Official website of Canadianborn jazz pianist and composer Tony Foster. The best place to keep up with news, upcoming performances, listen to great music, post on. BLACK CELEBRITIES WHO DIED WITH LITTLE OR NO FANFAREPART I RB duo Damian Dame pictured above consisted of Debra Jean Hurd aka Deah Dame, and Bruce Edward. The Jazz Cruise 2. The Greatest Jazz Festival At Sea Grammy Award winning producer and vocalist Steve Tyrell is the definition of a renaissance man. In his nearly five decades in the music business, he has achieved success as a singer, songwriter, producer, music supervisor, and most recently, radio host. His breakthrough performances in Father of the Bride and Father of the Bride II helped Tyrell reinvent and re popularize classic pop standards for a modern day audience. His hits, The Way You Look Tonight, The Simple Life, Crush On You, and The Sunny Side of The Street, have launched millions of romances and been played at thousands of weddings, including Chelsea Clintons. BVazQ90inNc/VEatQfEdf-I/AAAAAAAAHnw/FJDXNs876M0/s1600/The_Jazz_Singer_10.jpg' alt='Showtime Full The Jazz Singer Online Free' title='Showtime Full The Jazz Singer Online Free' />Steve has had the pleasure of singing for Heads of State, including Presidents Bush and Clinton, Prime Minister Tony Blair, President Santos of Columbia, and Archbishop Desmond Tutu. In 2. 01. 4, His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales invited Steve and his band for a command performance at Buckingham Palace. As for American royalty, the Sinatra family has long embraced Steve and his music. Together with Quincy Jones, they handpicked Steve to be the featured performer with the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra at their season opening concert in which Frank Sinatra was inducted into the Hollywood Bowl Hall of Fame. Bones Watch Series Cr. Varietys New York Womens Impact Report spotlights creatives and execs whove rocked industry in the past year. E Online Your source for entertainment news, celebrities, celeb news, and celebrity gossip. Check out the hottest fashion, photos, movies and TV showsAlso at the request of the Sinatra family, he reprised that performance at Carnegie Hall. This was one of the rare times the family has reached into the vault of original Sinatra arrangements to share them with another artist. As an artist, all 9 of his American Standards albums have achieved top 5 status on Billboards Jazz charts. His first album, A New Standard, was amongst the bestselling jazz albums for more than 5 years. Tyrells work in the studio as a record producer has included collaborations with such diverse and legendary artists as Rod Stewart, Diana Ross, Ray Charles, Linda Ronstadt, Aaron Neville, Bonnie Raitt, Blood Sweat and Tears, Mary J Blige, Chris Botti, Dave Koz, Dolly Parton, Smokey Robinson, Burt Bacharach, Bette Midler, and Stevie Wonder, among many others. He produced Woody Allens classic comedy album, Woody Allen Stand Up Comic, as well as an album with the late Andy Griffith, which won the Grammy in 1. Gospel Album of the Year. In 2. 00. 5, after the passing of the legendary Bobby Short, Steve was asked by New York Citys Cafe Carlyle to take over their revered holiday season of November and December, which Mr. Short had not missed for 3. In August 2. 01. 5, Tyrell added radio host to his long line of credits. Every Monday thru Friday, he can be heard on The Steve Tyrell Show on KJAZZ 8. Los Angeles and online at jazzandblues. What The Cast Of Little Rascals Looks Like Now. If you are a product of the 1. The Little Rascalswas a big part of your childhood experience. The film was adapted from Our Gang, a series of comedic short films originally created in the 1. The 1. 99. 4 feature film adaption is a classic childhood story which found success quickly with its themes of adventure and friendship. Made of an adorable cast of mostly four and five year old children, the film follows the members of the He Man Women Haters Club as try to navigate the conflict of Alfalfa, one of their own, falling in love with a girl who is an enemy species. These joke slinging toddlers have to solve their problems by any means necessary, including via a go cart race. Because the film holds a special place in many now adults hearts, it shouldnt be a surprise that audiences have always been curious about what the Rascals look like now and where they ended up. From U. S. presidents to singers to accountants, this cast has clearly gone through a few changes since their time on set. Because of public interest, most of the Rascals reunited in 2. The reunion included a photo shoot in which the adults tried on versions of their classic costumes and recreated the adorable posters from the film. If youre curious about where the Rascals ended up, heres a look at What The Cast Of The Little Rascals Looks Like Now. Blake Mc. Iver Ewing  Waldo. Growing up, theres a good chance you hated Blake Mc. Iver Ewings Waldo, the rich kid in town trying to steal Darla away from Alfalfa with a Nat King Cole dance number. Although his onscreen character was frustrating to watch, Ewing has created a long running career as an actor and singer songwriter in Los Angeles. Before playing Waldo in The Little Rascals, Ewing had parts in big shows like The Nanny, Home Improvement, and a recurring role as Derek on Full House. After the success of Rascals, Ewing was cast in projects like Tarzan, the Timon Pumbaa series, and The Little Mermaid 2 Return to the Sea. He also played Eugene Horowitz in both the TV show and movie Hey ArnoldIn addition to his acting career and impeccable bone structure, Ewing has cultivated a music career and released an album in 2. He also co wrote and performed a song for the end credits of the film End of the Spear called Along the River. Travis Tedford  Spanky. Travis Tedford played Spanky, who you might fondly remember as the president of the He Man Women Haters Club in a world before meninist trolls even existed. In 1. 99. 4, Tedford also became the first spokes kid for Welchs jams, jellies, and spreads, before going on to work as a child actor in a few other films, including A Bugs Life and Freaky Friday. In 1. 99. 9, he won a Young Artist Award for his role in Slappy and the Stinkers, which focuses on a group of children who decide to help free a sea lion from an aquarium. Tedford stopped acting in 2. Texas, where he got an associates degree from Trinity Valley Community College. In 2. 00. 7 TMZ found out that Tedford was working the overnight shift at Wal Mart, creating a story about the event. Most recently, Tedford was reportedly working as an inbound marketing specialist for a credit union. Brittany Ashton Holmes Darla. Brittany Ashton Holmes quickly became known for her Rascals role as Darla, the girl next door casually stealing the hearts of the neighborhood boys. Rascals was the child actress debut film, and she continued to star in films and TV series for the next couple years before she stopped acting in 1. Some of these parts included a guest starring role on Red Shoe Diaries, a steamy Showtime series, and another small part on the Ellen sitcom in 1. Holmes was also in two low budget horror TV movies, the similarly titled Inhumanoid and Humanoids from the Deep. After her acting career ended, Holmes pursued a degree in political science. According to her old My. Space page, she has no intentions of trying to revive a career in entertainment, saying, I was an actress when I was little and did this movie called The Little Rascals. Its, like, really embarrassing to watch and I dont want to act anymore. Jordan Warkol Froggy. Remembered well as the kid with the croaky voice, Jordan Warkol played the part of Froggy in The Little Rascals. When the film was cast, Warkol was a pretty established child actor with a good deal of film credits. Warkol did commercials for huge companies like Mc. Donalds, Dominos Pizza, and Flintstone Vitamins. In 2. 00. 6, Warkol quit acting, but not before he had completed small parts in shows like Baywatch, 7th Heaven, and The X Files. He also had a recurring role on Hey Arnold as Chocolate Boy. Warkol got a bachelors degree in business marketing from California State University, Northridge, and now lives in Los Angeles. He currently works as the director of business development for Toon Goggles, a company which provides fun and educational cartoons, games, and shows for young kids. Ross Bagley Buckwheat. Ross Bagley made his debut as Nicky Banks on. The Fresh Prince of Bel Air in 1. Buckwheat in The Little Rascals. After the films success, Bagley had a short but successful career as a child actor, and ended up working with Will Smith again in the massive film Independence Day as his stepson Dylan. After the 9. 0s, Bagley retired from acting only to return briefly in 2. Gnome Alone, a low budget campy, horror film which is about an bloodthirsty gnome that goes around slinging one liners and stabbing civilians. Watch Funny Games U.S. Dailymotion. Bagley also earned a bachelors degree from California State University Northridge and now works as a real estate agent in the Los Angeles Area for Keller Williams Realty, Inc. According to his Twitter bio, hes a die hard Lakers fan. Mary Kate and Ashley Olsen Twins 1 and 2. Although Mary Kate and Ashley Olsen played TV twins for the majority of their childhood careers, many people forget that these two also appeared in The Little Rascals. After being cast together as Michelle Tanner on Full House, the Olsens appeared in TV movies Double, Double Toil and Trouble and To Grandmothers House We Go before getting cast in The Little Rascals. After a long career of movies and TV series that were created to allow the pair of twins to have different adventures and storylines, the Olsens pretty much retired as a duo in the early 2. Mary Kate continued to find a few roles as Tara Lindman on Weeds and Kendra in the film Beastly. After their careers in entertainment, the Olsen twins have become savvy businesswomen, creating luxury fashion brands The Row, Elizabeth and James, as well as the less expensive fashion lines Olsenboye and Style. Mint. 9. Courland Mead Uh Huh. Before Courland Mead got the part as Uh Huh in The Little Rascals, he had already been in show business since the age of 3. Mead first broke into the big leagues with a recurring role on the well known soap opera The Young and the Restless. After the success of The Little Rascals, he went on to have a successful career as a child actor throughout the 9. Mead played several recurring parts on TV shows, such as NYPD Blue, Promised Land, and Kirk, Kirk Camerons spin off show. In the early 2. 00. Mead nabbed the title role of Lloyd Nebulon in Disneys show Lloyd in Space, and voiced Gus Griswald in Recess. After 2. 00. 4, Mead retired from his child acting career, only briefly returning to film to play a part in the 2. Mean Parents Suck. Mead now lives in San Diego, where he works as a tradeshow and event coordinator. Bug Hall Alfalfa. Playing the lovable Alfalfa was Bug Halls debut into acting, which earned him a shared Young Artist Award for Best Performance by a Youth Ensemble in a Motion Picture. Hall is one of the few rascals who continued to pursue acting for years after the 9. After The Little Rascals, Hall has played many supporting roles in major films and television series, including Hercules, Honey We Shrunk Ourselves and American Pie Presents The Book of Love in 2.