Strictly for the Birds, an evening of song inspired by our feathered friends, will debut at Pangea, on Friday, July 27 at 7 PM. The show will be performed by jazz vocalist MJ Territo, accompanied by David Pearl at the piano and Paul Beaudry on bass. The show is dedicated to the 60th anniversary of the release of Carmen McRae’s 1958 album, Birds of a Feather, and will feature some of the same tunes McRae sang on that record date.
“I love to build an evening around songs that naturally enhance one another,” says Territo. “Birds have been an inspiration for so many of the composers of the Great American Songbook and beyond. To mention just a few, there is the Hoagy Carmichael/Johnny Mercer classic, ‘Skylark;’ Dave and Iola Brubeck’s ‘Strange Meadowlark.’ Cole Porter’s ‘Let’s Do It’ has an entire verse dedicated to birds. And how could I leave out Lennon and McCartney’s ‘Blackbird?’”
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Pangea is located at 178 Second Ave, NYC (Between 11th & 12th Sts), 212-995-0900
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