What I’m Listening to Tonight: Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong: The Complete Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong On Verve. While this is something that I have had for a while (late 90’s I think), I shouldn’t always have to talk about new music should I? ShuaibaJ told me that I need to type at least […]
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Bill Tapia: 1908-2011
I just heard the sad news that ukulele legend, Bill Tapia, passed away in December of 2011. Tapia played ukulele from the age of 7 until his death, in Westminster, CA, at 103 years old. As described by the San Francisco Chronicle: “Born in Hawaii to Portuguese parents, Tapia could recall playing “Stars and Stripes […]