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
Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong collaborations a host of instrumentalists from the Jazz At The Philharmonic troupe. The idea of entire duet album came about from Verve's Norman Granz who had the idea to pair Fitzgerald and Armstrong. Granz also persuaded Armstrong to forsake his own trad jazz group and embrace the modern sound of Oscar Peterson and composers such as Porter and Berlin. Fitzgerald allowed Louis to choose the keys in which to sing the repertoire and together they recorded the first of three albums, "Ella and Louis". "Ella and Louis" found Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong accompanied by the Oscar Peterson Quartet. The studio