Great American Songbook Radio
A Non-Commercial Station
'The Beauty & The Geek'
'Miss JAZZ!'
'Mister C'
Brazilian
Bossa Nova & Jazz
Mr. Show Business
Cabaret Legend (95!)
Vocal Jazz, Broadway Actress
Our Great Hero!
sultry, languid
contralto, vocals
producer
songwriter & performer
2 Grammys
Best Album &
Best New Artist
Jazz
Elegance &
Modernity
a gorgeous delicate
stamp on standards
Soulful Tone
And Timing
Honeyed Vocals
Close Miked Piano
Rich Tonality
Best
2022 Vocal
GAS Album!
They Offer...
'Ear Candy' Too
And
On Our
Menu Also ...
Vocal Jazz
Adult
Contemporary
And
Easy
Listening
On
Line
24/7
Free Of
Charge!
The
Real
American
Ambassadors
American
Music
From
The 40's
Through
Today
Singer/Pianist &
American Songbook Promotor!
No Boring
Commercial
Blocks!
OUR GOAL!
WELCOME! This station is all about American Music from the 40's through today. Also known as Vocal Jazz, Easy Listening or Adult Contemporary!
"It’s not what you have; it’s what you do with it!” René: “It started as a hobby and became my profesion. These days it's still my passion and so my life is dedicated to preserving and sharing the Great American Songbook. In the 70’s I started doing local radio with my lifelong friend, who shares my love of music.
A 20-hour Sinatra music/docu series, airing on public radio, later gave us national recognition. After that, we created American Songbook radio shows every Sunday throughout the 80’s and 90’s. Today's 24/7 continuous online broadcasting is not only time-consuming, it's expensive, as well. So, receiving an occasional donation is a wonderful thing!
All donations are strictly used to reduce our monthly broadcast license bills, nothing more. Our goal is to pay tribute to this type of original American art form, since The Great American Songbook is also the cradle of all today's popular music genres. To me its songwriters and performers are the real American Ambassadors!"
René, on behalf of our little group of service suppliers.
LATEST NEWS
Carmen McRae and Sammy Davis Jr.
July 1, 2023
Hello there! Glad you're still reading this. Today we've added 65 'new' renditions to our playlist. The most interesting ones are a number songs done by Carmen McRae and Sammy Davis Jr. back in 1959.
Many years ago we added their 1957 album called 'Boy Meets Girl'. It's simply a wonderful vocal cooperation and Sammy is spotty. He resorts to a Jerry Lewis voice in some of the numbers, he's having fun, but it doesn't hold up. They sung the most relaxed and funniest rendition of 'Baby It's Cold Outside' ever. The arrangements by Buddy Bregman, Mort Stevens and Jack Plies are the "top of the heap".
Recently we finally found their second duet album, made two year later. It's lesser known and an album strickly filled with Porgy & Bess songs. So no humorous Sammy this time. Here's a quote about Porgy & Bess from its legendary composer & songwriter George Gershwin. New York Times, October 20, 1935: "Porgy & Bess is a folk tale. Its people naturally would sing folk music. Therefore I wrote my own spirituals and folksongs. But they are still folk music—and therefore, being in operatic form, Porgy and Bess becomes a folk opera." Opera? Don't worry! Carmen & Sammy present their duets very 'easy to listen to'.
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July 1, 2023
