Days of Wine and Roses Songs of Johnny Mercer

Product Description Best-selling jazz pianist, Beegie Adair, returns with her debut recording for the Village Square Music label. DAYS OF WINE AND ROSES features 13 classics written by legendary, American composer, Johnny Mercer and delivered with Adair’s usual style, elegance and grace. Produced by Adair’s long time producer, Jack Jezzro and accompanied by her musical partners, bassist Roger Spencer and drummer, Chris Brown, Adair has once again created an instant classic and a must-have recording for fans of her timeless catalog. About the Artist Born in Cave City, Kentucky, a small farming community of 1,400 residents, Beegie Adair (say B-G) grew up avidly listening to music. At age four she started the "two-finger-hunt-and-peck" system on the piano, but began actual lessons when she was five and continued studying piano through college at Western Kentucky University in Bowling Green where she received her Bachelor of Science Degree in Music Education. During college, she played jazz professionally every weekend. She taught music to children in the Kentucky school system for three years, but spent her summers working in Nashville. The first summer she joined the Hank Garland Quartet, "and my education continued. Hank was a jazz guitarist that many other guitarists looked up to," Beegie comments. Arriving in Nashville during the heyday of Country music allowed her the opportunity to accompany such legendary performers as Chet Atkins, Johnny Cash, and Dolly Parton. Because Nashville was a hot bed of musical television tapings and live performances during that time, Adair also worked with such entertainers as Neil Diamond, Mama Cass Elliott, and Peggy Lee in her position as in-house pianist for The Johnny Cash Show for ABC-TV plus other television programs featuring Lucille Ball, Carol Burnette, and Dinah Shore. She hosted a music-and-talk radio show called "Improvised Thoughts" on station WMOT with guests including Tony Bennett and Joe Williams. She served as the main pianist at five annual International Trombone Workshops where she performed with Slide Hampton, Kai Winding, Frank Rosolino, Carl Fontana, Phil Wilson, Albert Mangelsdorff, and others. Adair serves as adjunct professor in jazz studies at Vanderbilt University's Blair School of Music and currently teaches singers repertoire at the Nashville Jazz Workshop. Her FRANK SINATRA COLLECTION won the Nashville Music Award for Best Jazz Album and she has been turning out classic artist recordings for the past decade. Her production team includes Producer, Jack Jezzro; bassist, Roger Spencer; Drummer, Chris Brown; and Executive Producer, Greg Howard.

Detalles del producto Dimensiones del paquete : 5.55 x 4.97 x 0.54 pulgadas; 3.12 Onzas Fabricante : CD Baby Fecha de lanzamiento original : 2003 Producto en Tienda desde : Enero 20, 2007 Etiqueta : CD Baby ASIN : B00014G64O Número de discos : 1 Clasificación en los más vendidos de Amazon: nº116,344 en CDs y Vinilo (Ver el Top 100 en CDs y Vinilo) nº1,191 en Posbebop Moderno (CDs y Vinilo) nº1,760 en Bebop (CDs y Vinilo) nº1,966 en Pop Vocal Tradicional (CDs y Vinilo) Opiniones de clientes: 4.6 de 5 estrellas 142 calificaciones Dimensiones del paquete : 5.55 x 4.97 x 0.54 pulgadas; 3.12 Onzas Fabricante : CD Baby Fecha de lanzamiento original : 2003 Producto en Tienda desde : Enero 20, 2007 Etiqueta : CD Baby ASIN : B00014G64O Número de discos : 1