Entertainment & Arts
Herb Jeffries frowned at his interior decorator.
March 3, 1985
“Blow, Gabriel, Blow” at the University of Judaism’s Gindi Auditorium on Saturday night was described as “the story of three immortal trumpet players”--Louis Armstrong, Ziggy Elman and Mannie Klein.
Jan. 8, 2001
Obituaries
Herb Jeffries, who sang with the Duke Ellington Orchestra during the Swing Era and made movie history in the 1930s as “The Bronze Buckaroo,” the silver screen’s first black singing cowboy, has died.
May 25, 2014
Music
If persuaded to select a single description, one definition, Herb Jeffries will call himself a balladeer.
Jan. 11, 1986
Jazz: The current swing-music craze has returned ex-singing cowboy Herb Jeffries to fronting big bands.
Oct. 2, 1998
Singers: Known as the Bronze Buckaroo of old westerns, the 84-year-old jazz musician will perform at Santa Clarita’s cowboy festival.
March 28, 1996
Movies
Herb Jeffries Starred in Black Musical Westerns 60 Years Ago, Beginning a Remarkable Show Business Life That’s Still Galloping Along
April 6, 2003
For the Record
Point Reyes: In the May 27 LATExtra section, an article about tensions between ranchers and park service managers at Point Reyes National Seashore misspelled the last name of rancher Jolynn McClelland as Clelland.
May 28, 2014
John Garfield’s suggestion that singer Herb Jeffries darken himself up wasn’t the only instance of color-consciousness in the production of “Jump for Joy” (“When the ‘A’ Train Hit L.A.,” by Emory Holmes II, April 25).
May 2, 1999
While the name might have been a bit misleading (fewer than a third of the 15-man Duke Ellington Alumni Orchestra were actually alums), the spirit of Duke, who died shortly after his 75th birthday in 1974, was enthusiastically brought to life under the direction of Herb Jeffries at the Palladium.
Aug. 1, 1990