Tag: Bessie Smith
Oct. 16: Shawn Ryan
Shawn Ryan October 16 at 9:30 pm Don’t Tell Mama 343 W. 46th St., NYC 212.757.0788 Here’s what our own Steve Murray had to say about Shawn’s last show at Feinstein’s: Shawn Ryan is the master of the ridiculous, completely owning this subgenre of comic cabaret with his quick wit and charm. Opening with a […]
Oct. 2: Cecile McLorin Salvant
All the buzz surrounding new jazz sensation Cecile McLorin Salvant is more than justified.
Cecile McLorin Salvant
All the buzz surrounding new jazz sensation Cecile McLorin Salvant is more than justified
Sally Kellerman: A Little Jazz, A Little Blues, A Little Rock and Roll
Behind the unhurried approach is a master romantic balladeer and singer of the blues.
August 1: Sally Kellerman: A Little Jazz, A Little Blues,A Little Rock and Roll
A singer attuned to her craft and aware of herself.
Irving Berlin
November 2008 IRVING BERLIN If there ever was a person in the world of popular music who exemplified the American dream, it was Irving Berlin. Arriving on American shores with his Russian immigrant parents when he was four years old, and forced by the time he was ten years old to sell newspapers to help […]
Paula West: Tribute to Ethel Waters
I told a friend I was seeing a tribute to Ethel Waters and he said, “Who’s she?”
