Sunny Side of the StreetSunny Side of the StreetThe Great Sy Oliver Vocal Trios

Join vocalist extraordinaire CATHERINE RUSSELL for an historic walk on the “Sunny Side of the Street.” For the occasion, Russell partners with vocalists Carolyn Leonhart (who has worked with groups as diverse as Steely Dan and Wax Poetic) and La Tanya Hall (associated with Bobby McFerrin, Michael Feinstein, and more). This talented trio will perform Sy Oliver’s own re-arrangements of his most famous tunes, originally written for male vocal trios. These arrangements were lovingly reworked by Oliver himself for a female vocal trio of Catherine Russell, her late mother, Carline Ray, and Oliver’s late wife, Lillian Clark. The updated music, includes swing era hit songs like “Ain’t She Sweet,” “Cheatin’ on Me,” “Opus One”, and “Sunny Side of The Street”, backed by a 7 piece band playing adaptations from the original big band charts of the Jimmy Lunceford and Tommy Dorsey Orchestras. Russell, Leon-hart, and Hall, who formed the harmony vocal trio on Steely Dan’s 2013 “Mood Swings” Tour, first performed this program at Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Appel Room in 2016, where it was recorded and later featured on NPR’s Jazz Night In America.

with Carolyn Leonhart and La Tanya Hall