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The Music of
Johnny Mercer & Friends

featuring Joe Gransden
& jazz vocalist Maria Howell
with the GSU Jazz Band

 

Saturday, February 11 | 8 PM
Price: $22, $32, $48
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for Student Discounts

It’s been said that it’s almost impossible to get through the day without hearing one Johnny Mercer song—and why would you want to?  Georgia’s own Johnny Mercer wrote the lyrics to over 1,700 songs, including four Academy Award-winners.  From the light-hearted "You Must Have Been a Beautiful Baby" and "Jeepers Creepers" to the romantic "Laura," the cinematic "Hooray for Hollywood" and the timeless “Days of Wine and Roses" and "Moon River," Mercer truly penned the sound of an American century.  Hard-bop trumpeter and vocalist Joe Gransden and jazz vocalist Maria Howell (stand-out soloist in the award-winning film version of The Color Purple) join the Georgia State University Jazz Band for this celebration of Mercer’s life and work.

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Mediterranean Meditations

featuring Israel's Yasmin Levy
with Turkey's Omar Faruk Tekbilek

Saturday, February 18 | 8:00 PM
Price: $34, $44, $58

Yasmin Levy seamlessly blends the ancient, romantic sounds of the Jewish culture long ago nurtured and then exiled from Spain with that country's passionate flamenco tradition. Turkey's Omar Faruk Tekbilek is a virtuosic master of Middle Eastern wind instruments like the zurna and bağlama. Both nominated for BBC World Music Awards, these remarkable musicians together weave a transcendent mix of memory, nostalgia, tender beauty, and hope. And when their far-flung musical influences meet - where else but on the Rialto stage - it is a world-music performance you don't want
to miss!

"... a subtle and satisfying meeting of Middle Eastern, Balkan and Spanish elements."
- The Telegraph (UK)

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