Whether she’s shimmying through a barrelhouse stomper, kicking up her heels honky-tonk style, or dragging her weary heart through a torchy juke joint number, Catherine Russell knows her way around a song. As the daughter of Louis Armstrong’s bandleader Luis Russell, she’s got quite the pedigree.
This performance is part of the Midsummer Night Swing, now in its 21st season, which heats up Damrosch Park with the rhythms that keep New York dancing.
Official Website: http://nycgovparks.org/sub_things_to_do/upcoming_events/events_search.php?cat_id[]=18838&cat_id[]=18837&c=2009-07-20&search=1&sm=AND&id=172103
Added by nycparks on July 20, 2009