11/3/16 O&A NYC THROWBACK THURSDAY: Nat King Cole – Autumn Leaves

Throwback Thursday logo 2 mgid-uma-artist-mtv-com-504837 Autumn Leaves, appears on the 1955 album Nat King Cole Sings for Two In Love, arranged by songwriter Johnny Mercer wrote the English lyrics in 1947, and the song quickly became a pop standard. Continue reading

7/29/16 O&A NYC SHALL WE DANCE FRIDAY: Mikhail Baryshnikov In Twyla Tharp’s One For My Baby

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Mikhail Baryshnikov pays tribute to one of his idols, Maya Plisketskaya at the American-Soviet Cultural Exchange Festival: Hommage A Plisetskaya (1988). He performs Twyla Tharp’s One For My Baby sung by Frank Sinatra written by Johnny Mercer & Harold Arlen. Continue reading