openmic
First Saturdays is a monthly Open Mic I've been hosting at The Brothers K in Evanston. The next one is on Saturday, September 6th. Sign up begins at 5:30pm and the performances are from 6:00 to 8:00pm. Nick Anaya & I generally kick off the evening with some jazz standards.
Songs Performed at First Saturdays Here's a list (with informative links) of the jazz standards I've performed at the Open Mics (in addition to my originals) August 2, 2008 Moonlight In Vermont - Karl Suessdorf 'Deed I Do - Walter Hirsch & Fred Rose July 5, 2008 Stella By Starlight - Victor Young They Can't Take That Away From Me - George and Ira Gershwin My Romance - Richard Rodgers (lyrics by Lorenz Hart) Ceora - Lee Morgan June 7, 2008 Summertime - George Gershwin 'Round Midnight - Thelonious Monk Lullaby of Birdland - George Shearing Sometime Ago - Sergio Mihanovich May 3, 2008 Nick had the night off so I changed things up a bit and performed songs by Counting Crows, Cast, and The Bravery. April 5, 2008 All The Things You Are - Jerome Kern March 1, 2008 I Remember Clifford - Benny Golson Devil May Care - Bob Dorough Just Friends - John Klenner / Samuel M. Lewis February 2, 2008 Don't Get Around Much Anymore - Duke Ellington Work Song - Nathaniel Adderley Let There Be Love A Foggy Day - George Gershwin Nuages (Clouds) - by Django Reinhardt January 5, 2008 Alone Together - Arthur Schwartz and Howard Dietz Autumn In New York - Vernon Duke Straighten Up & Fly Right - Nat "King" Cole Ring A Ding Ding - Jimmy Van Heusen December 15, 2007 Bossa Antiqua - Paul Desmond Scrapple from the Apple - Charlie Parker What A Wonderful World - Bob Thiele and George David Weiss Why Don't You Do Right - Kansas Joe McCoy If You Can't Smile And Say Yes (Please Don't Cry And Say No) - Louis Jordan, Timmie Rogers November 11, 2007 Sunny Side of the Street - Jimmy McHugh, with lyrics by Dorothy Fields. Corcovado - Antonio Carlos Jobim Blue Monk - Thelonius Monk |
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