So You Want to Sing Cabaret
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Chapter 2 Chapters 4-7 Chapters 8-11 Chapters 13-14
Chapters 15-16 Chapters 18-19 Chapters 20-23 Chapters 24-25
Book Video (presented at the 2020 NATS Virtual Conference)
Foreword by Lorna Luft
Special Acknowledgment to Julie Wilson
- Julie Wilson Biography
- Julie Wilson: “Don’t Ask a Lady” (Cy Coleman/Carolyn Leigh)
- Julie Wilson: “I’m Gonna Live Till I Die” (Mann Curtis/Walter Kent/Al Hoffman)
Chapter 1 – A Brief History of Cabaret (Erv Raible)
Musical Examples:
- Duke Ellington: “Satin Doll” (Duke Ellington & Billy Strayhorn/Johnny Mercer)
- Fats Waller: “Ain’t Misbehavin’/Stormy Weather” (Razaf/Waller/Brooks and Arlen/Koehler)
- Mabel Mercer: “I’m Watching You” (Cy Coleman/Carolyn Leigh)
- Dorothy Loudon: “Fifty Percent” (Billy Goldenberg/Alan & Marilyn Bergman)
- Bette Midler: “From a Distance” (Julie Gold)
- Barry Manilow (extended live performance)
- Pearl Bailey “Bill Bailey, Won’t You Please Come Home?” (Hughie Cannon)
- Sylvia Syms: “As Long as I Live” (Harold Arlen/Ted Koehler)
- Nancy Lamott: “Secret o’ Life” (James Taylor)
- Sharon McNight: “Bacon” (Mary Liz McNamara)
- Baby Jane Dexter: “Everybody Hurts” (REM)
- Miss Coco Peru: “Show Me Your Pride” (Miss Coco Peru)
- Craig Carnelia: “Joe” (Craig Carnelia)
- Jason Robert Brown: “She Cries” (Jason Robert Brown)
- Andrea Marcovicci: “Two for the Road (Henry Mancini)
- Ann Hampton Callaway: “How High the Moon” (Morgan Lewis/Nancy Hamilton)
- Margaret Whiting: “Moonlight in Vermont” (Karl Suessdorf/John Blackburn)
Other Links:
- About the Überbrettl
- Josephine Baker Biography
- Ada “Bricktop” Smith Biography
- Elsie de Wolfe Biography
- Billy Holiday Biography
- Erv Raible Obituary
- Nancy LaMott Obituary
- Richard Rodney Bennett Obituary
- Carol Hall: The Final Interview
Chapter 2 – From Bounty to Bust to Blossom (Roy Sander)
Musical Examples:
- Sarah Vaughn (extended live performance)
- Kaye Ballard on The Merv Griffin Show in 1980
- Bobby Short (extended live performance and interview)
- Doris Day: “Day by Day” (Axel Stordahl & Paul Weston/Sammy Cahn)
- Barbra Streisand: The Best of Barbra Streisand
- Randy Newman: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert
- Joni Mitchell: “Big Yellow Taxi” (Joni Mitchell)
- Jimmy Webb: “Didn’t We” (Jimmy Webb)
- Marcia: Lewis: “Mama’s Good to You" (John Kander/Fred Ebb)
- Annie Ross: “Twisted” (Annie Ross/Wardell Gray)
- Blossom Dearie: “I’m Hip” (Bob Dorough/Dave Frischberg)
- Peter Allen: “The More I See You” (Harry Warren/Mark Gordon)
- Marta Sanders: “I’m Still Here” (Stephen Sondheim)
- Bernadette Peters: “Not a Day Goes By” (Stephen Sondheim)
- Barbara Lea: “Skylark” (Hoagy Carmichael/Johnny Mercer)
- Ronny Whyte Performs Live at Midtown Jazz Gala
Articles, Interviews, and Documentaries:
- Roy Sander’s Commentary (MAC)
- Reno Sweeney Salutes Its Past
- A Conversation with Betty Comden and Adolph Green
- Dixie Carter Opens Café Carlyle’s Fiftieth Season: September 14, 2004
- André De Shields Receives the 2019 Project1VOICE Lifetime Achievement Award
- Maltby and Shire Chase a Pre-Broadway Waterfall
- Joan Rivers: Fifty Years of Funny
- Claiborne Cary: Behind the Scenes Profile
- A Portrait of Madeline Kahn
- The Very Best of Chita Rivera
- Interview with Ruth Buzzi
- Interview with Daryl Sherman
Biographies and Obituaries:
- Jane Froman Biography
- Randy Newman Biography
- Stephen Sondheim Biography
- Jule Styne Biography
- Laurie Beechman Obituary
- William Roy Obituary
- Jan Wallman Obituary
Articles by Roy Sander:
- Centered-Focused-Artistic
- The Changing Face of Cabaret
- Common Mistakes
- A Few Basics
- Getting It Right
- It’s Not about You
- Medleys and Other Matters
- On Directors
- Shooting Oneself in the Foot
Chapter 4 – Critically Speaking: Roy Sander
Chapter 5 – The Mayor of NY Cabaret: Sidney Myer
- Sidney Myer: Nurturer, Evangelist, Iconoclastic Talent
- Music/Noted in Brief; Sidney Myer, Satire, and Songs in Cabaret
- Sidney Myer Performs at the 2014 MAC Awards
- Sidney Myer Performs at the Metropolitan Room in 2010
- Sue Matsuki: Thirty-Three Years at Don’t Tell Mama
Chapter 6 – The Great American Songbook: Michael Feinstein
- Michael Feinstein: The Ambassador of the Great American Songbook
- The Great American Songbook Foundation
- Michael Feinstein Celebrates the Great American Songbook
- Michael Feinstein’s American Songbook (PBS)
- Michael Feinstein Sings a Broadway Medley at 54 Below
- Michael Feinstein Performs on PBS’s The Sinatra Legacy
Chapter 7 – The Singer-Songwriter in Cabaret: Ann Hampton Callaway
- Ann Hampton Callaway Biography
- Ann Hampton Callaway: “Over the Rainbow” (Harold Arlen/Yip Harburg)
- Ann Hampton Callaway: “Someone to Watch over Me” (George Gershwin/Ira Gershwin)
- Ann Hampton Callaway Celebrates the Struggles of Romance in On My Way to You
Chapter 8 – On “Legit” Singing: Dawn Derow
- The Cathedral in Siena
- Michael Strauss at the Boston Conservatory
- The Tracy Singing Acting Studio
- Beloved Faculty Member Retires, and Honors Her Mentor’s Legacy
- Dawn Derow Singing “Miss Byrd”
- Dawn Derow’s “Legit Montage”
Chapter 9 – Finding Your Authentic Voice
- Frank Sinatra: “Fly Me to the Moon” (Bart Howard)
- Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong: Ella and Louis
- How Ella Fitzgerald Turned Forgotten Lyrics into One of Her Best Performances Ever
- Brian Stokes Mitchell: “The Impossible Dream” (Mitch Leigh/Joe Darion)
- Luciano Pavarotti: “Nessun dorma” (Giacomo Puccini/Giuseppe Adami & Renato Simoni)
- Jordan Donica: “On the Street Where You Live” (Frederick Loewe/Alan Jay Lerner)
- Nat King Cole: “On the Street Where You Live” (Frederick Loewe/Alan Jay Lerner)
- Eileen Farrell: Isolde’s Liebestod (Richard Wagner)
- Eileen Farrell: “Fly Me to the Moon” (Bart Howard)
Other Links:
- So You Want to Sing CCM
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Chapter 10 – Singing and Voice Science (Scott McCoy)
- Your Voice: An Inside View
- National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS)
- National Center for Voice and Speech (NCVS)
- The Voice Foundation (TVF)
Chapter 11 – Vocal Health for Singers (Wendy LeBorgne)
Chapter 13 – Lyric Connection
Chapter 14 – Using Audio Enhancement Technology (Matthew Edwards)
Equipment Manufacturers:
Recommended Equipment:
- SM58 Microphone (with on/off switch)
- Behringer Eurolive B212XL
- TC-Helicon Voice Live Play Vocal Effects Processor
- 10-Foot XLR Cable
Comparisons of Singers (on and off mic):
Tutorials:
Trade Publications:
Chapter 15 – Building Your Team: The Music Director
Musical Examples:
- Alex Rybeck’s “Serenade for Erika Rybeck," performed by Adelaide Edelson
- Liz Callaway: “What a Funny Boy He Is” (Alex Rybeck/Michael Stewart)
- Tracy Stark: Interview at the 2015 MAC Awards
- Tracy Stark: “Woman on the Stage (Pure Emotion)” (Tracy Stark)
- “Poinciana,” performed by Ron Tierno, Gregory Toroian, and Benjamin Franklin Brown
- “Jazz Waltz,” performed by Ron Tierno, Gregory Toroian, and Benjamin Franklin Brown
Websites of Contributors:
Chapter 16 – Building Your Team: The Director
Musical Examples:
- Jeff Harnar “The 1959 Songbook”
- Rosemary Clooney “I Wish It So” (Marc Blitzstein)
- Frank Sinatra “I’ve Got You Under My Skin” (Cole Porter)
- Jeff Harnar: “It’s De-Lovely” (Cole Porter)
- Jeff Harnar & KT Sullivan: Sondheim Medley (Stephen Sondheim)
- Lina Koutrakos: “Midnight Train to Georgia” (Jim Weatherly)
- Lina Koutrakos: “I’ve Got to Use My Imagination” (Barry Goldberg/Gerry Goffin)
- Tanya Moberly: “Joy” (Harry Nilsson)
- Tanya Moberly: “Drink My Way” (Jeff Blumenkrantz)
Websites of Contributors:
Chapter 18 – DIY (“Do-It-Yourself”) Promotion
Chapter 19 – Organizations and Awards
Organizations:
Biographies, Interviews, and Obituaries:
- KT Sullivan: Interview on NBC’s American Story
- Dottie Burman Biography
- Peggy Lee Biography
- Margaret Whiting Biography
- Donald Smith Obituary
- John Wallowitch Obituary
Musical Examples:
- Ella Fitzgerald: “Sophisticated Lady” (Duke Ellington)
- Marilyn Maye: “If He Walked into My Life” (Jerry Herman)
- Peggy Lee: “Fever” (Eddie Cooley/Otis Blackwell)
- Judy Garland at Carnegie Hall: A Fiftieth Anniversary Tribute
- Julie Wilson: “But Beautiful” (Jimmy Van Heusen/Johnny Burke)
- KT Sullivan: Excerpts from Rhyme, Women, and Song at the Algonquin Hotel
- Mabel Mercer: 1978 Television Appearance
- Elaine Stritch: “The Ladies Who Lunch” (Stephen Sondheim)
- Barbra Streisand: “Someone to Watch over Me” (George Gershwin/Ira Gershwin)
- Barbara Cook: Medley from The Music Man (Meredith Willson)
- Barbara Cook: “Till There Was You” (Meredith Willson)
- John Wallowitch Sings “Bruce” at the 1990 MAC Awards
- Dottie Burman: “The Announcement” (Dottie Burman)
- Lennie Watts: “Heaven” (Juile Gold)
- Lennie Watts: “One Rock and Roll Too Many” (Andrew Lloyd Webber/Richard Stilgoe)
Chapter 20 – The Queen of Cabaret: Andrea Marcovicci
- Andrea Marcovicci: Actress, Singer, Director, Writer, Mentor
- Andrea Marcovicci: “Zing! Went the Strings of My Heart” (James F. Hanley)
- Andrea Marcovicci: Interview/Performance with Rick Dees
- Pink: “Glitter in the Air” (Pink)
- Andrea Marcovicci: “Glitter in the Air” (Pink)
- Andrea Marcovicci: “The Night I Fell in Love with Paris” (Tom Toce)
- Ann Kittredge: “Come Down from the Trees” (Stephen Flaherty/Lynn Ahrens)
Chapter 21 - The Crown Prince of Cabaret: Steve Ross
- Steve Ross: The Incomparable Singer-Pianist
- Steve Ross and Arthur Whitelaw in Light the Lights: Broadway & Hollywood Legends
- Steve Ross: “Take Me Back to Manhattan/I Happen to Like New York” (Cole Porter)
- Bing Crosby: “White Christmas” (Irving Berlin)
- Anita O’Day: “You’d Be So Nice to Come Home To” (Cole Porter)
- Edith Piaf: “Non, je ne regrette rein” (Charles Dumont/Michel Vaucaire)
Chapter 22 –The Countess of Crossover: Karen Mason
- Karen Mason: Singer, Actor, Sensation
- Karen Mason: Follow Me/Something’s Coming
- Karen Mason: “This Nearly Was Mine” (Richard Rodgers/Oscar Hammerstein II)
- Karen Mason: “With One Look” (Andrew Lloyd Webber/Don Black & Christopher Hampton)
- Karen Mason: “Rear Up the Town” (Brian Lasser)
- Theater Talk: Austin Pendleton
Chapter 23 - The Princess of Birdland: Natalie Douglas
- Natalie Douglas: Singer, Actor, Teacher
- Natalie Douglas: “Mr. Bojangles” (Jerry Jeff Walker)
- Natalie Douglas: “I Put a Spell on You” (Screamin’ Jay Hawkins/Herb Slotkin)
- Natalie Douglas: “Begin the Beguine” (Cole Porter)
- Joe Williams: Goin’ to Chicago Blues (Count Basie/Jimmy Rushing)
- Ray Charles: “Hit the Road Jack” (Percy Mayfield)
- Dolly Parton: “9 to 5” (Dolly Parton)
- Gisele MacKenzie: “Secret Love” (Sammy Fain/Paul Francis Webster)
- The Mills Brothers: “(Up a) Lazy River” (Hoagy Carmichael/Sydney Arodin)
- Sammy Davis Jr.: “The Candy Man” (Leslie Bricusse/Anthony Newley)
- Nina Simone: “Strange Fruit” (Abel Meeropol)
- Diahann Carroll: “Aquarius” (Galt MacDermot/James Rado & Gerome Ragni)
Other Links:
- Documentary: Remembering Nancy Wilson
- Lena Horne 1996 Documentary on American Masters
- Diahann Carroll Obituary on CBS News
- Joe Williams Biography
- Gisele MacKenzie Biography
Chapter 24 – Training Tomorrow’s Singers
Musical Examples:
- Lina Koutrakos: “Ode to Billie Joe” (Bobbie Gentry)
- Corinna Sower Adler: “All the Things You Are” (Jerome Kern/Oscar Hammerstein II)
- John McDaniel: “Anyone Can Whistle” (Stephen Sondheim)
- Tim Schall: “Moon River” (Henry Mancini/Johnny Mercer)
- Wendy Lane Bailey: “The Dieter’s Prayer” (Amanda McBroom)
Websites of Training Programs:
- Singnasium
- Eugene O’Neill Theater Center Cabaret & Performance Conference
- St. Louis Cabaret Conference
Article:
Websites of Contributors:
Chapter 25 – Spanning the Generations
Musical Examples:
- Joie Blanco: “Skylark” (Hoagy Carmichael/Johnny Mercer)
- Joie Blanco: “Ole Buttermilk Sky” (Hoagy Carmichael/Jack Brooks)
- Joie Blanco: “Day In, Day Out” (Rube Bloom/Johnny Mercer)
- Mark William: Interview with Cabaret Hotspot!
- Mark William: “Come Croon with Me” Sizzle Reel
- Mark William: Live Performance Excerpts from the Green Room 42
- Josephine Sanges: “Ding-Dong! The Witch is Dead” (Harold Arlen/Yip Harburg)
- Josephine Sanges: “My Romance” (Richard Rogers/Lorenz Hart)
- Josephine Sanges: “Perfect” (Ann Hampton Callaway)
- Sally Darling: “Why Must the Show Go On?” (Noël Coward)
- Sally Darling: “Sam” (John Ferrar & Hank Marvin/ Don Black)
- Sally Darling: Interview with Tym Moss of Artists Exposed
Websites of Contributors:
Appendix Material:
- Mabel Mercer Foundation Press Release: January 8, 2018
- Mabel’s Babies: An American Songbook Companion
About the Authors and Contributors:
Additional Online Resources
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