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Monthly Archives: November 2017

SWINGING WITH JON HENDRICKS – IN MEMORIAM (SOUND BLOG)

11/26/17

I think it starts with Barry Manilow, who included “Cloudburst” and “Avenue C”, both with Jon Hendricks’s lyrics, in the “Jump Shout Boogie Medley” on his 1977 “Live” album, which I listened to religiously as a child. I think the next thing was that my Dad had Lambert, Hendricks & Bavan Recorded Live at Basin Street East in his record collection and I found it one day in high school and started playing it constantly, obsessed with how the lyrics rode on these insanely twisty bebop solos, and loving the vocal harmonies. Three of my friends and I learned theRead More »

RESIDENCY SETLIST: TODRICK HALL AND KATHRYN GALLAGHER 11/11

11/14/17

When I did Elsie Fest last year, I couldn’t help noticing Todrick Hall, the only performer on the bill who had an actual entourage. I only knew Todrick from his wild and fantastic YouTube videos, but onstage he was a powerhouse performer who held an audience with extraordinary confidence and a surprisingly genuine presence. (We had actually met briefly once before, after one of my LA concerts with Shoshana.) When his set finished, I bumped into him backstage and he snapped a selfie with me and said, “We have got to work together. It’s gotta happen,” and then he struttedRead More »