Hoagy Carmichael News

The Mercer House. Photo / Savannah Conv.Visitors Bureau . Johnny Mercer is one of those song writers who wrote so many familiar lyrics, that people tend to say, "Wow, he wrote that, too?" He won Academy Awards for best song four times for writing the lyrics to the following songs: On The Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe in 1946 In the Cool, Cool, ...

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Jazz and swing-era music are two types of genres to be offered on Sunday, Nov. 8. Dr.

Would you like to learn something about jazz? On Monday, Oct. 19, Lloyd Kaplan, jazz musician and music educator, will present a program called "Three Pioneers of Jazz Guitar" at the Warwick Public Library at 7 p.m. He will discuss Eddie Lang, Charlie Christian and Django Reinhardt, all of whom exerted a profound influence on the development of ...

"Ball of Fire" "Petite Laitue" "Rockin' Chair" "I Want a Little Girl" "M & R Blues" September 25, 2009 - Trumpeter, composer and singer Roy "Little Jazz" Eldridge was one of the most exciting musicians to emerge from the Swing era.

Jazz Notes: Interviews Across the Generations Sanford Josephson Softcover; 208 pages ISBN: 0313357005 Praeger 2009 Jazz Notes is more than just a compilation of interviews with jazz greats.

Jeremy Siskind is a graduate of the Eastman School of Music and quickly attracting much attention.

Featuring the trombonist John Allred, who has just played at the Edinburgh and Nairn jazz festivals, this CD is a strange mix.

Featuring the trombonist John Allred, who has just played at the Edinburgh and Nairn jazz festivals, this CD is a strange mix.

Blue Note Records You don't need to be Austin Powers to enjoy Burt Bacharach . The composer is a primogeniture descendant of the geniuses who created the great American songbook-the Gershwins, Cole Porter , Hoagy Carmichael , Irving Berlin, and their contemporaries.

As always, the free concert is at 8 p.m. Thursday in Fremont Park, Fourth Avenue and Union Street.

The music of the big bands will fill the air at Fairbanks Park as the "Battle of the Big Bands II" returns Saturday.

"My Funny Valentine" "New Orleans" "My Romance" "Clarity" "Twilight World" "You and the Night and the Music" Marian McPartland's Piano Jazz , July 3, 2009 - Over the years, jazz vibraphonist Gary Burton has gained a reputation as a talent scout.

Everything from Shakespearean sonnets to Beatles classics will be performed during a Dales choir's exciting summer concert.

Duaine George, center, stars with Jade Chavis Watt, right, and Kay Garland in "Spotlight on Hoagy Carmichael" at Camelot Theatre in Talent.