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Jazz Appreciation Month Recalls Sinatra the Activist

Saturday, April 7th, 2012
by Charlene Giannetti on Playing Around

The act of a single person—even through music—can influence history. The Smithsonian We remember Frank Sinatra as perhaps the greatest singer who ever lived. Overlooked

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Eddie Bruce At Feinstein’s—Keeping the Music Alive

Sunday, October 16th, 2011
by Alex DiBlasi on Playing Around

Eddie Bruce may hail from Philadelphia, but he seems right at home onstage in New York City. With a tight three-man combo behind him consisting

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Eddie Bruce’s “Feeling Good” at Feinstein’s

Tuesday, October 4th, 2011
by Alex DiBlasi on Playing Around

Philadelphia native and crooner extraordinaire Eddie Bruce will be making a grand return to New York City this weekend when he headlines at Feinstein’s at

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What Makes Me Tick: Marc Kudisch Plays—Marc Kudisch!

Thursday, July 21st, 2011
by Alix Cohen on Playing Around

Marc Kudisch will appear in Arlington, Virginia’s Signature Theatre’s Sizzlin’ Summer Cabaret on August 1 and 2. Something exceedingly rare happened at Feinstein’s Sunday night.

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Terese Genecco Swings in for Johnny Rodgers

Friday, July 15th, 2011
by Alix Cohen on Playing Around

When a performer is told by his doctor “you can’t sing—or even talk” hours before a gig, it’s a community miracle that pulls together a

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Johnny “Poppy Sunshine” Rodgers—BACK July 12!

Tuesday, July 5th, 2011
by Alix Cohen on Playing Around

Remember the first time you heard Carly Simon’s Anticipation, Billy Joel’s Summer, Highland Falls, James Taylor’s You’ve Got a Friend? That music, those performers, take

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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

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Swing Detonates on 51st Street

Friday, October 29th, 2010
by Alix Cohen on Playing Around

The diminutive powerhouse, Terese Genecco, and Her Little Big Band “kick it” from Broadway clear across the Hudson, creating the kind of big, brassy, expansive

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