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From the Jazz Cab brochure, 2008

Amy McConnell is one of the surprise talents emerging this year. Her show will be a big event that you won't want to miss. Of her repertoire for the night, Amy writes, "The music of the Great American Songbook from the first half of the 20th century represents the golden age of American popular music and Gus Kahn was one of the most prolific lyricists of the Songbook's repertoire. During his 32 year career he wrote the words to nearly 800 published songs." In her second set Amy will performing songs by Oscar Hammerstein. "[He] is probably contributed more than any other single person to the evolution of the American musical comedy from simple entertainment to a complex and sophisticated art form." - Songwriters Hall of Fame. Many of the songs he wrote the lyrics for have become well known jazz standards. Only a handful of lyricists are credited with more. Among them... Gus Khan."

Whitney and Joanne Morra after her Richard Rodgers night on September 26.