Corky Hale, the renowned and critically acclaimed Jazz Pianist, Harpist and Vocalist, will return to the Big Apple for several performances in April 2011. Hale, who now makes her home in Los Angeles, with her husband, Grammy Award winning composer, Mike Stoller (a member of the creative team of the new Broadway musical, "The People In The Picture"), lived in New York from 1966 - 1989, during which time she also ran a restaurant called Corky's located in Manhattan from 1970 - 1974.
On Wednesday October 13th at 1pm in New York City Quinn Lemley with her boys Tedd Firt on piano, Karl Spicer on bass, and Tom Pollard on drums will play Sultry, Swingin' Standards at Midtown Jazz at midday, 1:00 PM. The concerts last for approximately one hour. A donation of $7.00 is requested. Concert produced by Ronny Whyte and Joan Uttal Anderson as Production Consultant. Created by the late Edmund Anderson in 1982, these jazz sessions feature artists in the Sanctuary of Saint Peters Church. Visit www.QuinnLemley.com for more information.
On Wednesday October 13th at 1pm in New York City Quinn Lemley with her boys Tedd Firt on piano, Karl Spicer on bass, and Tom Pollard on drums will play Sultry, Swingin' Standards at Midtown Jazz at midday, 1:00 PM. The concerts last for approximately one hour. A donation of $7.00 is requested. Concert produced by Ronny Whyte and Joan Uttal Anderson as Production Consultant. Created by the late Edmund Anderson in 1982, these jazz sessions feature artists in the Sanctuary of Saint Peters Church. Visit www.QuinnLemley.com for more information.
More than 20 of cabaret's brightest stars will be honored at the 25th Annual Bistro Awards which will take place on Tuesday, April 13 at Gotham Comedy Club. Legendary singer-dancer-actress Mitzi Gaynor, star of such films as South Pacific, Les Girls, Anything Goes, and a longtime headliner in Las Vegas and the nightclub circuit, making her first NY night club appearance in years in May at Feinstein's at Loews Regency, will be honored with the Bob Harrington Lifetime Achievement Award. Elaine Stritch, the uniquely sensational actress and singer and star of stage, film, and TV, will be recognized in the category of Extraordinary Cabaret Artist, noting her recent conquests of the cabaret stage.
More than 20 of cabaret's brightest stars will be honored at the 25th Annual Bistro Awards which will take place on Tuesday, April 13 at Gotham Comedy Club. Legendary singer-dancer-actress Mitzi Gaynor, star of such films as South Pacific, Les Girls, Anything Goes, and a longtime headliner in Las Vegas and the nightclub circuit, making her first NY night club appearance in years in May at Feinstein's at Loews Regency, will be honored with the Bob Harrington Lifetime Achievement Award. Elaine Stritch, the uniquely sensational actress and singer and star of stage, film, and TV, will be recognized in the category of Extraordinary Cabaret Artist, noting her recent conquests of the cabaret stage.
Though Julie Wilson was certainly not the first and by all means not the last great singer to have her heart stomped upon by Kurt Weill and Bertolt Brecht's 'Surabaya Johnny,' there is no one I can name more deserving to claim it as their signature song. (Okay, maybe Lotte Lenya, but you know that's a special case.) Though for many years now the 83-year-old beloved cabaret star has been singing songs less and less and speaking them more and more, there are few who can match her for painting vivid word pictures and bringing complex dramatic subtext to a lyric. With pianist Christopher Denny doing a marvelous job of softly supporting her many pauses and tempo changes, Wilson's crushing performance of Marc Blitzstein's translation, played to a pin-drop silent crowd on opening night of her new show at The Metropolitan Room, is an emotionally striking portrayal of a woman who can explode with anger at the mistreatment she endures from her faithless lover while moments later barely control a sob at the admission that she still loves him. Through the years I've seen Julie Wilson sing 'Surabaya Johnny' many times but her performance that night was the best I've ever seen or heard from anyone. (And as is typical of her modesty, she actually introduced the song by complimenting Donna Murphy's performance of it on Broadway in LoveMusik.) She follows it with a devilishly humored 'Mack the Knife' (also Blitzstein's translation) that builds so slowly and precisely that she goes through the entire song twice in order to hit the climax. I heard no complaints.
EVERYTHING OLD IS NEW AGAIN can be heard every Sunday 9-11 PM(ET) over WBAI 99.5 FM and on the Internet at: www.wbai.org. On Sunday, August 23rd, 2009 from 9:00PM-11:00PM on EVERYTHING OLD IS NEW AGAIN, we present 'You Can Go To The East, Go To The West,' Songs of Travel and More.
EVERYTHING OLD IS NEW AGAIN can be heard every Sunday 9-11 PM(ET) over WBAI 99.5 FM and on the Internet at: www.wbai.org. On Sunday, August 23rd, 2009 from 9:00PM-11:00PM on EVERYTHING OLD IS NEW AGAIN, we present 'You Can Go To The East, Go To The West,' Songs of Travel and More.
Everything Old Is New Again can be heard every Sunday 9-11 PM(ET) over WBAI 99.5 FM and on the Internet at www.wbai.org. TUNE IN! Sunday, July 12th, 2009 from 9:00PM to 11:00PM, Everything Old Is New Again presents 'Sing it with me, please!,' an all duets broadcast.
Everything Old Is New Again can be heard every Sunday 9-11 PM(ET) over WBAI 99.5 FM and on the Internet at www.wbai.org. TUNE IN! Sunday, July 12th, 2009 from 9:00PM to 11:00PM, Everything Old Is New Again presents 'Sing it with me, please!,' an all duets broadcast.
