Cécile McLorin Salvant Finds “the Gems That Haven’t Been Sung and Sung”
When the jazz singer Cécile McLorin Salvant was profiled in The New Yorker, Wynton Marsalis described her as the kind of talent who comes along only “once in a generation or two.” Salvant’s work is...
View ArticleCécile McLorin Salvant Finds “the Gems That Haven’t Been Sung and Sung”
When the jazz singer Cécile McLorin Salvant was profiled in The New Yorker, Wynton Marsalis described her as the kind of talent who comes along only “once in a generation or two.” Salvant’s work is...
View ArticleCécile McLorin Salvant Finds “the Gems That Haven’t Been Sung and Sung”
When the jazz singer Cécile McLorin Salvant was profiled in TheNew Yorker, Wynton Marsalis described her as the kind of talent who comes along only “once in a generation or two.” Salvant’s work is...
View ArticleSinger Laufey Honors Roots of Jazz In Modern Torch Songs
Icelandic singer and songwriter Laufey Lín Jónsdóttir, known by the mononym Laufey (pronounced Lay-vay), is having a breakout year. Now based in L.A., the young singer with the timeless-sounding voice...
View ArticleJudy Collins Visits New Standards
Judy Collins visits New Standards while warming up for her performance at The Town Hall on February 25. Where she will be presenting her classic (and classically influenced) album Wildflowers,...
View ArticleOut of the Dark-The Film Noir Project
If you’ve ever curled up with a Raymond Chandler novel on a rainy night, or gone bleary-eyed binge-watching TCM’s “Noir Alley,” then you’ll love this conversation Paul Cavalconte had with singer...
View ArticleAn Expanded '1619 Project,' BLM History for Young Readers, CRT in Schools, An...
The 1619 Project from The New York Times was first published in 2019, four hundred years after the first slave ship landed on the shores of the United States. The project aims to create a new framework...
View ArticleHoliday Listening Party: Kat Edmonson's 'Holiday Swingin!'
Vocalist Kat Edmonson has proved herself to be a skillful interpreter of the Great American Songbook, as well as a writer of timeless and old-fashioned originals. But, surprisingly, she has never...
View ArticleNew Standards Juneteenth Special
Juneteenth is the holiday that celebrates Black Americans’ emancipation from slavery. More than two years after the Emancipation Proclamation had taken effect, U.S. troops arrived in Galveston, Texas —...
View ArticleJonathan's Weekend Mix
Saturday, November 26thCyrille Aimee - One Way Ticket - It's A Good DayNat King Cole - Walkin' My Baby Back Home - The World Of Nat King ColeJo Stafford - A Ghost of A Chance - The Portrait...
View ArticleWalking To New Orleans with George Benson
In his nearly sixty year career, George Benson made his mark with R&B-inflected smooth jazz, taking side-trips into swing and straight-ahead combo jazz. On occasion, he would experiment with rock...
View ArticleRemembering Ethel Ennis and Stanley Donen
To most of us here, "The Great American Songbook" is scripture, a holy book, a bible, if you will. This monumental songbook might have been just a tiny pamphlet were it not for the pantheon of gods and...
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Top Shelf: Eydie Gorme
Edith Gormezano, better known as Eydie Gormé, sang on Broadway, television, and on the road as half of the husband-and-wife team Steve and Eydie. Gormé was born in the Bronx, and made her radio debut...
View ArticleHoliday Standards 2018
Need something to get your holidays swinging? Holiday Standards is our gift to you! Let our cheery mix of classic and timeless holidays songs be the soundtrack for your party, whether you're...
View ArticleA Chanukah Rhapsody
Perhaps you're one of those who don't consider the band Queen prime examples of American Songbook. That's understandable. The group started in the UK with a frontman who grew up in Zanzibar. And yet,...
View ArticleThe Jews Who Wrote Christmas
American Standards is counting down Christmas hits written by Jewish songwriters. These chosen people found a way to perfect and package the universal truths of the holiday season and in the process...
View ArticleWQXR’s Best in Studio 2018: Leah Crocetto Sings from the Songbook
The holiday season is a time for gift-giving and nostalgia … and year-end best-of compilations! We’ve had some amazing artists visit WQXR in 2018, and now we’re looking back on some of our favorites....
View ArticleJazzmeia Horn makes A Social Call
This year, bandleader Jazzmeia Horn was the youngest Jazz Vocal Grammy Award nominee in two decades. After winning top prizes at the Sarah Vaughan and Thelonious Monk competitions, she recorded her...
View ArticleNellie McKay on Birdland and the Poconos
Singer-songwriter-activist and songbook interpreter Nellie McKay has a beautiful new album called Sister Orchid. She came to our studios recently to talk with host Paul Cavalconte about everything from...
View ArticleWatch Nellie McKay Live in Studio
Over the past ten years, one would be hard pressed to find a more active, devoted, and consistent agitator for the American Songbook than Nellie McKay. Beneath her chipper attitude, you'll hear a deep,...
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