September 14, 2011 at the Nashville Jazz Workshop
with Alan And Marilyn Bergman
The songs of Alan and Marilyn Bergman have been enriching the great American songbook for over five decades. As lyricists for film, stage and television, they have
created many unforgettable images with their lyrical mastery. Theirs is
one of the most successful songwriting collaborations in an era of great
popular music.They have earned numerous awards,
including 16 Academy Award nominations, multiple Emmys, Grammys, and
three Oscars for "The Windmills of Your Mind", "The Way We Were", and
the score for "Yentl.
I
performed September 14, 2011 (the day after my birthday) in a fundraiser event for the Nashville
Jazz
Workshop:The Songs of Alan and Marilyn Bergman. It was one of the greatest moments of my life not only meeting them, but to perform for them also. The Bergmans attended the
concert at The Nashville Jazz Workshop and were deeply touched. The performers in this event were vocalists Sandra Dudley,
Dorian Woodruff, Lisa Taylor, Lynn Lewis, Margaret Smith. The band:
Roger Spencer, Lori Mechem, Denis Solee and Marcus Finnie. Thanks to
everyone, the musicians, the audience and especially the Bergmans for giving us this volume of the Great American Songbook. It was a historic night!
Pictured in the photo
- Margaret Smith, Lynn Lewis, Dorian Woodruff, Lisa Taylor, Alan
Bergman, Marilyn Bergman, Lori Mechem, Seay, Sandra Dudley, Roger
Spencer. Photo by Bo May and used with kind permission by The Nashville
Jazz Workshop!
