"Shiny Stockings" by the John Whitney Trio

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Title

"Shiny Stockings" by the John Whitney Trio

Alternative Title

"Shiny Stockings" by John Whitney Trio

Subject

Orlando (Fla.)
Music--United States
Jazz--United States

Description

An audio recording of "Shiny Stockings," composed by Frank Foster with lyrics by Ella Fitzgerald (1917-1996), and performed by the John Whitney Trio live on-air on WUCF-FM on January 4, 2000. John Whitney served as director of both orchestral studies and the University of Central Florida Jazz Lab band during his 20 years with the university. Whitney also led the UCF Jazz Lab band in invited performances at Montreux Jazz Festival in Switzerland and North Sea Jazz Festival in Holland. He established himself as a conductor, performer, composer, arranger, and teacher in both classical and jazz arenas, founding and directing the Southern Tier Symphony in Allegany, New York, in 2003, until his death in 2014. "Shiny Stockings" is a 1955 jazz standard written by Foster and Fitzgerald for the Count Basie Orchestra.

Creator

Foster, Frank
Fitzgerald, Ella

Source

Original 5-minute and 45-second audio recording: Foster, Frank, and Ella Fitzgerald. "Shiny Stockings," by the John Whitney Trio: WUCF-FM, Orlando, Florida, January 4, 2000.

Publisher

Date Created

2000-01-04

Date Copyrighted

2000-01-04

Date Issued

2000-01-04

Contributor

John Whitney Trio

Is Part Of

Jazz Collection, Central Florida Music History Collection, RICHES of Central Florida

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Multimedia software, such as QuickTime.

Format

audio/mp3

Extent

5.27 MB

Medium

5-minute and 45-second audio recording

Type

Sound

Coverage

WUCF-FM, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida
Southern Tier Symphony, Allegany, New York

Accrual Method

Donation

Mediator

History Teacher
Humanities Teacher
Music Teacher

Provenance

Originally created by Frank Foster and Ella Fitzgerald, performed by the John Whitney Trio, and published by WUCF-FM.

Rights Holder

Copyright to this resource is held by FFrank Foster and Ella Fitzgerald and is provided here by RICHES of Central Florida for educational purposes only.

Curator

Cravero, Geoffrey

Digital Collection

Source Repository

External Reference

"John Whitney - Music Director." Southern Tier Symphony. http://www.southerntiersymphony.org/John_Whitney_Biography.htm (accessed March 17, 2015).

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Citation

Foster, Frank and Fitzgerald, Ella, “"Shiny Stockings" by the John Whitney Trio,” RICHES, accessed November 21, 2024, https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka/items/show/4855.

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