David Alpern, JazzVoice.org member and former host of For Your Ears Only (previously Newsweek On Air) has been interviewing vocalists for many years. He wanted to share additional favorites with us!
MORE CABARET CONNECTIONS + STAGE & SCREEN
WEIMAR CREATES KABARETT
-- MARK NADLER, singer/pianist, on songs of outsiders, "I'm a Stranger Here Myself," 54 Below, NYC -- at 35:12
--KAREN KOHLER, singer/teacher/writer, on "Vienna to Weimar" with KT Sullivan, Stage 72, NYC -- at 35:10
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MABEL MERCER, the cabaret legend and her legacy, as continued by singer/actress KT SULLIVAN, new artistic director of the Mabel Merer Foundation --at 27:27
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CARLY SIMON, singer/songwriter, on Boomer Music -- at :24
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ERIC COMSTOCK, singer/pianist/music historian
-- on reviving the "Our Sinatra" tribute at Feinstein's/Loews Regency, NYC -- at 43:00
-- with BARBARA FASANO, on their music, marriage, and show at The Metropolitan Room, NYC, "The Night Has a Thousand Eyes,” The Metropolitan Room NYC, 35:22
-- on “Rat Pack Poet: Celebrating Sammy Cahn on his 100th Birthday," with BARBARA FASANO and JEFF HARNAR, the Triad, NYC -- at 35:36
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JEFF HARNAR, cabaret performer and director, on celebrating Rodgers & Hart at the 24th New York Cabaret Convention, and 30th anniversary show with pianist Alex Rybeck at Birdland, NYC -- at 35:09
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DONNA MURPHY, double Tony Award actress/singer, on the challenge of pain in Stephen Sondheim's "Passion" on Broadway -- at 34:45
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JOHNNY CASH, iconic singer/songwriter honored in the Country Music, Rock and Roll, and Gospel Music Halls of Fame
-- country music singer/songwriter ROSEANNE CASH, his daughter, on his "Walk the Line" biopic and "Black Cadillac," her family tribute CD -- at :24
--director JONATHAN HOLIFF on his prize-winning Cash documentary, “My Father and the Man in Black” -- at 27:25
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MELISSA ERRICO, Lucille Lortel Award actress/singer/writer
-- on her CD "Legrand Affair: The Songs of Michel Legrand," and working with him -- at 19:23
-- on sharing a musical director with Barbra Streisand, working with Marvin Hamlish, and her show at 54 Below, NYC - at 35:11
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MANDY PATINKIN, stage & screen (big & small) actor & singer, on his eponymous first solo album and concert series -- at 44:00
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LANI HALL, jazz singer and author ("Emotional Memoirs and Short Stories"), on performing with husband HERB ALPERT, trumpeter/singer/record producer/bandleader (The Tijuana Brass), Café Carlyle, NYC-- at 27:20
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CHRISTINE ANDREAS, double Tony Award actress/singer, on musical inspiration and her show "Be-mused," 54 Below supper club, NYC -- at 35:16
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KAREN OBERLIN, cabaret vocalist
-- on “The Wizards of Oz: Songs of Arlen and Harburg” at Café Carlyle, NYC; and Crazy Coqs Cabaret at Brasserie Zedel, London - at 35:28
-- on , “I’ll Be Hard to Handle,” songs of willful women, Feinstein’s/Loews Regency, NYC - at 27:39
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STEVE TYRELL, Grammy Award singer/music producer, on his career and the Clinton link to his latest CD and show, “I’ll Take Romance,” Cafe Carlyle, NYC -- at 35:29
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SUTTON FOSTER, double Tony Award actress and singer, on John Denver, Mel Brooks, and “An Evening With Sutton Foster," Café Carlyle,” NYC -- at 35:35
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LAURA BENANTI, Tony Award actress/singer, on stage vs. screen work and new CD, “In Constant Search of the Right Kind of Attention: Live at 54 BELOW” -- at 35:22.
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MAUDE MAGGART, cabaret/recording artist, on singing with FIONA APPLE, her sister; a PBS American Songbook special; her "Speaking of Dreams" CD; and new show at Café Carlyle, NYC -- at 35:12
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JENNIFER SHEEHAN, cabaret/concert artist, on singing in the Radio City Music Hall Christmas Show and celebrating The Songbook in debut at Café Carlyle, NYC -- 35:33
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