This week on the MCG Jazz Spotlight, special guest Sherrie Maricle of the DIVA Jazz Orchestra joins Marty Ashby and Renée Govanucci to celebrate the life and music of Johnny Mandel.
We’ll hear music from Sherrie Maricle’s group, the DIVA Jazz Orchestra from the 2011 release, “Johnny Mandel, a Man and His Music,” which also featured vocalist Ann Hampton Calloway, recorded at Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola at Jazz at Lincoln Center in New York.
We’ll also hear songs of Johnny Mandel as performed by Gerry Mulligan, Nancy Wilson featuring Joe Negri, Tony Bennett, Shirley Horn, Jimmy Smith, Gloria Reuben and Marty Ashby, Barbra Streisand, and Maureen and David Budway.
Remembering Johnny Mandel, Friday and Sunday night at 6, Saturday at 1 on WZUM
Marty Ashby and Renée Govanucci
