NOVEMBER 2023
November 5: CBS Sunday Morning (discussing the cabaret roots of Barbra Streisand)
AUGUST 2023
James Gavin on Ravaged Voices: The Music Show (ABC Network, AU) with host Andrew Ford
The Buzz (Jazz Journalists' Association podcast) on The Fall of JazzTimes (with John Murph and host Andrew Gilbert)
PART 2
JULY 2023
The Buzz (Jazz Journalists' Association podcast) on The Fall of JazzTimes (with John Murph and host Andrew Gilbert)
PART 1
Spinning the Wheel (George Michael podcast; Matt Cook, host)
PART 2
Spinning the Wheel (George Michael podcast); Matt Cook, host)
PART 1
This Way Out (Brian DeShazor, host) on George Michael: A Life
FEBRUARY 2023
Sex Before the Internet (Vice TV) (discussing George Michael)
DECEMBER 2022
Let It Roll podcast (Nathan Wilcox, host) on George Michael: A Life
NOVEMBER 2022
November 5: Just Fabulous, 515 N. Palm Canyon Dr., Palm Springs
MARCH 2023
House of Mystery Radio NBC (Alan Warren, host) on George Michael: A Life
OCTOBER 2022
October 28-29: Six Bridges Book Festival, Little Rock, Arkansas
October 28: RTE (Irish National Radio) with Dave Fanning
October: KESQ News with Patrick Evans
AUGUST 2022
August 3, 7:10am (EST): The Frank Truatt Morning Show (northern NJ) WTBQ-AM/WGHT-AM
August 9, 10am (PST): Hollywood Foreign Press Conference interview (via Zoom)
August 16: Harvey Brownstone Interviews (watch here)
JULY 2022
July 6: Rima Ahmed Show, BBC Radio Leeds
July 6: Your Manchester (with Brandon McCaffrey and Carol Ann Whitehead) (watch here)
July 9: Sunny and Shay, BBC Radio London
July 10: On Mic with Jordan Rich (listen here)
July 11: BBC Radio Manchester (with Phil Trow) PART 1
July 11: BBC Radio Kent (with Pat Marsh)
July 12: BBC Radio Manchester (with Phil Trow) PART 2
July 12: KGAY, Palm Springs (with John Taylor)
July 12: First Light with Rachel Smalley, Today FM (New Zealand)
July 12: Sky News (with Kay Burley)
July 12: Daily Blast (Denver TV) (watch here)
July 14: Talk Radio Europe (with Selina MacKenzie)
July 15, 12-2pm: Just Fabulous, 515 N. Palm Canyon Dr., Palm Springs (signing)
July 18: WGN News (Chicago TV) (watch here)
July 19: Out with Dan (with Dan White) (watch here)
July 19: Access Hollywood (NBC-TV)
July 20: Grammy Museum, Los Angeles (with singer and Broadway star Sam Harris and moderator Adam Weissler)
July 22: The Music Show with Andrew Ford, Radio National, ABC Network, Australia (listen here)
July 25, 6pm: East End Books/Provincetown Public Library (with the Queer Guru, cultural reporter Roger Walker-Dack)
July 27: Queer Guru TV (with Roger Walker-Dack) (watch here)
July 29: Fred Plotkin on Fridays (Idagio) (watch here)
JUNE 2022
June 20, 9pm EST/PST: Watch What Happens … LIVE (Bravo)
June 21: Today Extra (Australian TV) (watch here)
June 25: RAI Radio 1
June 29, 11:25am PST: AirTalk with Larry Mantle, KPCC, SoCA (listen here)
June 30, 7pm: The Strand, NYC (with songwriter, singer, and producer Richard Barons)
APRIL 2022
April 8: Jazz Standards, The Music Show with Andrew Ford, Radio National, ABC Network (listen here)
SEPTEMBER 2019
Sept. 17, 1PM: Live interview with Zuza Homem de Mello on João Gilberto, Brazilian Consulate, NYC
MAY 2019
May 5, 12pm: Intimate Nights lecture, JASA (John Jay College), NYC
May 10, 2pm: Intimate Nights lecture, Warburg lounge, 92nd St. Y, NYC
MARCH 2019
March 26, 7pm: MAC Awards, Sony Hall, NYC (presentation of Show of the Year award)
OCTOBER 2018:
Oct. 22: Lecture on Lena Horne, First Latin-American Congress of Jazz Education, Xalapa, Mexico
Oct. 23: Lecture on jazz research techniques, First Latin-American Congress of Jazz Education, Xalapa, Mexico
Oct. 24: Lecture on jazz singers, First Latin-American Congress of Jazz Education, Xalapa, Mexico
Oct. 30: An Intimate Night, York Theater, NYC, with Shana Farr, Sidney Myer, Mark Sonnenblick, Natalie Douglas, Eric Yves Garcia, T. Oliver Reid, Marissa Mulder, Bill Zeffiro, Lynne Charnay
MARCH 2018
March 28, 7pm: MAC Awards, BB King Blues & Jazz Grill, NYC (receipt of Board of Directrs Award)
AUGUST 2018:
Aug. 24, 2PM: Lecture on Steve Lawrence & Eydie Gormé, Warburg Lounge, 92nd St. Y, NYC
OCTOBER 2017:
Wed. Oct. 18, 6PM: Intimate Nights: The Golden Age of Cabaret (Cabaret Convention, Mabel Mercer Foundation) with Joanne Beretta, Barbara Brussell, Charles Cochran, Laura Kenyon, Carol Lipnik, Maude Maggart, Molly Pope, Ricky Ritzel, Spider Saloff, Bruce Vilanch, Ronny Whyte; James Gavin, narrator/host
Rose Theater, Jazz at Lincoln Center, New York
SEPTEMBER 2017:
Mon. Sept. 25: Is That All There Is?: Remembering Peggy Lee with The New Standards, Nellie McKay, Davina (of Davina and the Vagabonds), Catherine Russell; James Gavin, narrator/host
Guthrie Theater, Minneapolis, MN
MAY 2017:
Wed. May 17, 10PM: The Joey Reynolds Show/Sunday Night Live, WABC Talk Radio (with Freda Payne, Pat Cooper)
MARCH 2017:
Sat. March 25, 7:30PM: Stormy Weather: The Lena Horne Project starring Mary Wilson and the Larry Dunlap Trio; James Gavin
(host/narrator)
Chandler Center for the Arts, 250 N. Arizona Ave., Chandler, AZ 85225
Order tickets here
NOVEMBER 2016:
Sun. Nov. 20, 4PM: Peggy Lee Remembered starring Wesla Whitfield and Mike Greensill and John Wiitala (bass); James Gavin (host/narrator)
Napa Valley Jazz Society, Napa, CA
Order tickets here
Sun. Nov. 13, 3:30 & 7:30PM: Stormy Weather: The Lena Horne Project
Sun City, Sierra Ballroom, 38188 Del Webb Blvd., Palm Desert, CA
OCTOBER 2016:
Wed. Oct. 5, 8PM: Cohost: The Witches of Salem & The Blue Hour (Cockette Rumi Missabu NYC Fall Tour)
Judson Memorial Church, 55 Washington Sq. So., New York
APRIL 2016:
Cohost: A Cocktail of Glamour and Anarchy: The Rumi Missabu Papers
Bruno Walter Auditorium, New York Public Library, 40 Lincoln Center Plaza, New York
FEBRUARY 2016:
Fri. Feb. 19, 7:30PM: Screening of Piaf: Her Story ... Her Songs; Q&A with writer/star Raquel Bitton and James Gavin
Bruno Walter Auditorium, New York Public Library, 40 Lincoln Center Plaza, New York
Fri. Feb. 12, 8PM: Stormy Weather: The Lena Horne Project
Mayo Performing Arts Center, 100 South St., Morristown, NJ
JANUARY 2016:
Thurs. Jan. 21: Is That All There Is?: Remembering Peggy Lee
American Songbook, Allen Room, Lincoln Center
James Gavin (host/narrator), Jane Monheit, Nellie McKay, Spencer Day, Rebecca Parris, Barb Jungr; Mike Renzi (pianist/cond.)
NOVEMBER 2016:
Sat. Nov. 21, 8PM: The Strange Life of Peggy Lee starring Wesla Whitfield, Mike Greensill, and James Gavin
Florissant Civic Center Theatre, 1 James J. Eigan Dr., Florissant, MO
MARCH 2015:
Sat. Mar. 14: Stormy Weather: The Lena Horne Project starring Mary Wilson and the Larry Dunlap Trio; James Gavin
(host/narrator)
Popejoy Presents, Albuquerque, NM
FEBRUARY 2014
Thurs., Feb. 12, 7:30PM: Reading/signing, Books, Inc., 2275 Market St., San Francisco
Fri. Feb. 13, 8PM: Jazzschool, Berkeley, CA, Wesla Whitfield Sings Peggy Lee (with Mike Greensill, piano) and James Gavin
JANUARY 2015:
Sat. Jan. 3: Stormy Weather: The Lena Horne Project
Century Village Theatre, Pembroke Pines, FL
Mon. Jan. 5: Stormy Weather: The Lena Horne Project
Kravis Center, West Palm Beach, FL
Tues. Jan. 6: Stormy Weather: The Lena Horne Project
Dolly Hand Theatre, Belle Grade, FL
Thurs. Jan. 8: Stormy Weather: The Lena Horne Project
Century Village Theatre, West Palm Beach, FL
Fri. Jan. 9: Stormy Weather: The Lena Horne Project
Aventura Center for the Arts, Aventura, FL
Sat. Jan. 10: Stormy Weather: The Lena Horne Project
Century Village Theatre, Boca Raton, FL
Mon. Jan. 12: Stormy Weather: The Lena Horne Project
Arts Center of Coastal Carolina, Hilton Head, NC
Fri. Jan. 16: Authors at the Adolphus: Is That All There Is? lecture and signing
Adolphus Hotel, Dallas, Texas
DECEMBER 2014:
Fri. Dec. 5, 9AM: Inquiry (with Mark Lynch), WICN (New England NPR)
Wed. Dec. 10, 7-10 (CST): Jazz from Blue Lake with Lazaro Vega, Blue Lake Public Radio, MI
Sun. Dec. 14, 3PM: A Holiday Concert for WBAI, Metropolitan Room, NYC: James Gavin discusses Peggy Lee; Carol Fredette, vocals.
Fri. Dec. 26: The Jordan Rich Show, WBZ, Boston
NOVEMBER 2014:
Fri. Nov. 7, 12 noon: Soundcheck (with John Schaefer), WNYC-FM
Sat. Nov. 7, 9AM: The David Rothenberg Show, WBAI-FM
Sat-Sun. Nov. 8-9: The Joe Franklin Show, Bloomberg News (interview played throughout the weekend)
Sun. Nov. 9: The WVOX Golden Apple Cabaret Hour with Elliot Ames, WVOX-AM, 6:30PM (EST)
Mon. Nov. 10, 9:30PM, Joe's Pub, NYC: Downtown Sings Peggy Lee: A Book-Launch Celebration (starring The New Standards, Nellie McKay, Spencer Day, Tammy Faye, Lenny Kaye, Baby Jane Dexter, Justin Vivian Bond, Kenny Mellman, Carol Fredette, Andy Bey, Julian Fleisher, Jane Monheit, Michael Kanan, Craig Holiday Haynes, John Boswell, Scott Coulter, Barb Jungr)
Wed. Nov. 12, 10AM EST: The Roundtable, WAMC (Northeast Public Radio)
Wed. Nov. 12, 7PM: In Conversation with Rex Reed, Barnes & Noble, Broadway & 82nd St., NYC
Tues. Nov. 18, 9:40AM (EST): The Song Is You with Bonnie Grice, WPPB (Peconic Public Broadcasting, Long Island)
Tues. Nov. 18: Pacifica Radio interview with Brian DeShazor, KPFK, Los Angeles
Wed. Nov. 19, 7PM: In Conversation with Mike Stoller, Book Soup, Los Angeles, CA
Fri. Nov. 21, 7:30AM: Bill Feingold Show with Kevin Holmes, KNews, Palm Springs, CA
Fri. Nov. 21: Eye on the Desert, CBS-TV (Palm Springs)
Sat. Nov. 22, 2014, 2PM: Reading and signing, Just Fabulous, Palm Springs, CA
Sun. Nov. 30, 11AM (EST): Cat Radio Café wíth Janet Coleman, WBAI-FM
OCTOBER 2014:
Thurs. Oct. 4: Stormy Weather: The Lena Horne Project starring Freda Payne and the Larry Dunlap Trio; James Gavin
(host/narrator)
The American Theater, Hampton, Virginia
JANUARY 2014
Thurs. Jan. 16, 7:30: Stormy Weather: The Lena Horne Project
Naniki Caribbean Jazz Safari, Barbados
JUNE 2013
Wed., June 26, 2-4PM: Lecture/Q&A on New York cabaret (with Lady Rizo)
Melbourne Cabaret Festival, Melbourne Recital Centre, 31 Sturt St.
Thurs., June 27: Stormy Weather: The Lena Horne Project
Melbourne Cabaret Festival, Melbourne Recital Centre, Elisabeth Murdoch Hall, 31 Sturt St.
MAY 2013
Thurs., May 2: Stormy Weather: The Lena Horne Project
Straz Center for the Performing Arts, Tampa, FL
Sat., May 4: Stormy Weather: The Lena Horne Project
Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA
Sun., May 5: Stormy Weather: The Lena Horne Project
Historic Douglas Theater, Macon, GA
APRIL 2013
Thurs., Apr. 12, 7:30PM: Chet Baker: Deep in a Dream with Spider Saloff, James Gavin, and Dale White (trumpet)
College of St. Benedict Fine Arts Center, St. Joseph, MN
Sat., Apr. 14, 3PM: Chet Baker: Deep in a Dream with Spider Saloff, James Gavin, and Art Davis (trumpet)
Elgin Community College Performance Center, Elgin, IL
MARCH 2013
Sat., March 9: Stormy Weather: The Lena Horne Project
Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
FEBRUARY 2013
Fri., Feb. 8: Stormy Weather: The Lena Horne Project
Heinz C. Prechter Educational & Performing Arts Center, Wayne County Community College, Taylor, MI
JANUARY 2013
Sun., Jan. 6, 11am-12 EST:
Janet Coleman's The Next Hour, WBAI-FM
DECEMBER 2012:
Sun., Dec. 2, 12pm: Talk About Peggy Lee
Sundays at JASA, John Jay College, NYC
NOVEMBER 2012
Fri., Nov. 9: Stormy Weather: The Lena Horne Project
Miller Outdoor Theater, Houston, TX
Sat., Nov. 10: Stormy Weather: The Lena Horne Project
James Lumber Performing Arts Center, College of Lake County, IL
Tues., Nov. 13: Stormy Weather: The Lena Horne Project
Dirty Dawg Jazz Café, Grosse Pointe, MI
Thurs., Nov. 15: Stormy Weather: The Lena Horne Project
Madame Walker Theater, Indianapolis, IN
Fri., Nov. 16: Stormy Weather: The Lena Horne Project
Doudna Fine Arts Center at Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, IL
Sat., Nov. 17: Stormy Weather: The Lena Horne Project
Wentz Hall, Northern Central College of Naperville, IL
Tues., Nov. 27, 2:40PM:
Phone interview with Selina MacKenzie, Talk Radio Europe (Spain)
JUNE 2012:
Stormy Weather: The Lena Horne Project
Adelaide Cabaret Festival, South Australia
Fri, June 8: Variety Gala
Sat, June 9, 3PM: 1st performance
Sun, June 10, 2PM and 6 PM: 2nd and 3rd performances
MAY 2012:
Fri. May 11, 8:30PM
Sat., May 12, 7PM
Stormy Weather: The Lena Horne Project starring Mary Wilson; James Gavin (host/narrator)
Smith Center for the Performing Arts, Las Vegas, NV
APRIL 2012:
Thurs., Apr. 19, 7:30PM:
Stormy Weather: The Lena Horne Project
Mitchell Hall Theater
University of Central Oklahoma, Edmond, OK
OCTOBER 2011:
Sat. Oct. 1, 7:30PM:
Stormy Weather: The Lena Horne Project
Leach Theatre
103 Castleman Hall, 400 W. 10th St.
Missouri University, Rolla, MO
Sun. Oct. 2:
Stormy Weather: The Lena Horne Project
Florissant Civic Center Theater
One James J. Eagen Dr.
Florissant, MO
Mon-Tues, Oct. 3-4, 8PM:
Stormy Weather: The Lena Horne Project
The Washington
306 Washington St., Burlington, IA
Thurs, Oct. 6, 7PM:
Stormy Weather: The Lena Horne Project
Arts Council of Central Louisiana
Coughlin-Saunders Performing Arts Center
1202 Third St., Alexandria, LA
Fri. Oct. 7, 8PM
Sat. Oct. 8, 4PM:
Stormy Weather: The Lena Horne Project
The Library Theater
Hoover Public Library
200 Municipal Dr., Hoover, AL
Sun., Oct. 9, 2PM:
Stormy Weather: The Lena Horne Project
Fowler Center, Arkansas State University
201 Olympic Dr.
State University, AR
SEPTEMBER 2011:
Thurs. Sept. 29, 8:30PM:
Stormy Weather: The Lena Horne Project
Musicians Institute Concert Hall
1655 N. McCadden Pl., Hollywood, CA
AUGUST 2011
Mon. Aug, 1, 2-3PM (EST):
Cat Radio Café with Janet Coleman, WBAI-FM (RE new edition of Deep in a Dream)
Mon. Aug. 1, 7PM:
Guest Juror, the Metropolitan Room's 4th Annual Metrostar Talent Challenge
34 W. 22nd St., New York
Sun. Aug. 21, 7PM:
Deep in a Dream: The Long Night of Chet Baker - Live
Starring Spider Saloff, trumpeter Erik Jekabson, pianist Ken Muir, and James Gavin (narrator/host)
The San Francisco Jazz Heritage Center
1320/1330 Fillmore St., San Francisco
APRIL 2011
Fri. Apr. 8, 2PM:
Lecture on Intimate Nights
Warburg Lounge, 92nd St. Y
1395 Lexington Ave.
New York, NY 10128
212-415-5450
Sun. Apr. 10, 3PM:
Host: The 26th Annual Concert Celebrating the Life and Music of Alec Wilder
Christ & St. Stephen's Church, 120 W. 69th St., New York
MARCH 2011
Thurs. Mar. 10, 1:30-2:30PM:
Talk about Intimate Nights: The Golden Age of New York Cabaret; Council House, Gerson Cultural Arts Series, 241 W. 72nd St., New York
Sat. Mar. 12, 5:40PM (CST):
Interview, The Paul Lisnek Show, WVON-AM
Sun. Mar. 13, 12:00-1:00PM:
Talk about Intimate Nights: The Golden Age of New York Cabaret; John Jay College, 899 Tenth Ave. (58-59), New York
Wed. Mar. 16, 8PM:
Talk about Stormy Weather; The Special Collections Department, Detroit Public Library, 5201 Woodward Ave., Detroit
Fri. Mar. 18, 12:15PM:
Interview with Christopher Popa; The Music Information Center at Chicago Public Library (Harold Washington Library Center, Cindy Pritzker Auditorium, 400 S. State St.)
Sat. Mar. 19, 6:30PM:
Deep in a Dream: The Long Night of Chet Baker in concert with Spider Saloff (vocals), Dennis Luxion (piano), Art Davis (trumpet), James Gavin (host), Katerina's Supper Club, 1920 W. Irving Park Rd., Chicago
Sat. Mar. 26:
Stormy Weather: The Life and Music of Lena Horne with Mary Wilson and the Mike Renzi Trio: Private event, Scottsdale, AZ
NOVEMBER 2010
Tues. Nov. 16, 11AM (PST):
Interview with Brian DeShazor for Pacifica Radio Archive pledge drive, KPFK, Los Angeles
OCTOBER 2010
Sat. Oct. 2, 8PM:
Stormy Weather: The Life and Music of Lena Horne (with Paula West and Rebecca Parris), Kirkland Performing Arts Center, Kirkland, WA
SEPTEMBER 2010
Wed. Sept. 22, 5PM:
Talk on Lena Horne: Institute of Jazz Studies, Rutgers University, Newark, New Jersey (with Daryl Sherman singing songs of Lena)
Sun. Sept. 26, 3-4PM:
West Hollywood Book Fair: Biographers' panel with Bill Marx (Son of Harpo Speaks) and Ray Charles Robinson, Jr. (You Don't Know Me: Reflections of My Father, Ray Charles); Luke Yankee, moderator; West Hollywood Park, 647 N. San Vicente Blvd.
Tues. Sept. 28, 6PM:
Talk on Lena Horne and Stormy Weather, Palm Springs Public Library, 300 S. Sunrise Way
Wed. Sept. 29, 7PM:
Talk on Lena Horne for Women in Jazz exhibit, San Francisco Jazz Heritage Center, 1320 Fillmore St
JULY 2010
Wed. July 28, 2010, 11AM (EST):
Jazz Café with Bob Collins, WRHU-FM (Hofstra University)
MAY 2010
Wed. May 5, 2010, 8 & 10PM:
Stormy Weather: The Life and Music of Lena Horne (with Paula West and Rebecca Parris), Blues Alley, Washington,
D.C .
Fri. May 7, 2010, 8:15PM (PST):
Bill Feingold Unleashed radio interview, K-News FM, 94.3, Palm Springs, CA
Sat. May 8, 2010, 3-5PM:
Signing/reading and launch party, Stormy Weather paperback
Just Fabulous bookstore
515 N. Palm Canyon Dr.
Palm Springs, CA 92262
760-864-1300
Mon. May 10, 2010, 4:25PM (Australian Standard Time):
ABC News Radio, Australia; interview with John Barron
Mon. May 10, 2010, 5:45AM (PST):
[Doug] McIntyre's Red-Eye Radio, KABC, Los Angeles
Mon. May 10, 2010, 10AM (British Standard Time):
BBC World Service interview
Mon. May 10, 2010, 11:40AM (PST):
AirTalk with Larry Mantle, KPCC-FM
Mon. May 10, 2010, 9:30PM (EST):
Al Jazeera TV Network interview on Lena Horne
Mon. May 10, 2010, 7PM (EST):
PBS NewsHour with Jeffrey Brown
Tues. May 11, 2010, 9:40AM (EST):
Democracy Now! with Amy Goodman (TV/radio)
Tues. May 11, 2010, 11AM-12PM (EST):
On Point with Tom Ashbrook (NPR)
Tues. May 11, 2010:
Michael Eric Dyson Show, WEAA-FM, Baltimore
Tues, May 11, 2010:
TV Estadão, São Paulo (video interview with Lucia Guimarães)
Wed. May 12, 2010, 7PM:
Signing/reading, Lena Horne paperback
Eso Won Bookstore
4331 Degnan Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90008
323-290-1048
Sun. May 16, 2010, 5:30PM (PST):
The Joey English Show, K-News Radio, Palm Springs
Sun. May 16, 2010, 7:30-8PM (PST):
The Joanne Griffith Show, BBC Radio 5, U.K.
Thurs. May 20, 2010, 11AM (PST):
KPFK/Pacifica Radio interview, SF
Fri. May 21, 2010, 2PM:
Lecture on Stormy Weather
Warburg Lounge, 92nd St. Y
1395 Lexington Ave.
New York, NY 10128
212-415-5450
APRIL 2010
Mon. Apr. 12, 2010, 2-3PM (EST):
Cat Radio Café with Janet Coleman, WBAI-FM
Mon. Apr. 19, 2010, 8-10PM (EST):
Fritz Homans Show, WERU-FM (Maine)
Sat. Apr. 24, 2010, 8 & 10PM:
Premiere of Horne tribute concert Stormy Weather: The Life and Music of Lena Horne with singers Rebecca Parris and Paula West, pianist/arranger George Mesterhazy, and host/narrator James Gavin at Sculler's, Boston, MA
Sun. Apr. 25, 2010, 4PM:
Stormy Weather: The Life and Music of Lena Horne, Camden Opera House, Camden, ME
Fri. Apr. 30, 2010:
BBC interview for forthcoming cabaret documentary
MARCH 2010
Thurs. Mar. 18, 2010, 1:30PM:
Talk, Council Senior Center, 241 W. 72nd St., New York
Tues. Mar. 30, 2009, 7:30 (PST):
Skip E. Lowe Looks at Hollywood (Time Warner Cable, Ch. 36, L.A.)
DECEMBER 2009
Sun. Dec. 13, 2009:
Interview with Tom Schnabel, KCRW (So. CA NPR)
NOVEMBER 2009
Sun. Nov. 1, 2009, 8-11PM:
David Kenney's "Everything Old Is New Again," WBAI-FM: Pledge Drive interview special, Part 1
Tues. Nov. 3, 2009, 1PM:
Dutch Treat Club, National Arts Club, New York: Lena talk with songs by Paula West/Jon Weber, piano
Thurs. Nov. 12, 2009:
Address at St. Mary's School, Yonkers, NY (James's old grade school)
OCTOBER 2009
Sat. Oct. 10, 2009:
New York Sheet Music Society: Lena Horne tribute with Genie "Pepper" Swinson, Eric Comstock, and Barbara Fasano
Sun. Oct. 25, 2009, 8-11PM:
David Kenney's "Everything Old Is New Again," WBAI-FM: Pledge Drive interview special, Part 1
SEPTEMBER 2009
Fri. Sept. 4, 2009:
The Joey Reynolds Show, WOR-AM (2-4AM, EST) with Sondra Lee, Charles Busch
Mon. Sept. 14, 2009:
The Joey Reynolds Show, WOR-AM (2-4AM, EST) with David Freeland (author of Automats, Taxi Dances, and Vaudeville)
Tues. Sept. 15, 2009:
Taping: The Joe Franklin Show, Bloomberg Radio
Thurs. Sept. 17, 2009, 7PM:
Literary Death Match, Bowery Poetry Club, 308 Bowery, New York
Fri. Sept. 18, 2009, 7PM:
Stormy Weather screening followed by talk, GMHC, 119 W. 24th St., New York
AUGUST 2009
Sun. Aug. 2, 2009, 7:50AM-8AM (EST):
Interview, Weekend Today in New York (NBC-TV)
Sun. Aug. 2, 2009, 6:30-7PM (PST):
Book Talk with Alan Farley, KALW-FM, San Francisco
Thurs, Aug 6, 2009:
Coast-to-Coast Satellite Radio Tour:
7:15-7:25AM (EST): CBS Radio News, WCBS-FM (New York)
7:40-8:00AM (EST): Bob Harden Show, WGUF-FM (Ft. Meyers, FL)
8:00-8:15AM (EST): WAMC-AM & FM (NPR, Regional Northeast)
8:20-8:35AM (EST): KHHT-FM Weekend Show (Los Angeles)
8:45-9:00AM (EST): WLIU-FM's In the Morning (New York)
9:00-9:15AM (EST): WTTS-FM's Over Easy (Indianapolis)
9:20-9:30AM (EST): Metro Networks News Feature, taped (Regional FL)
9:30-9:40AM (EST): WHAM-AM Morning Show (Rochester, NY)
9:40-9:50AM (EST): WPFW-FM Public Affairs Show (Washington, D.C.)
10:00-10:10AM (EST): Feisty Side of Fifty, taped (Nationally syndicated)
10:10-10:20AM (EST): KBBO-AM Morning Show (Yakima, WA)
10:45-10:55AM (EST): KZEN-FM's Point of View (Omaha, NE)
11:08-11:20AM (EST): KNUU-AM Good Morning Show (Las Vegas)
11:20-11:30AM (EST): Kevyn Berger Show, WFMP-FM (Minneapolis)
11:30-11:45AM (EST): WOND-AM Midday Show with Barbara Altman (Philadelphia)
11:45AM-12:00PM (EST): WGTD-FM (NPR) News feature, taped (Milwaukee)
12-12:15PM (EST): Tron in the Morning (with Tron Simpson), KCMN (CO Springs)
2:40-3:00PM (EST): Don Shelby Show, WCCO-AM (Minneapolis)
Thurs, Aug. 7, 2009:
The Joey Reynolds Show, WOR-AM (3-5AM EST) with Terry Trilling-Josephson (author of Cafe Society: The Wrong Place for the Right People), Joe Gilford, Will Friedwald
Mon. Aug. 10, 2009, 11:30AM (EST):
The Lynn Johnson Motivational Radio Show
Tues. Aug. 11, 2009, 9PM:
Interview, Jazz with Eric (Jackson) in the Evening
WGBH-FM, Boston
Thurs. Aug. 13, 2009, 8:35 (EST):
Doug McIntyre Show, KABC, Los Angeles
Thurs. Aug. 13, 2009, 6:30-8PM:
Busboys & Poets, 2021 14th St. NW (at V), Washington, D.C.
(Reading, signing)
Fri. Aug. 14, 2009:
NewsHour interview with Jeffrey Brown, Arlington, VA
WATCH HERE
Sun. Aug. 23, 2009, 11PM-12AM (EST):
Interview, Jazz from the Archives with Dan Morgenstern, WBGO-FM, Newark
Wed. Aug 26, 2009:
Taped interview with Mark Lynch, "Inquiry," WICN (New England NPR)
JULY 2009
Wed. July 1, 2009, 7:30PM:
Barnes & Noble-Lincoln Triangle
Broadway & 65th St, New York
(A conversation with ace author and interviewer-of-the-stars Tom Santopietro)
(SEE YOUTUBE CLIP)
Tues. July 7, 2009:
Taping, Skip E. Lowe Looks at Hollywood, Los Angeles
Broadcast times TBA
Thurs. July 9, 2009, 8:30PM (EST):
Live! With Lisa Radio Show, WSTC/WNLK/WYBC, Connecticut
Fri. July 10, 2009, 11:30AM (PST):
AirTalk with Larry Mantle, KPCC-FM, Los Angeles
(PLAY INTERVIEW HERE; SCROLL DOWN FOR JULY 10)
Sat. July 11, 2009, 7PM:
Book Soup, 8818 Sunset Blvd., West Hollywood
(Reading, signing)
Mon. July 13, 9-10AM:
Interview (with Kaye Ballard), Steve Kelly Show, RR Broadcasting, Palm Springs
Mon. July 13, 2009, 4:30PM:
Taping, The Gloria Greer Show, Time Warner Cable, Palm Springs
Mon. July 13, 2009, 9PM:
Interview, Bulldog Bill Feingold Unleashed, K-News Radio, Palm Springs
(CLICK HERE FOR PODCAST)
Wed. July 15, 2009:
Taping, New America Now with Sandip Roy, KALW-FM
(Broadcast time TBA)
Wed. July 15, 2009, 7PM:
Museum of Performance and Design, 401 Van Ness Ave., San Francisco
(Reading, signing, performance by singer Paula West)
Sat. July 18, 2009, 8PM:
Jazzschool, 2087 Addison St., Berkeley, CA
(Reading/signing/live interview with Maye Cavallaro)
Tues. July 21, 2009, 7AM hour:
Good Day Atlanta (TV) (SEE CLIP)
Wed. July 22, 2009, 8PM:
Margaret Mitchell House, 990 Peachtree St., Atlanta, GA
(Reading, talk, signing)
Thurs. July 30, 2009, 2PM:
Interview, Soundcheck (with John Schaefer), WNYC-FM
Listen HERE
JUNE 2009
Sun. June 21, 2009, 9-11PM:
Everything Old Is New Again with David Kenney
WBAI radio, 99.5 FM
Sat. June 27, 2009, 9:30AM:
The David Rothenberg Show, WBAI-FM, New York
Sun. June 28, 2009, 2PM:
Benefit reading for Jazz Foundation of America
Ann Ruckert's home, Upper West Side, Manhattan
(SEE YOUTUBE SEGMENT)
Mon. June 29, 2009, 6-8PM:
Hue-Man Bookstore
2319 Frederick Douglass Blvd. (124-125th Sts.), Harlem
(Reading, signing, and screening of exciting Lena Horne TV rarities)
Tues. June 30, 2009:
Podcast interview, Psychjourney with Deborah Harper
LISTEN HERE!
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