Phyllis Litoff
Phyllis Litoff | |
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Born | New York City | December 3, 1938
Died | July 7, 2002 Highmount, New York | (aged 63)
Genres | jazz |
Occupation(s) | singer, impresario, artistic director |
Phyllis Weisbart Litoff (3 December 1938 – 7 July 2002) was an American singer, jazz impresario, and artistic director.[1] For many years she was the co-owner of Sweet Basil Jazz Club in Greenwich Village and was one of the founders of the Greenwich Village Jazz Festival. During the last nine years of her life, she was also the Artistic Director of the Belleayre Music Festival, where the main performing pavilion now bears her name.[2]
Biography
Born in
After the Litoffs sold the Sweet Basil Jazz Club in 1992, they volunteered to be the artistic directors of the fledgling Belleayre Music Festival and to expand the initially modest single concerts into an annual summer series. The festival became a prominent event with performances by some of the best-known names in music, ranging from jazz and pop to Broadway and classical.[1]
Phyllis Litoff died of brain cancer at her home in Highmount, New York on 7 July 2002, aged 63.[1][3]
Sources
- Jazz Times, Volume 36, Issues 1-5, 2006, p. 24
- O'Donnell, Paul, "Beyond the Boardroom with Stewart Kohl". The Plain Dealer, 5 April 2008
References
- ^ New York Times, "Phyllis Litoff, 63, Music Festival Director", 29 July 2002, p. B7.
- ^ Belleayremusic.org, "The Phyllis Litoff Pavilion"
- ^ a b Janas, Marci, "The Wellspring of Sweet Basil: Mel Litoff and Phyllis Weisbart Litoff", Oberlin Alumni Magazine, Vol. 103, No. 3, Winter 2005/2006
- ^ Wilson, John, "Sharon Freeman Back with Holiday Jazz Suite", New York Times, 23 December 1983
- New York Times, September 12, 1982
- ISBN 0-415-34700-9
- Billboard Magazine, 8 December 1984, p. 54