At this year’s Guinness Cork Jazz Festival, Stella Bass will tell the story of the greatest jazz singer of them all: Ella Fitzgerald.
Hailed by Jazziz magazine as “one of Ireland’s leading vocal jazz talents,” Stella has been interpreting the Great American Songbook for nearly 20 years. Her 2024 album Look for the Silver Lining was Grammy-longlisted.
For this programme of Ella’s signature songs as well as anecdotes and stories about her life – of course, Ella performed at Cork Jazz in 1980 – she’s joined by her powerhouse trio of Johnny Taylor (piano), Barry Donohue (double bass), and Dominic Mullan (drums). They’re fresh from a sold-out Stella Sings Ella show at Dublin’s National Concert Hall, so early booking is strongly advised.