WBAI-NYC Upcoming Program

WBAI-FM Upcoming Program

Everything Old is New Again

Sun, Nov 24, 2024 10:00 PM

JOHNNY MERCER, BILLY STRAYHORN & KANDER AND EBB

This Week on Everything Old Is New Again we feature the music of Johnny Mercer - Our Huckleberry Friend

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

Ac-cent-tchu-ate The Positive
Cole Porter’s Friendship in duet with Judy Garland
Two Of A Kind (Bobby Darin / Johnny Mercer)
of course, Moon River
and Blues In The Night, One For My Baby, I’m Old Fashioned
And more!

We’ll Listen to Four Renditions of: A Quiet Thing

Music by John Kander & lyrics by Fred Ebb for the 1965 Broadway Musical, Flora, The Red Menace with performances by

Liza Minnelli
Morgana King
Brent Barrett
Karen Mason

Catch Jim Caruso and Billy Stritch as they host – Sing Happy: The Lyrics of Fred Ebb on Monday, November 25 at 7PM at Birdland, NYC.Celebrating the 20th anniversary of the Fred Ebb Foundation.

Album Pick of the Week:

Tania Grubbs Quintet - The Sound Of Love

Catch Tania with her Cool Yule Holiday Concert at West Virginia Jazz Society on Saturday December 14th at 2PM in Weston, WV

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

An Evening With John Kander & Fred Ebb

Again Jim Caruso and Billy Stritch host – Sing Happy: The Lyrics of Fred Ebb on Monday, November 25 at 7PM at Birdland, NYC.

Celebrating the 20th anniversary of the Fred Ebb Foundation. Featuring songs from Cabaret, Chicago, and Kiss of the Spider Woman & More. With performances by Kate Baldwin, Heidi Blickenstaff, Klea Blackhurst, Gabrielle Stravelli, Joel Crump and Julia Murney

Celebrating Billy Strayhorn! We’ll broadcast the entire Live-On-Air, In-Studio Billy Strayhorn Concert from 1997 with my co-host Author/Lyricist David Hajdu and performances by Ralph Brande, Eric Comstock, Laurie Krauz, Barbara Lea & Karen Oberlin.

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