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Admas' wife, Margaret A. Young '27-'36, died in1978. He is survived by three daughters--M. EloiseAdams of Bethesda, Ma., Elaine Miller of Madison,Wis., and Barbara Thompson of Oak Park, III. Healso leaves behind seven grandchildren and twosisters, Mary Ella Adams and Lula Hage...
Among jazz divas, Billie Holiday had the pain, Ella Fitzgerald the purity, Sarah Vaughan the sass. And Lena Horne? She had the ice. With her cut-diamond beauty and panther smile, her drop-dead elegance and dry-martini voice, she was always dazzling while staying just out of reach...
...Dylan and classical music being played around the house. With this background, Wilson brings a lot of sophistication and insight to the songs she sings. Aware of her own musicianship, she says that the contributions of women jazz singers are not properly recognized. "People like Billie Holiday, Betty Carter, Ella Fitzgerald, have revolutionized not just vocalese but jazz itself," she says. "There is a tendency to gloss over what female singers bring to jazz...
...Best of the Songbooks," by Ella Fitzgerald. That song "Every Time We Say Goodbye" is very soothing...
...Some years the awards have gone to individuals for their lifetime achievements such as Lucille Ball and Ella Fitzgerald," says Pudding Publicity Manager Bonnie L. Graves '95. In other years the awards have gone to Hollywood's "rising stars, like Robin Williams," she said...