As entertainment, Jeff Kalpak and I had Broadway characters come down the long Trump Towers escalator: the MC from Cabaret, Roxie Hart from Chicago, Dolly Levi from Hello Dolly and then ironically came down our host for the party, Donald Trump. He graciously welcomed us all and walked the 3...
The finale ended in a toast to us with a sing-along to the Jerry Herman tune,The Best of Timesfrom “La Cage aux Folles”. This erupted into dancing to the Disco Classics from the 1970’s. Prosecco and Limoncello and “La Comedia e finita”. All of our guests received a CD of the...
Smileand Tommy Flanagan offering tender chord voicings on his accompaniment toSmile. Johnny knew what he was doing: Each pianist put his own stamp on the song. The tenor solo onThe Trolley Song(the only non-60s theme and the session's only uptempo tune)? Zoot Sims [pictured]. As Johnny ...