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Illinois State University ISU ReD: Research and eData WGLT Program Guides Arts and Sciences Fall 9-1-2006 WGLT Program Guide, September-October, 2006 Illinois State University Follow this and additional works at: https://ir.library.illinoisstate.edu/wgltpg Recommended Citation Illinois State University, "WGLT Program Guide, September-October, 2006" (2006). WGLT Program Guides. 208. https://ir.library.illinoisstate.edu/wgltpg/208 This Book is brought to you for free and open access by the Arts and Sciences at ISU ReD: Research and eData. It has been accepted for inclusion in WGLT Program Guides by an authorized administrator of ISU ReD: Research and eData. For more information, please contact [email protected]. GUIDE GLTSeptember- Octo er 2006 • Volume 107, Issue 5 IN THIS ISSUE: Celebrate with GLT ·Radio Faces ·Jazz Cabaret ·Blues BBQ Radio Faces RADIO Liane Hansen has been the host of NPR's award-winning Weekend Edition®S unday for more than 16 years. Her gentle manner and infectious laugh ease you into your FACES Sunday morning, but don't be fooled by how personable she is. She is a hard hitting reporter who can ask tough questions, covering such breaking news stories as the war in Iraq, the capture of Saddam Hussein, and the Columbia shuttle tragedy. In 2004, Liane was granted an exclusive An evening with Weekend Edition®Sunda y Host interview with former weapons inspector David Kay prior to his report on the search for weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. Hansen, was also part of NPR's coverage of LIAN Sept. 11, 2001 which received the Peabody Award that year. Weekend Edition® Sunday host Liane Hansen Liane Hansen will bring her own special magic Join us for an enchanting evening of delicious food and stimulating conversation to an exclusive evening of cocktails, dinner, and with one of our favorite NPR personalities. Tickets are available at two levels: a thought-provoking presentation. The In-Depth Story, $100 ticket starts with an elegant cocktail hour with hors d'oeuvres, open bar, and a chance to chat with Liane Hansen one-on-one. Friday, November 3, 2006 Afterwards, enjoy dinner with wine and Ms. Hansen's presentation. 5:30 - 7 p.m. - The In-Depth Story cocktail hour In The News, $50 ticket includes dinner with wine and Ms. Hansen's presentation. 7:00 - 10 p.m. - Dinner and presentation You can purchase individual tickets or a table of 10 at either level. The Double Tree Hotel (formerly The Radisson) To order full tables or individual tickets, go to www.wglt.org or call 309-438-8910. Brickyard Drive Bloomington, Illinois Seating is limited, so order yours today. The In-Depth Story $100 per/person In The News $50 per/person Tickets go on sale October 1, 2005. Order tickets online atwww.wglt.org or call 309-438-8910 from NPR NEWS -2- Trust Bank l jazz.cabaret · SS: Yes, I had the endorsement of the family. And when I started that concert project as GLT Jazz Cabaret headliner Spider Saloff well as the recording project I had a lot of help from the Gershwin family. They have been an interview with GLT Jazz Host Laura Kennedy incredible to me. I became very close to George Gershwin's nephew, Leopold Gadowski Ill, who's a classical pianist as well as a composer. He was really instrumental in making that happen for me. When I recorded the Gershwin album (Memory of All That: A Celebration Spider Saloffs parents were flabbergasted when, at the of Gershwin, Kopaesthetics Records) I had access to a lost lullaby that was written for Porgy tender age of fourteen, she announced she was performing and Bess that's entitled Lonely Boy. I was only the second person to record it. in a school variety show. Up to then, she had given no indication that she was interested in singing. She listened to LK: You know, you're like the Nancy Drew of the Great American Songbook, turning her father's Billie Holiday records on the sly because, as she up these lost songs. Solve us the mystery of your name, Spider. Was that given to you in puts it, kids weren't supposed to be interested in jazz. Saloff childhood? studied acting in college and pursued musical theatre after SS: No, it was from prison. school. In the late 80s she started singing in jazz clubs in New York City. (Insert raucous laughter here) Laura Kennedy: You're a five-time winner of the SS: Actually, I got it when I was in college. And it just stayed and would not leave. I didn't Manhattan Association of Cabarets and Clubs Award. Do choose it for myself, it chose me. And as time went on I realized it was a name that people you think that having a background in theatre makes you a didn't forget and I couldn't get rid of it, so I went ahead and used it professionally. And now better performer in the intimate setting of a cabaret? it's my name. Spider Saloff: Absolutely. And that was where I segued from theatre performer into the LK: So what's your original given name? jazz and cabaret rooms of New York - very intimate settings. Which is why I think I pay more attention to lyrics than a lot of other jazz singers. I love to tell a story as well as play SS: It was Diane, but the only person who still calls me that is my mother. She's still with what's going on musically. I do a lot of vocal improvisation in my performances. holding out. LK: You really seem to have a thing for lost or forgotten songs in the Great American Songbook. SS: I had my own radio show called Words and Music that was syndicated and that's what we did on the show. It was sort of the intersection of Marian McPartland and Garrison Keillor. It was stories about composers and lyricists from The Great American Songbook and classic jazz. We would tell stories about their lives and then perform the songs as if they were new. Friday, November 10, 2006 LK: You actually got to perform a Billy Strayhorn song as if it were new. In 1935 he wrote 7:30 - 10:30 p.m. $50 per person We've turned Central Station into an exclusive jazz a song called So This is Love. This was never before performed and he wrote it before he Fireman's Quarters and Belltower Room in hooked up with Duke Ellington. This was essentially donated to you. How did that come club for the night with a concert from cabaret diva Central Station 220 EFront Bloomington, IL about? Spider Saloff accompanied on grand piano, hors 7:30 -8:15 p.m. SS: It was through the Strayhorn estate. I had done one of the first Billy Strayhorn Hors d'oeuvres and martinis tributes in 1990 and that was to restore his piano. That was my first connection with d'oeuvres and dessert, and a complimentary Ticket includes one complimentary beverag e. the Strayhorn family. When the family became aware of what we did on the radio show, "Spider-tini'; a martini mixed just for GLT's Jazz Beer or wine can be substituted for a martini. we did a Billy Strayhorn episode. Billy's niece Elise was instrumental in getting me the Full cash bar available asw ell. American debut of that song. It was a blast! Cabaret. There is VERY limited seating for this event, 8:15 p.m. Spider Saloff concert so get your tickets early. To order yours, go online LK: The Gershwin family thinks pretty highly of you, as well, having you named as an Dessert will be served during concert intermission. officially sanctioned act during the Gershwin Centennial celebration a few years ago. atwww.wglt.org or call 309-438-8910. Ca sh bar open throughout. -4- r Katrina collected over the years - like all my vinyl, stuff that's not been released on CD. an interview with Music Director Jon Norton I had a treasure of music there and I'm trying to save it, but I don't know. I had a beautiful turntable - it's wrecked. Everything got wrecked in there. Everything. In the wake of Hurricane Katrina, Jon: And it was a recording studio as well? GLT and the New Orleans BL: Yep. We made a lot of good demo tapes as we were writing music and stuff Musicians Relief Fund have teamed like that to see what it sounded like. up to help bluesman Bryan Lee replace instruments and equipment Jon: Can you give us an idea of the value of what you lost? that were lost in the storm. We're BL: I don't know how you put a money value on it, but about eight of those amps bringing him to the New Lafayette just aren't made anymore. They were like brand new. And what I liked was I could Club on Saturday, November 18 for go into the studio by myself and just listen to vinyl. Look through stuff, looking a GLT Blues BBQ - the final of our for material maybe to do or to record. I had a little refrigerator, a little microwave, three blow-out events winding up a little coffee pot and I'd go over there like at eight o'clock in the morning and Bryan Lee with GLT Music Director Jon Norton. our 40th anniversary celebration. I might not leave til two o'clock in the morning.