Memorial for Barbara Lea: The High Priestess of Popular Song A Concert Celebration of the life of Barbara Lea April 16, 2012 7 pm St. Peter's Church ...
Dear Friends: The recent April 15th NY city 27th Annual Alec Wilder concert was one of the very best as I'm so pleased to report. All the performances were...
The Twenty-Seventh annual concert celebrating the life and music of Alec Wilder was held in the acoustically impeccable (from the front of the church you can...
THIS THURSDAY: While We're Young: A Tribute to Alec Wilder featuring Kathleen Landis A talk (discussing Kathleen's career and Alec's book and body of work) is...
During my research for an upcoming book I found out about this recording on a bootleg LP called "The Songs of Alec Wilder" and, with the kind permission of the...
In a message dated 2/11/2012 3:09:34 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, robert.levy@... writes: Roger, what is the status of the music you play from for the...
Dear Friends: I'm very happy to announce the artists and program for the 27th Annual Alec Wilder celebration concert to be held on Sunday afternoon, April 15,...
Jazz singer and friend of Alec Wilder, Barbara Lea, has just released a new CD with the Loren Schoenberg Big Band. It's called BLACK BUTTERFLY and includes 2...
Dave Newhouse: Sinatra sings about Oakland High By Dave Newhouse Oakland Tribune columnist Posted: 08/28/2011 12:00:00 AM PDT William Engvick hasn't heard of...
I was interested to see that the (1974) Jackie & Roy album "A Wilder Alias" has been reissued (2011) on CD in the 'CTI Masterworks Series". The album is a...
I have not seen it mentioned here, but the Spanish record label LonehillJazz has released a CD combining two Bob Brookmeyer Quartet albums which had previously...
A delightful new CD by London-based pianist Barry Green and top UK bassist Dave Green has been released in the UK by Moletone records. The CD contains five...
I find it shocking that no one has made a good straight recording of these lovely children's songs. My wife and I sang these to our kids (twins) every night,...
The annual Alec Wilder Concert in New York City will be held on Saturday, April 4th at 3PM, St. Peter's Church, Lexington Ave. at 54th Street. Concert details...
Postscript to my Land of Oz posting: You will notice that one of the tracks, "The Wonderful Land of Oz," has quite a different character from the others—much...
A reminder that this year's annual Friends of Alec Wilder concert is at Christ and St. Stephen's Church, 120 W 69th St., New York, at 3 p.m. this Sunday, April...
Friends, On my radio program on Classical Minnesota Public Radio, a special guest today: pianist Laura Caviani. Laura is a very gifted jazz and classical...
My website www.alecwilder.org has been taken down. However, its contents (formerly accessible through the "Links" section of the Alec Wilder Group) have been...
It is warming to know that there are those who help us to remember how brightly Alec Wilder's light still shines. It saddens me that no new recordings of...
Members should be notified of the anniversary of Alec's death on December 24th 1980. Bernie Scheierman [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
We should note here the death of Martin Russ, whose mother Lavinia was a dear friend of Alec Wilder's and on whom Alec doted. His obituary in the New York...
Dear Ron, As a member of the Alec Wilder Group I'd like to offer my version of two Wilder compositions to the membership for comment. I realise that I'm...
... The letter was dated JUly 21, 1939 (SEEMS A LITTLE EARLY FOR I'LL BE AROUND). This young lady lived in Billerica, Massachusetts at the time. The...
An email from Bob Levy informs us of the death of Mitch Miller on Saturday at the age of 99. Our condolences go out to the family. The New York Times...
