Bloom/funkhouser Duo: Concert For Great Poets, Great American Songbook at Wilton Library

Hailed for "infectious brio" (The New York City Jazz Record) and called "a fine partnership, one that brings some serious spark to these tunes"(AllAboutJazz.com), the Bloom/Funkhouser Duo will perform in the beautiful Brubeck Room of the Wilton Library, celebrating Great Poets of the Great American Songbook. Audience volunteers will read the lyrics before each tune is played, and the musicians will respond with inventive musical interpretations – a fun and engaging way to experience the power of music and literature combined. A vibrant mix of up-tempo tunes and beguiling ballads will include such treasures as Sunny Side of the Street (lyrics by Dorothy Fields), It’s Only a Paper Moon (lyrics by Yip Harburg), Skylark (lyrics by Johnny Mercer), A Foggy Day in London Town (lyrics by Ira Gershwin), Georgia on My Mind (lyrics by Stuart Gorell), and Night and Day (music and lyrics by Cole Porter). Bloom and Funkhouser have been called "master musicians" (CultureJazz.Fr), "stirring and technically impressive" (AllAboutJazz.com), and praised for “jubilation in their swinging performances” (Textura Magazine, Ontario)....

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Hailed for "infectious brio" (The New York City Jazz Record) and called "a fine partnership, one that brings some serious spark to these tunes"(AllAboutJazz.com), the Bloom/Funkhouser Duo will perform in the beautiful Brubeck Room of the Wilton Library, celebrating Great Poets of the Great American Songbook. Audience volunteers will read the lyrics before each tune is played, and the musicians will respond with inventive musical interpretations – a fun and engaging way to experience the power of music and literature combined. A vibrant mix of up-tempo tunes and beguiling ballads will include such treasures as Sunny Side of the Street (lyrics by Dorothy Fields), It’s Only a Paper Moon (lyrics by Yip Harburg), Skylark (lyrics by Johnny Mercer), A Foggy Day in London Town (lyrics by Ira Gershwin), Georgia on My Mind (lyrics by Stuart Gorell), and Night and Day (music and lyrics by Cole Porter). Bloom and Funkhouser have been called "master musicians" (CultureJazz.Fr), "stirring and technically impressive" (AllAboutJazz.com), and praised for “jubilation in their swinging performances” (Textura Magazine, Ontario).

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