George Caldwell as Pianist, Conductor
Theater Broadway: Black and Blue, Play On!, others (conductor); Bring in 'Da Noise..., The Full Monty, others (musician); European tours: Black and Blue (musical director), Body and Soul (associate conductor); regional: Thunder Knocking on the Door, Golden Boy, Cookin' at the Cookery (musical director). Concerts Toured the world with the premier jazz orchestras, including three years with the Duke Ellington orchestra and seven years with the Count Basie orchestra, winning a Grammy Award with the Basie orchestra. Film Rolling in Dough (composer/arranger). Recordings Include a great variety, from Broadway cast albums to Jazzin' with Tito Puente

Harold Dixon (official website) as Norman Granz
Guthrie Eight shows, including Becket (with Peter Goetz and Ken Welsh), Oedipus the King and The Government Inspector (Michael Langham, director), I, Said the Fly (with June Havoc), Juno and the Paycock (Tomas MacAnna, director), The Merchant of Venice (with Mark Lamos and Blair Brown). Theater Off-Broadway: 92nd St. Y, Theatre Row; Regional: Ella at 12 theaters, including Hartford Stage, Cincinnati Playhouse, Arena Stage and Arizona Theatre Company; other shows: Gloucester Stage Company; Phoenix Theatre; Shakespeare Sedona. Film/Television Half Laughing, The Back of Beyond, "Rescue 911," "The Highwayman," "Enola Gay." Teaching Retiring as Distinguished Professor in the School of Theatre Arts, University of Arizona. Education University of Minnesota

Tina Fabrique (official website) as Ella Fitzgerald
Theater Broadway: How to Succeed..., Bring in 'Da Noise..., Ragtime, Dessa Rose, Truly Blessed, The Gospel at Colonus; national tours: The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, Once on This Island, The Wiz, Bubbling Brown Sugar, South Pacific; Off-Broadway: City Center Encores: 70, Girls, 70!; Apollo Theater: Harlem Song; Jewish Rep: Angel Levine; Ella: numerous venues around the country since its 2005 premiere at Hartford TheaterWorks; Arena Stage; Hartford Stage; Westport Playhouse; Cleveland Play House: The Glass Menagerie; Alliance Theatre; Actors Theatre of Louisville. Television "Law and Order: SVU," "Law and Order: C.I." Concerts Duke Ellington orchestra, Harlem Gospel Singers: soloist. Awards Kevin Kline, Carbonell, Acclaim awards; Helen Hayes Award nomination

Rodney Harper as Percussionist
Theater Ella: numerous venues around the country since the fall of 2007; first national tour: Ain't Misbehavin'; European tours: Ain't Misbehavin', Bubbling Brown Sugar, Blackbirds of Broadway; with Ella bandmates George Caldwell and Cliff Kellem he formed the rhythm section for Cookin' at the Cookery, about the life and music of the legendary Alberta Hunter. Concerts Has accompanied jazz and rhythm and blues greats including Billy Eckstein, Della Reese, Marlena Shaw, Dakota Station, Jimmy McGriff, Hank Crawford, Richard "Groove" Holmes, Charles Earland and saxophone giant Sonny Stitt; has toured with The Impressions and The Dells

Ron Haynes as Trumpet Player, Louis Armstrong
Guthrie Eight shows, including Becket (with Peter Goetz and Ken Welsh), Oedipus the King and The Government Inspector (Michael Langham, director), I, Said the Fly (with June Havoc), Juno and the Paycock (Tomas MacAnna, director), The Merchant of Venice (with Mark Lamos and Blair Brown). Theater Off-Broadway: 92nd St. Y, Theatre Row; Regional: Ella at 12 theaters, including Hartford Stage, Cincinnati Playhouse, Arena Stage and Arizona Theatre Company; other shows: Gloucester Stage Company; Phoenix Theatre; Shakespeare Sedona. Film/Television Half Laughing, The Back of Beyond, "Rescue 911," "The Highwayman," "Enola Gay." Teaching Retiring as Distinguished Professor in the School of Theatre Arts, University of Arizona. Education University of Minnesota

Clifton Kellem as Bass Player
Theater Ella: numerous venues around the country since 2006; Jacques Brel is Alive and Well..., Billie Holiday Story, Dinah Was, Cookin' at the Cookery. Concerts Performed with many Philadelphia jazz artists and at several Atlantic City casinos with George Benson, Diahann Carroll, Buddy Greco, Vic Damone, Shirley Bassey, Petula Clark, Suzanne Somers, Jerry Lewis, Milton Berle and many others; South American tours with Billy Paul and fusion group Musiqology. Recordings Include a great variety with more than 15 artists. Teaching West Catholic High School, Philadelphia; private lessons to Cheyney University students. Education Temple University, studied bass with Philadelphia Orchestra bassists Ed Arien and Henry Scott

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