World Stage Stories

     Produced by Jeffrey Winston & Chet Hanley

  

 

§       May 20                       Roy McCurdy

 



     First-call drummer Roy McCurdy not only sips from the Fountain of Youth --- he has bathed in it.   Since the early 60’s, Roy has stoked the fire for Cannonball Adderley, Art Farmer, Benny Golson, Milt Jackson, Bud Powell, Wes Montgomery, James Moody, Kenny Drew and Bobby Timmons, among others.   Roy’s sensitive brushwork has also accompanied celebrated divas such as Nancy Wilson, Betty Carter, Ernestine Anderson, Sarah Vaughan and Ella Fitzgerald.

 

 

§       June 3                       Billy Childs

               

                  Both a brilliant pianist and composer, Billy’ phone rings often.  The USC    

            graduate has toured and performed with Freddie Hubbard, Branford Marsalis,

            Eddie Daniels, Bobby Hutcherson, Oscar Brown, Jr. and Allan Holdsworth.  Billy  

            also led Night Flight, a group that featured vocalist Dianne Reeves.  In 1988, Childs

            began to record a series of four sessions as a leader for the Windham Hill label.            

            Six years later, Mr. Childs penned a commissioned concerto for the Monterey Jazz

            Festival.  

              

 

§       June 10                     Fayard Nicholas

 

             When it comes to sheer athleticism, the legendary Nicholas Brothers set the

standard for tap.  Their dazzling footwork is well-documented in film classics such as Stormy Weather, Chattanooga Choo-Choo, The Pirate and Carolina Blues.  Their stellar careers spanned Vaudeville, stage, theater, film and television.  The Nicholas Brothers appeared with Cab Calloway, Duke Ellington, Jimmie Lunceford, Lucky Millinder and Eubie Blake.  The eldest and surviving brother, 90-year-old Fayard, is still as witty and dapper as ever.  

 

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