[Dixielandjazz] Herb Jeffries

[Robert Ringwald]

This from the web site of the just concluded Sweet and Hot Festival in Los Angeles, Sept 3-6.

http://www.sweethot.org/featured_artists.html

Herb Jeffries
 - One concert shared with this nonagenarian and the listener is won over completely.
Herb's powerful baritone has all the strength and depth of a young man - maybe even
more so than in 1941 when he recorded "Flamingo" with the Duke Ellington Orchestra.
Herb has done more than most in the entertainment industry and in his more than six
decades of show business he has helped bring people of color into the film industry
with his portrayal of the "Bronze Buckaroo." He has owned and operated a night club
in Paris, appeared in television shows and has his star on Hollywood's Walk of Fame,
as well as the Sweet and Hot Walk of Fame. To put the frosting on this entertainment
icon, he happens to be a very nice man. We are gladly celebrating his 14th appearance
at the Sweet and Hot Music Festival.


--Bob Ringwald
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