Jazz vocalist Lorri Hafer performed the Wilder-McGlohon song "Blackberry Winter" on Thursday September 8th, in her St. Petersburg FL concert at the Palladium...
Fascinating five-part interview of Jackie Cain: http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/entity.php?id=11322 (You have to click one of the archive links at the bottom...
Speaking of New York cabaret performances (ref: recent post about Barbara Cook)... On Thursday evening, April 2, while in New York for the annual AW concert),...
From the Barbara Cook New York Times Review Stephen Holden April 15, 2009 Of the many cabaret performances of hers I have attended, Tuesday's opening night was...
Twenty-Fourth Annual Concert CELEBRATING THE LIFE AND MUSIC OF ALEC WILDER Saint Peter's Church, New York City Saturday, April 4, 2009 John Biderman, Honorary...
Hilary Kole performed tonight at Dizzy's Club Coca Cola at the Jazz at Lincoln Centre complex. The performance centered on her new (and I understand first...
Maude Maggart, the critically-acclaimed chanteuse - hailed as "bewitching" by The New York Times, "utterly enchanting" by the New York Post and "stunning"; by...
I just ran across this blog post by one Joe Sarno from February of '08 with a nice, brief tribute to AW and Marian McPartland's wonderful album of Wilder...
As a part of the "Music of the Americas" concert on March 19 at Lamar University, Robert Culbertson will play Wilder's Sonata for Horn and Piano, accompanied...
Subject: Wilder music in concert Daniel Katzen, faculty hornist at the University of Arizona performed the "Sonata No. 3 for Horn and Piano" by Alec Wilder on...
Yesterday, I inadvertently deleted a posting from someone before I had a chance to even read it or notice the sender. Could this person possibly re-post his...
The latest issue of the UK magazine "Crescendo & Jazz Music' has a piece about Alec Wilder in their 'Composers Corner' series by Bernard McAlinden. The 7000...
Included in his program at the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville, Sunday February 22, hornist Timothy Thompson will perform Alec Wilder's Sonata No. 3 for...
The annual Friends of Alec Wilder Newsletter went out in the mail this week. Those who are not on the Newsletter mailing list can read a web version at the...
The annual Alec Wilder Celebration at the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, NY is scheduled for Thursday, February 12, 8:00 PM in Kilbourn Hall. John...
Some Xmas-y Nostalgia Here's a couple of stories I didn't include in my earlier Nostalgia series because they're not directly about Alec. But they're...
A reissue of the 1960 Moodsville LP by the Frank Wess Quartet [Original Jazz Classics] features Wilder's "It's So Peaceful In The Country." Wess on flute is...
It's nice to be reminded. But this is not exactly new information, and interested parties should not spend too much time trying to locate this item in their...
The Phoenix Theatre for Children is getting into the holiday spirit with a production based on a half-century-old seasonal album by Bing Crosby. An Axe, an...
Re: The CD "Introducing Janis Mars" [JM] I especially like her uber-dramatic version of Winter of My Discontent (a song I never enjoyed before) by Alec Wilder...
I'll be singing a couple of Alec Wilder songs in my concert this Sunday at the Players Club. Lisa Daehlin Sunday November 16th at 3PM The Players 16 Grammercy...
A rare performance of some of Wilder's Octets will take place Tuesday, November 11th at the Louise Underwood Cultural Arts Center in Lubbock, Texas. It is part...
A note on this group must surely me made about the passing of Studs Terkel, an American treasure. In the 2005 CD produced and conducted by our own Bob Levy,...
I have always thought that "Trouble Is a Man" is a superior song, musically and lyrically, and should have become a standard. Somewhat surprisingly, at least...
(Media-Newswire.com) - Love will be in the air Thursday through Saturday ( Nov. 6-8 ) at West Virginia University when the WVU opera program presents "Opera...
This delightful soiree was a somewhat intimate gathering of discerning aficionados who nevertheless enjoyed Ruth's selections from the American popular...
In a message dated 10/1/2008 9:11:30 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, joelangjazz@... writes: It is nice that Ralph included "Blackberry Winter" on his new...
On the release of the debut CD album "Energy Fields" [Mighty Quinn] by the Ralph Lalama Quartet: Alec Wilder's lesser known "Blackberry Winter" serves to close...
