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Celebrate the poetry and lyrics of Fran Landesman
with Mary Foster Conklin-vocals; John diMartino-piano; Ed Howard-bass

Pangea NYC
178 Second Ave , NYC (bet 11th/12th St)

$20 cover online ($25 at the door) – $20 food/beverage minimum
212.995.0900 for additional information

Advance reservations strongly recommended
Here is the ticket link: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/3381682

Come share an irreverent evening of songs by Fran Landesman, self-proclaimed “poet laureate of lovers and losers,” the Dorothy Parker of jazz lyrics, best remembered for The Nervous Set, the world’s only beatnik musical, which flopped on Broadway, but two numbers “All the Sad Young Men” and “Spring Can Really Hang You Up the Most” survived to become jazz standards. The evening includes collaborations with Tommy Wolf, Alec Wilder, Bob Dorough, Roy Kral, Simon Wallace and Richard Rodney Bennett.

“Full of salt and vinegar…with the intensity and tough humor of someone who might have lived on the bohemian fringe in the late ’40s and ’50s, when the word ‘hip’ meant something.”

Stephen Holden, New York Times

“Mary Foster Conklin proved to be the perfect choice to present the writer and her work to 21st century audiences. In addition to showcasing Conklin’s long-recognized mastery of the jazz vocal idiom, this show was so smart, so sophisticated, and so assured that it was a total pleasure.”

Gerry Geddes, BistroAwards.com