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The Howard University music major and jazz vocalist pays homage to the legendary 1957 recording project, Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Duke Ellington Songbook, in which Miss Fitzgerald recorded a dozen Billy Strayhorn compositions. The band includes Cyrus Chestnut, piano, Elijah Balbed, saxophones, Eliot Seppa, bass, and Abinnet Berhanu, drums. Presented in collaboration with East River Jazz. You can join us in person or visit us online at There, we broadcast each night's performances LIVE as well as make over 2,500 past performances available in our video archives. For more information about Imani-Grace Cooper, please visit
