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A Tribute to Bobby Short
Friday, May 17th, 2013
by Alix Cohen on Playing Around
“Let’s get this party started!” urges Billy Stritch launching into Bessie Smith’s “Gimme a Pigfoot” with decided brio, left foot on a piano pedal, right
Slender, Tender and Tall: An Evening with the
Fabulous Ms. Jo Thompson – Style and Sass
Saturday, March 23rd, 2013
by Alix Cohen on Playing Around
Sixty-six years after nineteen year-old Jo Thompson was discovered on Amateur night at the legendary Apollo Theater, she’s the featured late night performer at Cafe Carlyle.
Fododo-de-yacka saki- Fish Platters
Saturday, July 28th, 2012
by Alix Cohen on Shopping Around
I like oysters, lobsters too/I like my tasty butter fish, fooo/ When I come home late at night/ I get my favorite dish, fish… Hold
Judy Carmichael: Listening for Life—Jazz in a Hallowed Hall
Friday, June 15th, 2012
by Alix Cohen on Playing Around
The beautiful Steinway Hall, a two-story rotunda with high domed, hand painted ceiling, extensive marble appointments and portraits of legendary musical artists, was host on
Leading Cabaret Venue Celebrates Its Own
Sunday, December 11th, 2011
by Alix Cohen on Playing Around
Thursday night, December 8, one of the city’s leading, newly spiffed up cabaret venues threw its first annual Artist Appreciation Holiday Party honoring performers and
Woman Around Town: Introducing Emily Bergl
Tuesday, August 30th, 2011
by Alix Cohen on Woman Around Town
Sitting with Emily Bergl in the Oak Room Supper Club at The Algonquin Hotel where she’ll open September 30, I look around at the tables
Catherine Russell—A Red Hot Virtuoso
Thursday, May 12th, 2011
by Alix Cohen on Playing Around
Catherine Russell is a throwback to the era of iconic jazz. She’s strong and vulnerable, sophisticated and deep-fried, a hundred percent lady and a low
Janice Hall Stylishly Interprets Dietrich
Saturday, February 26th, 2011
by Alix Cohen on Playing Around
“People don’t think of Marlene Dietrich as a singer. I don’t think she did either.*” Janice Hall has no such issue. Operatically trained, the artiste’s
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