Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Jazz & Popular Song series, now in its ninth consecutive season, returns with three concerts in April through June, led by Michael Feinstein—Caught Between the Moon and New York City: Songs of Peter Allen (April 10-11), Great American Crooners (May 15-16) and I Could Have Danced All Night: The Lerner & Loewe Songbook (June 5-6). Each concert features special guest vocalists and ensembles led by music director Tedd Firth.
The series kicks off April 10–11, honoring the original “Boy from Oz,” Australian song-and-dance man Peter Allen, whose hit songs were the soundtrack of a generation. Under the watchful eye of Executive Producer Liza Minnelli, who was married to Allen from 1967–1974, Feinstein and special guest vocalists Storm Large, Erich Bergen and Melissa Manchester will revisit such classics as “I Go to Rio,” “I Honestly Love You,” “Don’t Cry Out Loud,” and the Academy Award-winning theme song from Arthur, “Best That You Can Do.” These performances celebrate what would have been Allen’s 75th birthday.
On May 15–16, guest vocalist is Milton Suggs. The performance focuses on quintessential crooners Frank Sinatra, Tony Bennett and Bobby Darin, whose velvety voices and sentimental serenades made them superstars on stage and on screen. Classics like “I’ve Got You Under My Skin,” “Misty,” “I Only Have Eyes for You” and “Moon River” will be presented along with reminiscence and true stories about these legends.
For the final show of the season on June 5–6, Feinstein presents a tribute to Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe, a duo “virtually synonymous with the blockbuster Broadway musical.” With hits such as My Fair Lady, Camelot, Paint Your Wagon, and Gigi, Lerner and Loewe defined a glamorous era of Broadway and Hollywood musicals. Special guest vocalists are Tony-nominated Melissa Errico, John Lloyd Young and Liz Callaway.
Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Jazz & Popular Song series takes place in Rose Theater in Frederick P. Rose Hall, home of Jazz at Lincoln Center, located on Broadway at 60th Street in New York City. For additional information and to purchase tickets, visit jazz.org.
Leave a Reply