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24-Jun-2011
‘14 Years Ago’ – Alice Hall’s Birthday Celebrated…by Rob Howard |
| The Accordions Worldwide news for June 20th 1997 announced an event celebrating the birthday of the great jazz accordionist Alice Hall. Born in Belgium, Alice Hall (1917-99) was well known for her technique, improvisational skills and scatting while playing the accordion. She used to play pieces backwards just to amuse her audience. “Nobody can teach you how to play that kind of music you just have to feel it” says Louis Armstrong in her praise. JAZZ QUEEN ALICE HALL TO BE HONORED - CALIFORNIA, USA Contributed by Tom Collins Friends Of The Accordion, Los Angeles, California, will honor the Queen of Jazz Accordion, Alice Hall on the occasion of her 80th birthday, on June 29th. Special international guest artists will attend and perform including: Myron Floren, Nick Ariondo, Qin Hua of Beijing, China, Augustin Barchuk of Argentina, Tony Hartenstein on chromatic accordion, and FOTA's own Jonas Aras. The cost of US$25 per person includes dinner, wine, cake, and of course, a special concert tribute in honour of Alice Hall. She played with Nat King Cole, Duke Ellington, Benny Goodman, Benny Carter, Lena Horne, Dizzie Gillespie, Peggy Lee and Victor Borge. 1n 1995 she was president of the FOTA (friend of the accordion) association. |