{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Podcast 597: A Conversation with Hilary Gardner","description":"If you are a fan of the female trio Duchess \u2013 and readers of this blog know that I am among them \u2013 you know that the three talented ladies who make up the band also have solo careers.  One of them, Hilary Gardner, has just released a set of duets with pianist Ehud Asherie on Anzic Records entitled The Late Set. The title is apt, as the record is permeated by that late night club feel, as the signer and her accompanist make beautiful music. Hilary and Ehud have carefully chosen selections by the masters of the Great American Songbook \u2013 Rodgers & Hart, Harold Arlen, Irving Berlin \u2013 but have chosen tunes that are often hidden gems.  When was the last time you heard \u201cA Ship Without a Sail\u201d by Rodgers & Hart, or the lesser known Arlen-Truman Capote collaboration \u201cI Never Has Seen Snow\u201d? Both are here, and they both are given first-class treatment. Hilary is currently on tour promoting The Late Set, and working with Duchess for an early December gig at the Jazz Standard in New York. Here\u2019s hoping there\u2019s more exciting music coming our way. Podcast 597 is my conversation with Hilary Gardner, including musical selections from The Late Set, including yearning takes on \u201cAfter You\u2019ve Gone\u201d and \u201cI Never Has Seen Snow\u201d; and the witty \u201cEverything I\u2019ve Got.\u201d For good measure, there is a tune from the latest Duchess CD Laughing at Life featuring Hilary\u2019s lead on the Ray Charles cover \u201cHallelujah I Love Him So.\u201d ","author_name":"Straight No Chaser - A Jazz Show","author_url":"http:\/\/straightnochaserjazz.libsyn.com","html":"