institute for the Arts
Oregon Festival of American Music
868 High St
Eugene, OR
Map
(541) 434-7000
When
Sat, August 15, 2015
8:00 pm
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Musicians
Clairdee
vocalsByron Stripling
trumpetTed Rosenthal
pianoRod Fleeman
guitar, acousticDoug Miller
bassChuck Redd
vibraphoneAbout
Oregon Festival of American Music 2015's final evening concert features the extraordinary trumpeter and vocal stylist Byron Stripling, backed by the Festival's hot jazz unit and jazz vocalist Clairdee, in an evening of Louis Armstrong sides cut during the 1920s and early '30s. Special emphasis will be placed on the sides he recorded on the Okeh and Gennett labels in the late 1920s with his Hot Five and Hot Seven units, as well as work he did with his wife , Lil Hardin Armstrong, who was instrumental in the rise of his career.