Read a conversation with Officer about the album and release concert. How were you first exposed to Mabel Mercer? When I moved to New York City in the mid-1980s, I was obsessed with theatre and music.

Read an interview with Officer about the new album here. Officer said that “It was imperative that I try to capture the ‘truth and honesty’ always prevalent in a Mercer performance. It was her most ...

While it may not yet feel like autumn, the start of the traditional cabaret season is an unmistakable sign of the time. This year, the spirit of a major influence on the genre — the legendary Mabel ...

Concerts, at Rose Hall at Jazz at Lincoln Center in New York, celebrate Broadway composer Charles Strouse as well as classic music of the Great American Songbook ...

To be performed at 54 Below in NYC, the concert will feature singers supported by the foundation’ s founder, Donald Smith, or who knew Mercer personally. She was born in the UK in 1900.

The music of Mabel Mercer, a gifted cabaret singer of the 1930's - 60's, is enjoying a resurgence in popularity with almost all of it now available on CD. The Art of Mabel Mercer presents her earliest ...

Bart Howard, the composer of ” Fly Me to the Moon ” and of cabaret songs recorded by Mabel Mercer, Johnny Mathis and many others, died Feb. 21 in Carmel, N.Y. He was 88 and lived in North Salem, N.Y.