The Great American Songbook Live
Broadway by the Year Series: The Broadway Musicals of 1941-1965 @ Town Hall (New York, NY) Town Hall continues the 15th annual Broadway by the Year series. This Monday, March 30th will feature the Broadway Musicals of 1941-1965. Some may argue this period to be the “golden age” of Broadway and why blame them? This is when Rodgers and Hart, and subsequently Rodgers and Hammerstein, Lerner and Loewe, Loesser, Arlen, Harburg, Bernstein, Berlin, Porter and Sondheim were all writing! Judge this period for yourself Monday March 30th at 8:00pm. http://thetownhall.org/event/603-broadway-by-the-year-series-the-broadway-musicals-of-19411965
Michael Feinstein: The Gershwins & Me @ The Kravis Center (West Palm Beach, FL) Michael Feinstein and the fascinating rhythms of the Gershwins, who could ask for anything more? In the third installment of a three part series with the Kravis Center, Feinstein conducts The Kravis Center Pops Orchestra, honoring the music of George and Ira Gershwin. Monday March 30th at 8:00pm. http://www.kravis.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=performances.detail&performance_id=2028
Christian McBride Big Band @ Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola (New York, NY) Bassist-bandleader, Christian McBride and his Grammy award-winning Big Band will be performing all week long at Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola. The performances will highlight the band’s talented lineup and contain the sophisticated compositions of McBride. Performances on Tuesday, March 31st through Sunday, April 5th at 7:30pm and 9:30pm. http://www.jazz.org/dizzys/events/154780/Christian-McBride-Big-Band
The Lady with the Torch @ 54 Below (New York, NY) Broadway’s diva and two-time Tony award-winner, Pattie LuPone returns to 54 Below with her critically-acclaimed show The Lady with the Torch. LuPone’s performance features Broadway torch songs by composers and lyricists such as Arthur Schwartz, Howard Dietz, Jule Styne, Sammy Cahn, Harold Arlen, George and Ira Gershwin, and Cole Porter. Catch her Thursday, April 2nd through Tuesday, April 14th at 7:00pm (with one performance on Saturday, April 11th at 9:30pm). http://54below.com/artist/patti-lupone/
Great Performances – Annie Lennox: Nostalgia Live in Concert @ A Television set Near You (U.S.A.) Scottish singer-songwriter, Annie Lennox released an American Songbook album, Nostalgia, in September 2014. It was featured on the Jonathan Channel as album of the week over the new year. (http://www.wnyc.org/story/little-nostalgia-courtesy-annie-lennox/). In January, Lennox performed songs from this album at the Orpheum Theatre in Los Angeles. This 60 minute concert premieres on local PBS stations across the nation at 10:00pm this Friday, April 3rd. Check local listings and be sure to set your DVRs. http://www.pbs.org/gperf/
Max Raabe & Palast Orchester: A Night in Berlin @ Davies Symphony Hall (San Fransico, CA) Join Max Raabe and the 12-piece Palast Orchester as they recreate the Weimar Republic era 1920s and early 1930s Berlin, through music and style. Raabe performs 1920s German standards, Great American songbook classics as well as inventive interpretations of modern pop tunes. Presented by SF Jazz on Friday, April 3rd at 8:00pm. If you cannot make it to Berlin from San Francisco, this trip to Berlin is heading down the coast for a concert the next night at Royce Hall in Los Angeles at 8:00pm. http://www.sfjazz.org/events/2014-15/ap3/max-raabe and http://cap.ucla.edu/calendar/details/max_raabe_a_night_in_berlin
Portrait of a Lady: Billie Holiday at 100 @ Zeb’s (New York, NY) Mark your calendars for this coming Monday, April 6th for a night of Lady Day. Classical pianist, Lara Downes and writer and music critic, Will Friedwald, remember Billie Holiday through music and history on the eve of what would have been her 100th birthday. Downes, who recently released A Billie Holiday Songbook (featured as last week’s album of the week on The Jonathan Channelhttp://www.wnyc.org/story/billie-holiday-songbook/), will be performing Holiday’s signature standards. In addition, Friedwald will be sharing Billie’s story in a unique music video presentation called LADY DAY @100. The event begins at 6:30pm. http://www.laradownes.com/on-the-road/2015/4/6/zebs-sound-and-light-nyc-a-billie-holiday-songbook
