Monthly Archives: July 2015
SETLIST: ST. LOUIS CABARET FESTIVAL, ST. LOUIS, MO. 7/23/15
7/25/15A real honor to be featured at this year’s St. Louis Cabaret Festival, alongside such amazing performers as the incredible Marilyn Maye and the truly magnificent Christine Ebersole. Not only were we all performing, but we also were part of the teaching faculty (along with some rather distinguished company like Faith Prince, Don Rebic, Alex Rybeck, Peisha McPhee and others), working with a group of remarkably gifted performers, all in the service of the Art of the Song, a thing in which I fervently believe. And to top it all off, what a gorgeous joint to do a gig –Read More »
JRB RESIDENCY SET LIST 7/6: VOSK, NAGER, ROSEN & THE CRK
7/7/15Musical fireworks last night at SubCulture, with an amazing group of musicians, all bringing exceptional new colors to my work and all of us pushing each other to new and sometimes really weird places. When Gary, Randy and I started playing trio shows together in 2002, those shows were heavily reliant on a lot of soloing and stretching out; we don’t usually do that kind of work anymore, but I thought last night would be a good time to go “back to basics”, so we revived our original arrangement of “She Cries” (you can hear us playing it in oneRead More »