WILL FRIEDWALD
Mr. Friedwald writes about music and popular culture for The New York Sun and…
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Julio Iglesias Jr. Charms the Crowds at the Carlyle
Iglesias, who is constantly smiling, laughing, and chatting with the audience — even inviting us to sing with him — is the embodiment of ease on stage.
Pianist Orrin Evans Proves To Be a Most Generous Bandleader
His modern, large-scale jazz ensemble performs fresh arrangements of jazz standards, occasional originals, and blues while supporting an all-star line-up of soloists and singers.
Singer Veronica Swift Calls Her Latest Project Trans-Genre Music, and It’s a Perfect Label
‘Veronica Swift’ is glam rock, grand opera, and modern jazz all at once. The singer is something of a post-nuclear vaudevillian on steroids, being in constant, kinetic motion.
As Cabaret Season Kicks Off, the Spirit of the Legendary Mabel Mercer Is in the Air
Singer Phillip Officer just performed an excellent tribute to Mercer at Birdland, while KT Sullivan is heading up the annual Mabel Mercer Foundation ‘cabaret convention’ next month.
Long Associated With Stephen Sondheim, Maria Friedman Cements the Relationship With ‘Legacy’
It was Sondheim himself who put together Friedman’s first one-woman show at the Cafe Carlyle 20 years ago, and now she both begins and ends her latest offering with his songs.
With One of the Best Openers in Memory, Jazz at Lincoln Center Launches Its 20th Season at Rose Hall
Loren Schoenberg serves as musical director and host for a program that steadfastly refuses to round up the usual suspects from the swing era.
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