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Catherine Russell
Tuesday, April 30th, 2013
by Alix Cohen on Playing Around
Shake that Thang Catherine Russell commands with bright, open clarity and an arched brow. I’m gettin’ tired of telling you how to shake that thing.
Barbara Cook at 54Below
Thursday, April 25th, 2013
by Alix Cohen on Playing Around
“I was nervous about this show,” Barbara Cook confides. “I’m not singing any of the things people associate with me.” Ms. Cook, it seems “just
Ethel Waters—Blues, Broadway, And Jazz
Thursday, May 3rd, 2012
by Alix Cohen on Playing Around
Ethel Waters, the American blues, jazz, and gospel vocalist and actress, opened doors firmly shut before her. She rose from a nightmare childhood through the
Barbara Cook—Let’s Fall in Love
Thursday, April 19th, 2012
by Alix Cohen on Playing Around
The best cabaret artists offer a truly intimate experience. Eyes rest on you (gaze into your eyes?) sharing emotion as if intravenously. Bridging patter is
He Did What? Where? Gregory Charles Plays the Carlyle
Thursday, April 5th, 2012
by Alix Cohen on Playing Around
Gregory Charles, musician, singer, songwriter, actor, author, radio host, and concert organizer (whew!), is briefly ensconced at the otherwise sophisticated Café Carlyle with a self
Catherine Russell Resonates
Wednesday, April 4th, 2012
by Alix Cohen on Playing Around
The gifted Catherine Russell brought a little big band of ten musicians to The Allen Room Saturday night, featuring brass and reed artists whose musical
Tanya Holt—A Vocalist with Brio
Tuesday, December 13th, 2011
by Alix Cohen on Playing Around
Holiday lights had nothing on the rarely seen Tanya Holt on December 10 as she illuminated Urban Stages, helping to close their talent packed Winter
Midtown Jazz at Midday—A Find!
Saturday, July 2nd, 2011
by Alix Cohen on Playing Around
Founded by Edmond Anderson, a diehard jazz aficionado who wrote the lyrics for his friend, Duke Ellington’s 1941 hit, Flamingo, Midtown Jazz at Midday has
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