AWARD: Soupy's On... at the Universtiy of the Arts in Philadelphia

Soupy Sales was presented with a medal and certificate for his “advancement and preservation of jazz” during "Brownie Speaks," a celebration of the legacy of Clifford Brown at The University of the Arts. Now in his early 80s, Sales was a huge jazz fan and regularly introduced greats like Count Basie, Dizzy Gillespie, Duke Ellington, Ella Fitzgerald and Charlie Parker to the stage of his 1950s Detroit-based “Soupy’s On” TV show. Sales hosted Brown on his show and a...

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