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Songbook Sundays at
Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Dizzy’s Club hosted by Deborah
Grace Winer
continues November
20th with
Always Irving Berlin
featuring Debby Boone, Darius de Haas
and Anaïs Reno
New American Songbook program continues
Sunday, November 20th at 5 PM and 7:30 PM at Dizzy’s Club
(NEW YORK, NY: Songbook Sundays, created and hosted by
Deborah Grace Winer celebrating the American Songbook will
continue at Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Dizzy’s with ALWAYS
IRVING BERLIN on
Sunday, November 20th
at 5 PM and 7:30 PM at Dizzy’s Club. Always
Irving Berlin kicks
off the holiday season as November’s Jazz at Lincoln Center
American Songbook show at Dizzy’s Club, and is a swinging
celebration of the songs of America’s most legendary
songwriter. Starring Grammy award winner Debby Boone,
Broadway showstopper Darius de Haas and rising star Anaïs
Reno will also feature a multi-generational band of
all-stars. Hosted
and curated by leading American Songbook expert Deborah
Grace Winer, the set includes Berlin classics like, Cheek
to Cheek, There’s No Business Like Show Business, Let’s Face
the Music, Be Careful, It’s My Heart, Let Yourself Goand
more.
With great songs, a few stories, it’s an informal Dizzy’s
Club Sunday blowout, and a snazzy sail into the holiday
season. Music Director Joe Davidian is complemented by an
all-star rhythm section of Jay Leonhart on bass (Judy
Garland, Mel Torme, Frank Sinatra) and Jerome Jennings on
drums (Dee Dee Bridgewater, Count Basie Orchestra, Sonny
Rollins) with rising star Abdias Armenteros on tenor
saxophone (Wynton Marsalis, Jazz at Lincoln Center
Orchestra, New Jazz Underground).
Ms. Winer said:
“We’re thrilled that our new Songbook Sundays shows have
immediately become so wildly popular. The world now is such
a giant “Yikes”— bringing musicians, vocalists and audiences
together at Dizzy’s for the pure joy of it is a happy,
healing balm, and we couldn’t have imagined how much fun
we’d have making this new community. We’re so happy Songbook
Sundays will continue in 2023. It’ll be a blast.”
Winer will interweave breezy chat and stories about Irving
Berlin and the songs we will be hearing.
"Songbook Sundays” began on May 22nd of this year with “Got
Gershwin;” A Salute to Cole Porter (July 17th), Duke
Ellington (September 11th); concludes with Irving Berlin
(November 20th), and will continue with celebrating Rodgers
and Hart (February 5). All
shows are at 5pm and 7:30pm, and feature top vocal talent
from Broadway, cabaret and jazz, with a diverse mix of young
artists and veteran stars. Energy, fun, great
music—welcoming new Songbook Sundays audiences from all over
the world as well as a fresh new offering for JALC’s
home audience.
In the spirit of swing, the mission of Jazz at Lincoln
Center is to entertain, enrich and expand the global
community for jazz through performance, education and
advocacy. Dizzy’s Club offers live jazz performances with
panoramic views of the Manhattan skyline and Central Park.
To reach Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Frederick P. Rose Hall,
enter at Columbus Circle at 60th Street and
Broadway, take the Jazz elevators to the 5th floor
for Dizzy’s Club as well as The Rose Theater and The Appel
Room.
Tickets for Songbook Sundays are $35, with
student tickets available at $20. There
is a $21 food/drink minimum. https://2022.jazz.org/songbook-sunday-always-irving-berlin
BIOS:
Deborah Grace Winer (Curator, Host)
is a leading expert on the classic American Songbook, and
writer and creator of theatrical revues and concerts. Along
with previous projects with Jazz at Lincoln Center,
collaborations include Feinstein’s/54 Below, Birdland, and a
decade as Artistic Director of the 92Y’s Lyrics &
Lyricists™ concert series, presiding over 50 original shows
and steering the venerable series back to audience and
critical acclaim. She collaborates with top-tier artists
from Broadway and the music world, and works with leading
institutions. Author and dramatist, among her four books
is On the Sunny Side of the Street: The Life and Lyrics of
Dorothy Fields (Macmillan), recently named by the Wall
Street Journal one of the Five Best books on American
Songwriters. Her articles have appeared in The New York
Times, and her plays, off-Broadway and regionally. She has
been featured on PBS’ American Masters, and NPR’s “Fresh
Air” and “Morning Edition.”
Debby Boone (Vocalist) earned
instant fame in 1977 when You Light Up My Life became one of
the biggest songs in history, charting #1 on Billboard for
ten straight weeks and selling in excess of four million
albums. She received the Grammy for Best New Artist and has
since received an additional seven Grammy nominations,
winning two more. Debby has performed in many musical
theater productions and is also an author of 6 children’s
books. She continues to grow her reputation as a singer of
the Great American Songbook, building on her previous
release for Concord Records, Reflections of Rosemary. The
album is an intimate musical portrait of her late
mother-in-law, the legendary singer Rosemary Clooney, for
whom Debby had great love and respect. She has recorded 13
albums. Her most recent album is a tribute to Las Vegas in
the 60’s
called Swing This. She is currently performing music live
across the country.
Darius de Haas (Vocalist) is
an award-winning singer, actor and concert- and recording
artist. His Broadway credits include Shuffle
Along, Kiss of the Spider Woman, Rent, Carousel, Marie
Christine, The Gershwins’ Fascinating Rhythm; beyond
Broadway: Children of Eden, Running Man (Obie Award), Once
On This Island (1st National Tour), Saturn Returns(Public/NYSF), The
Bubbly Black Girl Sheds Her Chameleon Skin (Playwrights
Horizons), I Was Looking at The Ceiling And Then I Saw The
Sky, Cry The Beloved Country (Goodman Theater), Jesus
in Jesus Christ Superstar- Gospel (Alliance Theater), As You
Like It (Public/NYSF). TV/FILM: On The
Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, he’s the singing voice of Shy
Baldwin; Martin
& Orloff, Chicago, My
Favorite Broadway: The Love Songs, The
View, and numerous TODAY shows. He has toured throughout the
USA, Europe and Asia. His recordings include Day Dream:
Variations on Strayhorn, Quiet
Please (w/ Steven Blier), and many Original Cast recordings.
Anaïs Reno (Vocalist) A
favorite JALC young artist, Anaïs Reno has been singing
professionally since she was 10. She won the 2016 Forte
International Competition’s Platinum Award at Carnegie Hall,
the Mabel Mercer Foundation competition in 2019 and was
presented the Julie Wilson Award in Fall 2020. She’s worked
with stellar musicians such as Billy Stritch and Tedd Firth
and performed with the New York Philharmonic. Last year, she
released her debut album, Lovesome Thing: Anaïs Reno sings
Ellington and Strayhorn which quickly rose up on the jazz
charts. She is currently studying Jazz Composition at SUNY
Purchase College as an Ella Fitzgerald Scholar.
Joe Davidian (Music Director, Piano) jazz
pianist and arranger, Davidian has opened for Jane Monheit,
Dianne Reeves and Danilo Perez and backed a “who’s who” of
jazz artists. He’s appeared in numerous jazz festivals
including Festival Miami and Discover Jazz Festival, venues
such as Birdland, and tours nationally and internationally
with his trio. He has released three albums under his name.
Music/Cabaret Listings Info
SONGBOOK SUNDAYS, created and hosted by Deborah Grace Winer
celebrating the American Songbook, continues on Sunday, November
20th at 5 & 730 PM with Always
Irving Berlin at
Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Dizzy’s Club, 60th Street &
Broadway, NYC. The
all Duke Ellington evening features
Debby Boone, Darius de Haas and Anaïs Reno. Tickets $30/40
and $25 for students. There is a $21 food/drink minimum. Jazz.org/dizzys
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