Tag: Too Marvelous for Words

Michael Feinstein: Ella on My Mind

| June 23, 2017 | 0 Comments
Michael Feinstein: Ella on My Mind

The program was enriched by three young, talented guest vocalists.

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Carol Woods: Ain’t We Got Fun: The Richard Whiting Songbook

| May 30, 2017 | 0 Comments
Carol Woods: Ain’t We Got Fun: The Richard Whiting Songbook

It’s all too marvelous for words.

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John Pizzarelli

| May 2, 2017 | 0 Comments
John Pizzarelli

He shows the intelligence to deliver the wit and essence in a lyric.

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Isn’t It Romantic?: A Salute to Adela and Larry Elow

| August 12, 2016 | 0 Comments
Isn’t It Romantic?: A Salute to Adela and Larry Elow

A well-produced evening that evoked laughter and a few tears.

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Michael Feinstein: Honoring Alan and Marilyn Bergman

| May 20, 2016 | 0 Comments
Michael Feinstein: Honoring Alan and Marilyn Bergman

Feinstein is vocally at his best on ballads.

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Carol Woods: Ain’t We Got Fun: The Richard Whiting Songbook

| May 14, 2016 | 0 Comments
Carol Woods: Ain’t We Got Fun: The Richard Whiting Songbook

It was apparent this undertaking was going to be a spectacular winner.

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Tappin’ Thru Life

| February 17, 2016 | 0 Comments
Tappin’ Thru Life

Tappin’ Thru Life is an entertaining, celebratory homage to a Golden Age of show business.

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Kurt Elling: Elling Swings Sinatra

| October 19, 2015 | 0 Comments
Kurt Elling: Elling Swings Sinatra

Kurt Elling uncovered the Frank Sinatra essence of communicating both sadness and elation without attempting to imitate Sinatra.

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Johnny Mercer

| April 23, 2015 | 0 Comments
Johnny Mercer

May 2009 JOHNNY MERCER Prolific and terrific, warm or witty, Johnny Mercer was, to employ one of his song titles, just “Too Marvelous for Words.” That 1937 song had music by Richard Whiting, father of Mercer protegee and friend and another of our Hall of Fame-rs, singer Margaret Whiting, now President of the music education-focused […]

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