Arts

Everything Old is New Again

Sun, Oct 20, 2024 22:00 PM

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Hosts: David Kenney
Topics:
  • Mabel Mercer, Hannah Gill, Joyce Breach, an interview with KT Sullivan, 4 reneditions of "Autumn Leaves" & New Sounds -
Synopsis:

This Week on Everything Old Is New Again we featured the music of Mabel Mercer

Some of the songs from her career that we heard:

  • Once Upon A Time
  • Bart Howard’s Let Me Love You
  • The Riviera (Cy Coleman / Joseph McCarthy)
  • of course, Once In A Blue Moon
  • and Both Sides Now
  • And More!

We Listened to Four Renditions of - Autumn Leaves

Music composed by Joseph Kosma with the original lyrics written by Jacques Prévert in French, and the English lyrics by Johnny Mercer with performances by

  • Jo Stafford
  • Edith Piaf
  • Betty Buckley
  • George Benson

Album Pick of the Week:

Hannah Gill - Spooky Jazz Vol. 2

Catch Hannah at Jazz at Cocktail Magique, Brooklyn, NY on October 27th at 7:30PM and with The Hot Toddies Jazz Band with Swing Dance at Glen Echo Park in Glen Echo, MD on November 9th at 2PM.

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Previously Released Albums to Keep In Mind:

Joyce Breach - Remembering Mabel Mercer

This is the first of three volumes featuring Joyce with The Keith Ingham Trio celebrating Mabel Mercer released on the Audiophile Record Label.

I’ll chat with KT Sullivan about the closing night of this year’s 35th Annual New York Cabaret Convention at Rose Hall at Jazz At Lincoln Center with the theme “Everything Old Is New Again” on Thursday, October 24th, 2024. Produced by The Mabel Mercer Foundation.

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