Ledisi, the Glossary
Ledisi Anibade Young (born March 28, 1972), better known simply as Ledisi, is an American singer-songwriter, music producer, author, and actress.[1]
Table of Contents
179 relations: 'Round Midnight (song), A Very Wicked Halloween, Acid jazz, Adam Lambert, Adult R&B Songs, African Americans, Ain't No Way, American Soul, Americans for the Arts, Anita Baker, Antioch, California, Aretha Franklin, Artist-in-residence, Autumn Leaves (1945 song), B-Boy Blues, B.G.T.Y. Tour, BAM (magazine), Baptists, Barack Obama, Beach Blanket Babylon, Ben Allen (California politician), Berklee College of Music, Bertelsmann Music Group, BET, Bilal (American singer), Billboard (magazine), Billboard 200, Black AIDS Institute, Black Girls Rock!, Blues, BMG Rights Management, Broadway theatre, Cabaret, Cameo appearance, Carol's Daughter, Caroline, or Change, Catholic Church, Chaka Khan, Choir, Christmas music, Comedy film, Concert residency, Contemporary R&B, Curtis Mayfield, Delta Sigma Theta, Democratic National Convention, Deniece Williams, Detroit Health Department, Diana Ross, Dinah Washington, ... Expand index (129 more) »
- Bertelsmann Music Group artists
- Jazz musicians from Louisiana
'Round Midnight (song)
"Round Midnight" (sometimes titled "Round About Midnight") is a 1943 composition by American jazz pianist Thelonious Monk that quickly became a jazz standard and has been recorded by a wide variety of artists.
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A Very Wicked Halloween
A Very Wicked Halloween: Celebrating 15 Years on Broadway is a Halloween television special commemorating fifteen years since the premiere of the musical Wicked on Broadway.
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Acid jazz
Acid jazz (also known as club jazz, psychedelic jazz, or groove jazz) is a music genre that combines elements of funk, soul, and hip hop, as well as jazz and disco.
Adam Lambert
Adam Mitchel Lambert (born January 29, 1982) is an American singer.
Adult R&B Songs
The Adult R&B Songs chart (formerly called Adult R&B Airplay) is an airplay chart that is published weekly by ''Billboard'' magazine.
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African Americans
African Americans, also known as Black Americans or Afro-Americans, are an ethnic group consisting of Americans with partial or total ancestry from any of the Black racial groups of Africa.
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Ain't No Way
"Ain't No Way" is a song written by singer-songwriter Carolyn Franklin and sung by her elder sister Aretha Franklin as the B-side to her 1968 hit, "(Sweet Sweet Baby) Since You've Been Gone".
American Soul
American Soul is an American musical drama television series, created by Jonathan Prince and Devon Greggory, that premiered on February 5, 2019, on BET.
Americans for the Arts
Americans for the Arts is a nonprofit organization whose primary focus is advancing the arts in the United States with offices in Washington, D.C., and New York City, and more than 50 years of service.
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Anita Baker
Anita Denise Baker (born January 26, 1958) is an American singer-songwriter. Ledisi and Anita Baker are 20th-century African-American women singers, 21st-century African-American women singers, African-American women singer-songwriters, American ballad musicians and American contemporary R&B singers.
Antioch, California
Antioch is the third-largest city in Contra Costa County, California, United States.
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Aretha Franklin
Aretha Louise Franklin (March 25, 1942 – August 16, 2018) was an American singer, songwriter and pianist. Ledisi and Aretha Franklin are 20th-century African-American women singers, 21st-century African-American women singers, African-American actresses, American ballad musicians, American gospel singers and American mezzo-sopranos.
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Artist-in-residence
Artist-in-residence, or artist residencies, encompass a wide spectrum of artistic programs which involve a collaboration between artists and hosting organisations, institutions, or communities.
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Autumn Leaves (1945 song)
"Autumn Leaves" is a popular song based on a French song "Les Feuilles mortes" ("The Dead Leaves") composed by Joseph Kosma in 1945.
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B-Boy Blues
B-Boy Blues is a 2021 American comedy-drama film written and directed by Jussie Smollett (in his feature directorial debut) and based on James Earl Hardy's (who also co-wrote the script) 1994 book about the black LGBTQ+ community in New York.
B.G.T.Y. Tour
The B.G.T.Y. (Be Good to Yourself) Tour was the second headlining tour by American singer Ledisi, in support of her fifth studio Pieces of Me (2011).
BAM (magazine)
BAM (short for Bay Area Music) was a free bi-weekly music magazine founded and published by Dennis Erokan in the San Francisco Bay Area from January 1976 until June 1999.
Baptists
Baptists form a major branch of evangelicalism distinguished by baptizing only professing Christian believers (believer's baptism) and doing so by complete immersion.
Barack Obama
Barack Hussein Obama II (born August 4, 1961) is an American politician who served as the 44th president of the United States from 2009 to 2017.
Beach Blanket Babylon
Steve Silver's Beach Blanket Babylon was the world's longest-running musical revue.
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Ben Allen (California politician)
Benjamin J. "Ben" Allen (born March 13, 1978) is an American attorney and Democratic politician.
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Berklee College of Music
The Berklee College of Music is a private music college in Boston, Massachusetts.
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Bertelsmann Music Group
Bertelsmann Music Group (BMG) was a division of a German media company Bertelsmann before its completion of sale of the majority of its assets to Sony Corporation of America on 1 October 2008.
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BET
Black Entertainment Television (BET) is an American basic cable channel targeting Black American audiences.
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Bilal (American singer)
Bilal Sayeed Oliver (born August 23, 1979) is an American singer, songwriter, and record producer. Ledisi and Bilal (American singer) are American neo soul singers.
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Billboard (magazine)
Billboard (stylized in lowercase since 2013) is an American music and entertainment magazine published weekly by Penske Media Corporation.
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Billboard 200
The Billboard 200 is a record chart ranking the 200 most popular music albums and EPs in the United States.
Black AIDS Institute
The Black AIDS Institute (The Institute), formerly known as the African American AIDS Policy Training Institute, is a non-profit charitable organization founded in 1999 by Phill Wilson to promote awareness and prevent the spread of HIV and AIDS by targeting African American communities.
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Black Girls Rock!
BLACK GIRLS ROCK! is a company founded by executive producer, businesswoman, celebrity DJ, and former model Beverly Bond.
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Blues
Blues is a music genre and musical form that originated amongst African-Americans in the Deep South of the United States around the 1860s.
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BMG Rights Management
BMG Rights Management GmbH (also known simply as BMG) is an international music company based in Berlin, Germany.
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Broadway theatre
Broadway theatre,Although theater is generally the spelling for this common noun in the United States (see American and British English spelling differences), many of the extant or closed Broadway venues use or used the spelling Theatre as the proper noun in their names.
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Cabaret
Cabaret is a form of theatrical entertainment featuring music, song, dance, recitation, or drama.
Cameo appearance
A cameo appearance, also called a cameo role and often shortened to just cameo, is a brief guest appearance of a well-known person or character in a work of the performing arts.
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Carol's Daughter
Carol's Daughter is an American multi-cultural beauty brand headquartered in New York City.
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Caroline, or Change
Caroline, or Change is a musical with music by Jeanine Tesori and lyrics and book by Tony Kushner.
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Catholic Church
The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.28 to 1.39 billion baptized Catholics worldwide as of 2024.
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Chaka Khan
Yvette Marie Stevens (born March 23, 1953), better known by her stage name Chaka Khan, is an American singer. Ledisi and Chaka Khan are 20th-century African-American women singers, 21st-century African-American women singers, African-American women singer-songwriters, American jazz singers and American women jazz singers.
Choir
A choir (also known as a chorale or chorus) is a musical ensemble of singers.
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Christmas music
Christmas music comprises a variety of genres of music regularly performed or heard around the Christmas season.
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Comedy film
Comedy film is a film genre that emphasizes humor.
Concert residency
A concert residency (also known as musical residency or simply residency) is a series of concerts, similar to a concert tour, but only performed at one location.
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Contemporary R&B
Contemporary R&B (or simply R&B) is a popular music genre that combines rhythm and blues with elements of pop, soul, funk, hip hop, and electronic music.
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Curtis Mayfield
Curtis Lee Mayfield (June 3, 1942 – December 26, 1999) was an American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and record producer, and one of the most influential musicians behind soul and politically conscious African-American music.
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Delta Sigma Theta
Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. (ΔΣΘ) is a historically African American sorority.
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Democratic National Convention
The Democratic National Convention (DNC) is a series of presidential nominating conventions held every four years since 1832 by the United States Democratic Party.
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Deniece Williams
June Deniece Williams (née Chandler; born June 3, 1950) is an American singer. Ledisi and Deniece Williams are 20th-century African-American women singers, 21st-century African-American women singers and American gospel singers.
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Detroit Health Department
The Detroit Health Department has provided public health services, and has partnered with neighborhoods and community stakeholders, for over 100 years.
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Diana Ross
Diana Ross (born March 26, 1944) is an American singer and actress. Ledisi and Diana Ross are African-American actresses and American ballad musicians.
Dinah Washington
Dinah Washington (born Ruth Lee Jones; August 29, 1924 – December 14, 1963) was an American singer and pianist, one of the most popular black female recording artists of the 1950s. Ledisi and Dinah Washington are 20th-century African-American women singers, American ballad musicians, American gospel singers, American jazz singers and American women jazz singers.
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Dorothy Gale
Dorothy Gale is a fictional character created by the American author L. Frank Baum as the protagonist in many of his ''Oz'' novels.
DownBeat
(styled in all caps) is an American music magazine devoted to "jazz, blues and beyond", the last word indicating its expansion beyond the jazz realm which it covered exclusively in previous years.
Ella Fitzgerald
Ella Jane Fitzgerald (April 25, 1917June 15, 1996) was an American jazz singer, sometimes referred to as the "First Lady of Song", "Queen of Jazz", and "Lady Ella". Ledisi and Ella Fitzgerald are 20th-century African-American women singers, African-American actresses, African-American women singer-songwriters, American gospel singers, American jazz singers, American mezzo-sopranos, American women jazz singers and Verve Records artists.
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Essence (magazine)
Essence (stylized in all caps) is an American monthly lifestyle magazine covering fashion, beauty, entertainment, and culture.
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Feeling Orange but Sometimes Blue
Feeling Orange but Sometimes Blue is the second studio album by American singer-songwriter Ledisi.
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Film
A film (British English) also called a movie (American English), motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmosphere through the use of moving images.
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First Lady of the United States
First Lady of the United States (FLOTUS) is the title held by the hostess of the White House, usually the wife of the president of the United States, concurrent with the president's term in office.
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Fundraising for the 2012 United States presidential election
Fundraising plays a central role in many presidential campaigns, and is a key factor in determining the viability of candidates.
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Funk
Funk is a music genre that originated in African-American communities in the mid-1960s when musicians created a rhythmic, danceable new form of music through a mixture of various music genres that were popular among African-Americans in the mid-20th century.
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FX (TV channel)
FX (Fox eXtended) is an American pay television channel owned by FX Networks, LLC, a subsidiary of the Disney Entertainment business segment and division of The Walt Disney Company.
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Gershwin Prize
The Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song is an award given to a composer or performer for their lifetime contributions to popular music.
Gladys Knight
Gladys Maria Knight (born May 28, 1944), known as the "Empress of Soul", is an American singer. Ledisi and Gladys Knight are 20th-century African-American women singers, African-American actresses and American ballad musicians.
Good Life (Ledisi album)
Good Life is the eleventh studio album by American singer and songwriter Ledisi.
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Gospel music
Gospel music is a genre of Christian Music that spreads the word of God and a cornerstone of Christian media.
Grammy Award for Best New Artist
The Grammy Award for Best New Artist has been awarded since the 2nd Annual Grammy Awards in 1960, but was not presented in 1967.
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Grammy Award for Best R&B Album
The Grammy Award for Best R&B Album is an honor presented at the Grammy Awards, a ceremony that was established in 1958 and originally called the Gramophone Awards, to recording artists for quality works on albums in the R&B music genre.
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Grammy Award for Best R&B Performance
The Grammy Award for Best R&B Performance is an award presented at the Grammy Awards, a ceremony that was established in 1958 and originally called the Gramophone Awards.
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Grammy Award for Best Traditional R&B Performance
The Grammy Award for Best Traditional R&B Performance is an accolade presented at the Grammy Awards, a ceremony that was established in 1958 and originally named the Gramophone Awards, to performers of quality traditional R&B vocal performances.
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Grammy Awards
The Grammy Awards, stylized as GRAMMY, and often referred to as the Grammys, are awards presented by the Recording Academy of the United States to recognize outstanding achievements in the music industry.
Hallmark Channel
Hallmark Channel is an American cable television network owned by Hallmark Media, a subsidiary of Hallmark Cards.
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Herbie Hancock
Herbert Jeffrey Hancock (born April 12, 1940) is an American jazz musician, bandleader, and composer. Ledisi and Herbie Hancock are American jazz singers and Verve Records artists.
Highline Ballroom
The Highline Ballroom was a music venue and nightclub located at 431 West 16th Street in the neighborhood of Manhattan in New York City.
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HIV
The human immunodeficiency viruses (HIV) are two species of Lentivirus (a subgroup of retrovirus) that infect humans.
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Honorary degree
An honorary degree is an academic degree for which a university (or other degree-awarding institution) has waived all of the usual requirements.
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Hosea Williams
Hosea Lorenzo Williams (January 5, 1926 – November 16, 2000) was an American civil rights leader, activist, ordained minister, businessman, philanthropist, scientist, and politician.
Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs
The Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart ranks the most popular R&B and hip hop songs in the United States and is published weekly by Billboard.
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In a Sentimental Mood
"In a Sentimental Mood" is a jazz composition by Duke Ellington.
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Independent record label
An independent record label (or indie label) is a record label that operates without the funding or distribution of major record labels; they are a type of small- to medium-sized enterprise, or SME.
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Invisible Thread (musical)
Witness Uganda (previously titled Invisible Thread) is a musical with book, music, and lyrics by Matt Gould and Griffin Matthews.
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It's Christmas (Ledisi album)
It's Christmas is the Christmas album of singer, Ledisi.
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James Bevel
James Luther Bevel (October 19, 1936 – December 19, 2008) was an American minister and leader of the 1960s Civil Rights Movement in the United States.
Jazz
Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, Louisiana, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, with its roots in blues, ragtime, European harmony and African rhythmic rituals.
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Jerry Brown
Edmund Gerald Brown Jr. (born April 7, 1938) is an American lawyer, author, and politician who served as the 34th and 39th governor of California from 1975 to 1983 and 2011 to 2019.
John Legend
John Roger Stephens (born December 28, 1978), known professionally as John Legend, is an American singer, songwriter, pianist, record producer, and actor. Ledisi and John Legend are American contemporary R&B singers.
Johnny Ace
John Marshall Alexander Jr. (June 9, 1929 – December 25, 1954), known by the stage name Johnny Ace, was an American rhythm-and-blues singer.
Joni Mitchell
Roberta Joan "Joni" Mitchell (née Anderson; born November 7, 1943) is a Canadian-American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and painter.
Juneteenth
Juneteenth, officially Juneteenth National Independence Day, is a federal holiday in the United States.
Kem (singer)
Kim Lamont Owens (born July 23, 1967), better known by his stage name Kem, is an American R&B/soul singer-songwriter and producer. Ledisi and Kem (singer) are American ballad musicians and American neo soul singers.
Kirk Franklin
Kirk Dewayne Franklin (born January 26, 1970) is an American gospel singer, choir director, record producer and rapper.
Leatherheads
Leatherheads is a 2008 American sports comedy film from Universal Pictures directed by and starring George Clooney.
Ledisi and Anibade Live Recordings Vol. 1
Ledisi & Anibade Live Recordings Vol.
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Ledisi Sings Nina
Ledisi Sings Nina is the tenth studio album by American singer Ledisi.
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Ledisi: The Legend of Little Girl Blue
Ledisi: The Legend of Little Girl Blue was the first concert residency by American singer Ledisi.
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Leontyne Price
Mary Violet Leontyne Price (born February 10, 1927) is an American spinto soprano who was the first African American soprano to receive international acclaim. Ledisi and Leontyne Price are 20th-century African-American women singers.
Let Love Rule (Ledisi album)
Let Love Rule is the eighth studio album by American musician Ledisi.
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Let Love Rule Tour
Let Love Rule Tour was the sixth concert tour by American singer Ledisi, in support of her seventh album Let Love Rule (2017).
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Library of Congress
The Library of Congress (LOC) is a research library in Washington, D.C. that serves as the library and research service of the U.S. Congress and the de facto national library of the United States.
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Lost & Found (Ledisi album)
Lost & Found is the third studio album by American singer-songwriter Ledisi.
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Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra
The Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra (LPO) is an American orchestra based in New Orleans, Louisiana.
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Mahalia Jackson
Mahalia Jackson (born Mahala Jackson; October 26, 1911 – January 27, 1972) was an American gospel singer, widely considered one of the most influential vocalists of the 20th century. Ledisi and Mahalia Jackson are 20th-century African-American women singers and American gospel singers.
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Martin Luther King Jr.
Martin Luther King Jr. (born Michael King Jr.; January 15, 1929 – April 4, 1968) was an American Baptist minister, activist, and political philosopher who was one of the most prominent leaders in the civil rights movement from 1955 until his assassination in 1968.
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Michelle Obama
Michelle LaVaughn Robinson Obama (Robinson; born January 17, 1964) is an American attorney and author who served as the first lady of the United States from 2009 to 2017, being married to Barack Obama, the 44th president of the United States.
Music education and programs within the United States
Music education in the United States is implemented in many schools as a form of modern-day teaching.
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Neo soul
Neo soul (sometimes called progressive soul) is a genre of popular music.
New Orleans
New Orleans (commonly known as NOLA or the Big Easy among other nicknames) is a consolidated city-parish located along the Mississippi River in the southeastern region of the U.S. state of Louisiana.
Nina and Me Tour
The Nina and Me Tour was the seventh concert tour by American singer Ledisi.
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Nina Simone
Nina Simone (born Eunice Kathleen Waymon; February 21, 1933 – April 21, 2003) was an American singer, songwriter, pianist, composer, arranger and civil rights activist. Ledisi and Nina Simone are 20th-century African-American women singers, African-American Catholics, African-American women singer-songwriters, American jazz singers, American women jazz singers and Verve Records artists.
Oakland, California
Oakland is a city in the San Francisco Bay Area in the U.S. state of California.
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Off-Broadway
An off-Broadway theatre is any professional theatre venue in New York City with a seating capacity between 100 and 499, inclusive.
Once on This Island
Once on This Island is a coming-of-age one-act stage musical with a book and lyrics by Lynn Ahrens and music by Stephen Flaherty.
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Opera
Opera is a form of theatre in which music is a fundamental component and dramatic roles are taken by singers.
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Patsy Cline
Patsy Cline (born Virginia Patterson Hensley; September 8, 1932 – March 5, 1963) was an American singer from the state of Virginia.
Patti LaBelle
Patricia Louise Holte (born May 24, 1944), known professionally as Patti LaBelle, is an American R&B singer and actress. Ledisi and Patti LaBelle are 20th-century African-American women singers, 21st-century African-American women singers, African-American actresses, African-American women singer-songwriters, American ballad musicians and American gospel singers.
PBS
The Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) is an American public broadcaster and non-commercial, free-to-air television network based in Crystal City, Virginia.
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People (magazine)
People is an American weekly magazine that specializes in celebrity news and human-interest stories.
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Piano
The piano is a keyboard instrument that produces sound when its keys are depressed, through engagement of an action whose hammers strike strings.
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Pieces of Me (Ledisi album)
Pieces of Me is the sixth studio album by American singer-songwriter Ledisi.
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Pieces of Me Tour
The Pieces of Me Tour was the debut concert tour by American singer-songwriter Ledisi.
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Playbill
Playbill is an American monthly magazine for theatergoers.
Pledging My Love
"Pledging My Love" is a blues ballad.
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Pop music
Pop music is a genre of popular music that originated in its modern form during the mid-1950s in the United States and the United Kingdom.
Pose (TV series)
Pose (stylized as POSE) is an American drama television series about New York City's ball culture, an LGBTQ subculture in the African-American and Latino communities, throughout the 1980s and 1990s.
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President of the United States
The president of the United States (POTUS) is the head of state and head of government of the United States of America.
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Prince (musician)
Prince Rogers Nelson (June 7, 1958April 21, 2016) was an American singer, multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, record producer, and actor. Ledisi and Prince (musician) are American contemporary R&B singers.
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Remember Me: The Mahalia Jackson Story
Remember Me: The Mahalia Jackson Story is an American biographical musical drama film directed by Denise Dowse (in her directing debut as well as her only directing credit before her death in August 2022) and written by Ericka Nicole Malone.
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Reprise Theatre Company
The Reprise Theatre Company was a theater company founded by Marcia Seligson in 1997, in Los Angeles, California.
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River (Joni Mitchell song)
"River" is a song by Canadian singer songwriter Joni Mitchell, from her 1971 album Blue.
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Robert Glasper
Robert Andre Glasper (born April 6, 1978) is an American pianist, record producer, songwriter, and musical arranger.
Salamishah Tillet
Salamishah Margaret Tillet (born August 25, 1975) is an American scholar, writer, and feminist activist.
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San Francisco
San Francisco, officially the City and County of San Francisco, is a commercial, financial, and cultural center in Northern California.
San Francisco Bay Area
The San Francisco Bay Area, commonly known as the Bay Area, is a region of California surrounding and including the San Francisco Bay.
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San Jose Jazz Festival
The San José Jazz Summer Fest (originally known as the San Jose Jazz Festival) is an annual music festival organized by non-profit San Jose Jazz and held in downtown San Jose, California.
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Sarah Vaughan
Sarah Lois Vaughan (March 27, 1924 – April 3, 1990) was an American jazz singer and pianist. Ledisi and Sarah Vaughan are 20th-century African-American women singers, American jazz singers, American women jazz singers and Verve Records artists.
Scat singing
Originating in vocal jazz, scat singing or scatting is vocal improvisation with wordless vocables, nonsense syllables or without words at all.
Second inauguration of Barack Obama
The second inauguration of Barack Obama as the 44th president of the United States was the 57th inauguration, marking the commencement of his second and final term, with Joe Biden as vice president.
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Selma (film)
Selma is a 2014 historical drama film directed by Ava DuVernay and written by Paul Webb.
Selma (soundtrack)
Selma: Music from the Motion Picture is the soundtrack album accompanying the 2014 historical drama film of the same name directed by Ava DuVernay.
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Selma to Montgomery marches
The Selma to Montgomery marches were three protest marches, held in 1965, along the highway from Selma, Alabama, to the state capital of Montgomery.
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Skyline High School (Oakland, California)
Skyline High School (SHS) is a public high school in Oakland, California, United States.
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Soul music
Soul music is a popular music genre that originated in the African-American community throughout the United States in the late 1950s and early 1960s.
Soul Train Music Awards
The Soul Train Music Awards is an annual music awards show which previously aired in national broadcast syndication, and honors the best in African-American culture, music and entertainment.
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Soulsinger
Soulsinger is the debut album by the American singer-songwriter Ledisi.
South Lawn
The South Lawn at the White House in Washington, D.C., is directly south of the house and is bordered on the east by East Executive Drive and the Treasury Building, on the west by West Executive Drive and the Old Executive Office Building, and along its curved southern perimeter by South Executive Drive and a large circular public lawn called The Ellipse.
Spinning Gold
Spinning Gold is a 2023 American biographical drama film written and directed by Timothy Scott Bogart.
St. John's Episcopal Church, Lafayette Square
St.
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Stevie Wonder
Stevland Hardaway Morris (Judkins; born May 13, 1950), known professionally as Stevie Wonder, is an American singer-songwriter, musician, and record producer.
Suicide
Suicide is the act of intentionally causing one's own death.
Sweet Love (Anita Baker song)
"Sweet Love" is a song by American R&B singer and songwriter Anita Baker from her second studio album, Rapture (1986).
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Take My Hand, Precious Lord
"Take My Hand, Precious Lord" (a.k.a. "Precious Lord, Take My Hand") is a gospel song.
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Television
Television (TV) is a telecommunication medium for transmitting moving images and sound.
The Good Life Tour
The Good Life Tour was the twelfth concert tour by American singer Ledisi, in support of her eleventh studio album Good Life (2024).
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The Intimate Truth
The Intimate Truth is a live album by American singer Ledisi.
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The Intimate Truth Tour
The Intimate Truth Tour was the fourth concert tour by American singer Ledisi, in support of her live album The Intimate Truth (2015).
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The Life (musical)
The Life is a musical with a book by David Newman, Ira Gasman and Cy Coleman, music by Coleman, and lyrics by Gasman.
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The Man I Love (song)
"The Man I Love" is a popular standard with music by George Gershwin and lyrics by his brother Ira.
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The New York Times
The New York Times (NYT) is an American daily newspaper based in New York City.
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The Truth (Ledisi album)
The Truth is the seventh studio album by American singer-songwriter Ledisi.
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The Truth Tour
The Truth Tour was the third concert tour by American singer Ledisi, in support of her seventh album The Truth (2014).
The Wild Card
The Wild Card is the ninth studio album by American singer and songwriter Ledisi.
The Wild Card Tour
The Wild Card Tour was the eighth concert tour by American singer Ledisi, in support of her ninth studio album The Wild Card (2020).
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The Wiz
The Wiz: The Super Soul Musical "Wonderful Wizard of Oz" is a musical with music and lyrics by Charlie Smalls (and others) and book by William F. Brown.
The Wiz (film)
The Wiz is a 1978 American musical fantasy adventure film directed by Sidney Lumet.
Tommy Boy Records
Tommy Boy Records is an American independent record label and multimedia brand founded in 1981 by Tom Silverman.
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Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums
Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums is a music chart published weekly by Billboard magazine that ranks R&B and hip hop albums based on sales in the United States and is compiled by Luminate.
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Trouble in Mind (song)
"Trouble in Mind" is a vaudeville blues-style song written by jazz pianist Richard M. Jones.
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Turn Me Loose (Ledisi album)
Turn Me Loose is the fourth studio album by American singer Ledisi.
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University of California, Berkeley
The University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley, Berkeley, Cal, or California) is a public land-grant research university in Berkeley, California.
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Verve Forecast Records
Verve Forecast is a record label formed as a division of Verve Records to concentrate on pop, rock, and folk music.
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Verve Records
Verve Records is an active American record label owned by Universal Music Group (UMG).
Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly known as Washington or D.C., is the capital city and federal district of the United States.
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WDR Big Band
WDR Big Band is the big band of Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR) in Cologne, Germany.
White House
The White House is the official residence and workplace of the president of the United States.
Yoruba language
Yoruba (Yor. Èdè Yorùbá,; Ajami: عِدعِ يوْرُبا) is a language that is spoken in West Africa, primarily in Southwestern and Central Nigeria.
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2018 Soul Train Music Awards
The 2018 Soul Train Music Awards took place on November 17 at the Orleans Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.
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50th Annual Grammy Awards
The 50th Annual Grammy Awards took place at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, on February 10, 2008.
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52nd Annual Grammy Awards
The 52nd Annual Grammy Awards took place on January 31, 2010, at Staples Center in Los Angeles honoring the best in music for the recording year beginning October 1, 2008 through September 30, 2009.
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54th Annual Grammy Awards
The 54th Annual Grammy Awards were held on February 12, 2012, at the Staples Center in Los Angeles being broadcast on CBS honoring the best in music for the recording year beginning October 1, 2010 through September 30, 2011.
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60th Annual Grammy Awards
The 60th Annual Grammy Awards ceremony was held on January 28, 2018.
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63rd Annual Grammy Awards
The 63rd Annual Grammy Awards ceremony was held in and around the Los Angeles Convention Center in Los Angeles on March 14, 2021.
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See also
Bertelsmann Music Group artists
- 4 the Cause
- Adrian Smith (musician)
- Ai (singer)
- Aikakone
- Air Supply
- Alibi (duo)
- Alice Cohen
- Blue System
- Candy Dulfer
- Chain (band)
- Christine Milton
- Chyp-Notic
- Curtis Waters
- David Bowie
- Dead End (band)
- Five (group)
- Groove Armada
- HIM (Finnish band)
- Joy (Austrian band)
- K'naan
- Ledisi
- Lisa Ekdahl
- Luv'
- Metric (band)
- Moya Brennan
- Naughty by Nature
- Rainbow (rock band)
- Robert Miles
- Robson & Jerome
- Smith/Kotzen
- Sparks (band)
- Super Furry Animals
- Susana Félix
- The Supermen Lovers
- The Waterboys
- Vegas (duo)
- You Am I
Jazz musicians from Louisiana
- Barrie Lee Hall Jr.
- Big Boy Goudie
- Boogie Woogie Red
- Brian Blade
- Buddy Boudreaux
- Carl Fontana
- Dave Nelson (trumpeter)
- David Jones (jazz musician)
- David Lastie
- Doug Lawrence (jazz musician)
- Eddie Johnson (musician)
- Emanuel Paul
- Fred Anderson (musician)
- Garage A Trois
- Henderson Chambers
- Illinois Jacquet
- Isaiah Morgan
- John Beasley (musician)
- John Boudreaux
- John L. Nelson
- Johnny Hartman
- Kid Rena
- Ledisi
- Leon "Ndugu" Chancler
- Les Hooper
- Minor Hall
- Nellie Lutcher
- Ollie Shepard (blues pianist)
- Plas Johnson
- Polo Barnes
- Pony Poindexter
- Pops Foster
- Quiana Lynell
- Randy Jackson
- Ron Escheté
- Rustee Allen
- Sidney Arodin
- Slater Rhea
- Sonny Simmons
- Stanton Davis
- Teddy Grace
- Walter "Popee" Lastie
- Willie Cook
- Wooden Joe Nicholas
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ledisi
Also known as Anibade, Ledesi.
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