Sunday, 4/19/2026, 8:30am - Like It Is

A portrait of the late, internationally acclaimed jazz musician, Ethel Ennis is the featured guest. Ennis spent most of her professional career in her hometown of Baltimore, Maryland, where she was affectionately known as the "First Lady of Jazz". She began performing as a church pianist at a very young age.

Embarking on a solo singing career, she recorded a number of songs for Atlantic Records before her album debut, Lullabies for Losers, was released by Jubilee Records in 1955. In 1957, she left Jubilee Records and moved to for a two-album contract, and released A Change of Scenery. Soon after the 1958 follow-up LP Have You Forgotten, Ennis took a six-year hiatus from recording, during which she toured Europe with Benny Goodman.