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The Songs That Mabel Sang—A Birthday Anniversary Concert Celebrating Mabel Mercer
Monday, February 6th, 2012
by Alix Cohen on Playing Around
No one could put a song across like the great Mabel Mercer. The likes of Frank Sinatra, Lena Horne and Peggy Lee attributed her with teaching
Mark Nadler: Contemporary Vaudevillian and Happy Guy
Monday, September 26th, 2011
by Alix Cohen on Playing Around
Mark Nadler and I are the only diners in the otherwise closed second floor at Sardi’s this quiet, weekday afternoon. Greeting manager and waiters by
Jo Thompson, Still Swinging
Sunday, November 28th, 2010
by Alix Cohen on Playing Around
In 1947, nineteen year old Jo Thompson sang Slender, Tender and Tall on Amateur Night at the famed Apollo Theater in Harlem. She accompanied herself
Paula West—A Natural at Feinstein’s
Thursday, October 14th, 2010
by Alix Cohen on Playing Around
Go girl, seek happy nights to happy days. William Shakespeare Paula West plants herself on the stage with indisputable aplomb and six inch platform heels.
Tessa Souter—Soulful, Intimate Jazz
Sunday, July 18th, 2010
by Charlene Giannetti on Playing Around
For jazz lovers, it just doesn’t get any better than this—55 Christopher Street, a hole in the wall that appears to be stuck in a
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