WBAI-NYC Upcoming Program

WBAI-FM Upcoming Program

Everything Old is New Again

Sun, Oct 20, 2024 10:00 PM

MABEL MERCER, HANNAH GILL, JOYCE BREACH, KT SULLIVAN

This Week on Everything Old Is New Again we feature the music of Mabel Mercer

Some of the songs from her career that we will hear:

Once Upon A Time
Bart Howard’s Let Me Love You
The Riviera (Cy Coleman / Joseph McCarthy)
of course, Once In A Blue Moon
and Both Sides Now
And More!

We’ll Listen to Four Renditions of - Autumn Leaves

Music composed by Joseph Kosma with the original lyrics written by Jacques Prévert in French, and the English lyrics by Johnny Mercer with performances by

Jo Stafford
Edith Piaf
Betty Buckley
George Benson

Album Pick of the Week:

Hannah Gill - Spooky Jazz Vol. 2

Catch Hannah at Jazz at Cocktail Magique, Brooklyn, NY on October 27th at 7:30PM and with The Hot Toddies Jazz Band with Swing Dance at Glen Echo Park in Glen Echo, MD on November 9th at 2PM.

You Must Remember This
Previously Released Albums to Keep In Mind:

Joyce Breach - Remembering Mabel Mercer

This is the first of three volumes featuring Joyce with The Keith Ingham Trio celebrating Mabel Mercer released on the Audiophile Record Label.

I’ll chat with KT Sullivan about the closing night of this year’s 35th Annual New York Cabaret Convention at Rose Hall at Jazz At Lincoln Center with the theme “Everything Old Is New Again” on Thursday, October 24th, 2024. Produced by The Mabel Mercer Foundation.

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