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Cabaret & Concert News Songbook Sundays Will Celebrate Work of George and Ira Gershwin With 2 NYC Concerts

Deborah Grace Winer will host Let's Call the Whole Thing Gershwin.

Nicholas King Christopher Boudewyns

Songbook Sundays, created and hosted by Deborah Grace Winer to celebrate the American Songbook, will continue at Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Dizzy’s Club December 21 with concerts spotlighting the work of George and Ira Gershwin.

Entitled Let’s Call the Whole Thing Gershwin, show times at the Manhattan venue are 5 PM and 7:30 PM.

The evening will feature the talents of Broadway and TV’s Linda Purl (The Office), jazz vocalist Nicolas King (Beauty and the Beast), and Imani Rousselle. The trio will be backed by a band led by musical director Ted Rosenthal that also includes Noriko Ueda on bass, Tim Horner on drums, and Erena Terakubo on alto saxophone.

Attendees can expect to hear such Gershwin classics as "I Got Rhythm," "Embraceable You," "Let's Call the Whole Thing Off," and more.

In a statement host Winer said, “We’re at the end of our fourth year of Songbook Sundays, and incredibly grateful to be celebrating the holiday season with the warm community of audience and performers who’ve made our Dizzy’s series a happy home. Our goal has always been to create a warm, safe place to gather together and celebrate the great music of the American Songbook—always a jazz party with joy and fun.”

Tickets are $55, with student tickets available at $25. There is a $21 food/drink minimum. 

Visit Jazz.org/dizzys.

 
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