(5 out of 5 stars) What a great line up of songs grace this latest release from Diane Schuur and the legendary Maynard Ferguson.songs from Cole Porter, Johnny Mercer, Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers, Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne, Billy Strayhorn, Harold Arlen and Victor Young.the list goes on.great standards from a never to be forgotten big band era. The arrangements are top notch.just listen to JUST ONE OF THOSE THINGS , moves you. DEEP PURPLE , over sleepy garden walls, great lyrics. I FALL IN LOVE TOO EASILY , touching rendition by Schuur. JUST FRIENDS , remember Ella and Satchmo s recording, and Schuur with Ferguson give this a wonderful fresh approach.Hats off to ~ Phil Ramone (producers), Glen Barros & John Burk (executive producers) and Concord, who always puts quality first into each release.great CD, need this one for your ever growing collection of GREAT JAZZ! You might try other Concord releases, all worthy of a good listen ~ Friends For Schuur (CCD-4898-2). These Cats Can
Tickets Now On Sale For SIDE BY SIDE BY SONDHEIM at Hill Country Community Theatre
This dazzling array of some of Sondheim s best-known songs demonstrates his masterful craft and astounding creativity.by BWW News Desk
The Hill Country Community Theatre will present Side By Side By Sondheim.
This musical revue celebrates the wit and genius of musical theatre s most influential artist, Stephan Sondheim. Side By Side By Sondheim is a Tony-Award-winning show that features songs from Company, A Little Night Music, Follies, not to mention the classics written with musical theatre giants Leonard Bernstein, Jule Styne, and Richard Rodgers.
This dazzling array of some of Sondheim s best-known songs demonstrates his masterful craft and astounding creativity.
Jeff Lunden is a freelance arts reporter and producer whose stories have been heard on NPR s
Morning Edition,
Weekend Edition, as well as on other public radio programs.
Lunden contributed several segments to the Peabody Award-winning series The NPR 100, and was producer of the NPR Music series Discoveries at Walt Disney Concert Hall, hosted by Renee Montagne. He has produced more than a dozen documentaries on musical theater and Tin Pan Alley for NPR most recently
Other documentaries have profiled George and Ira Gershwin, Stephen Sondheim, Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein, Lorenz Hart, Harold Arlen and Jule Styne. Lunden has won several awards, including the Gold Medal from the New York Festival International Radio Broadcasting Awards and a CPB Award.
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