Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. R&B legend, Detroit native and Grammy nominee Freda Payne is bringing jazz luminary Ella Fitzgerald back to life onstage at Meadow ...

Freda Payne is a Grammy-nominated artist and the singer behind the hit song “Band of Gold.” Now, the Detroit native is taking the stage for a musical about the life of jazz legend Ella Fitzgerald.

R&B legend, Detroit native and Grammy nominee Freda Payne is bringing jazz luminary Ella Fitzgerald back to life onstage at Meadow Brook Theatre’s “Ella, First Lady of Song,” opening this weekend at ...

If, like me, you never got a chance to see the great Ella Fitzgerald live, the next best opportunity awaits in Rochester at Meadow Brook Theatre. Conceived by Maurice Hines and written and directed by ...