Mosaic Youth Theatre of Detroit down the house." - NBC Today Show The joint will be jumpin’ as the Mosaic Singers take us to the heart of 1930’s Harlem – The Cotton Club. The performance will feature jazz standards made famous by the greatest entertainers of the era, Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong, Billie Holiday and Nat King Cole. With a live jazz combo and swinging dance moves, The Mosaic Singers will work their magic in a performance guaranteed to get audiences on their feet. Mosaic Youth Theatre of Detroit Mosaic Youth Theatre of Detroit is a youth development 501(c)(3) non-profit organization in Detroit, Michigan with
Porgy and Bess (Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong album) album is considered the most musically successful amongst the jazz vocal versions of the opera and was released to coincide with the 1959 movie version. The arranger on this album, Russell Garcia, had previously arranged the first jazz vocal recording of the album, 1956's "The Complete Porgy and Bess". The AllMusic review of the album claimed "What's really great about the Ella and Louis version is Ella, who handles each aria with disarming delicacy, clarion intensity, or usually a blend of both... Pops sounds like he really savored each duet, and his trumpet work – not a whole lot of