American Songbook Jazz Party with Karrin Allyson & Deborah Grace Winer

Rodgers & Hammerstein--the most famous songwriters on the planet. Rodgers & Hart--wrote some of the most legendary standards of all time. 5-time Grammy award nominee Karrin Allison and leading American Songbook visionary Deborah Grace Winer (Dizzy's Club, Jazz at Lincoln Center) lead this hot and cool jazz party. With a starry band, some breezy stories, and swinging great songs from My Heart Stood Still to This Can't Be Love, standards from Oklahoma!, The King and I, South Pacific and more. A classic jazz blast!

Karrin Allyson: Vocals, Music Director

Deborah Grace Winer: Host

Adi Yeshaya: Piano

Jeff Bailey: Bass

Dave Schmalenberger: Drums

With surprise guest!

Karrin Allyson has received five Grammy award nominations among the more than 15 albums she has recorded for Concord and other labels. Her Rodgers and Hammerstein album, Many a New Day, earned her a Grammy nomination for Best Jazz Vocal Album, and peaked at 13 on the Billboard Jazz albums charts. Her most recent album, all-originals, is Some of That Sunshine. She tours the world in concert and clubs, including the major jazz festivals, and was featured in the Newport—Now 60 Tour.
Deborah Grace Winer is creator and host of Jazz at Lincoln Center's popular Songbook Sundays at Dizzy's Club, celebrating the American Songbook; she's one of the world's leading experts on the American Songbook. Writer and creator of revues and concerts, her collaborations include many major arts institutions. Author and dramatist, her work has appeared in the New York Times; one of her four books was recently named by the Wall Street Journal one of the Five Best Books on American songwriters."Her vocal style is so warm, intimate and compelling–it’s clear that she cares about the words and telling the story, with clarity and without artifice–practically a lost art these days." --Michael Feinstein

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

Main Stage Showroom, 6161 Hwy 65 NE, Minneapolis, United States