Celebrate international acclaimed jazz musician Billy Strayhorn and international film star, dancer and choreographer Gene Kelly, together – two legendary Pittsburghers that changed the world and theater as a part of the annual Suite Life benefit concert

Billy Strayhorn and Gene Kelly

Saturday, November 28 at 7:00pm. This virtual concert will highlight music composed by Strayhorn, including big hits and rarely heard gems, along with the toe-tapping music performed and made famous by Gene Kelly.

The musical program will be arranged, directed, and performed by Poogie Bell (drums) alongside talented musicians and singers; Abby Gross (sax), Winston Bell (sax), Antonio Croes (keys), Tony DePaolis (bass), Kenny Stockard (vocalist), and Anqwenique Wingfield (vocalist).

Join at 6:00pm for a VIP live, pre-show conversation on Zoom led by KDKA-TV’s Lynne Hayes Freeland and featuring Strayhorn biographer David Hajdu, and Kelly’s wife and official biographer Patricia Ward Kelly.