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Loston Harris
Grab your martini glass. Jazz vocalist/pianist Loston Harris is known for blending traditional jazz riffs, gospel, and blues. He's singing in a tribute concert to Carolyn Leigh, the songwriter of "Young at Heart," "The Best is Yet to Come" and other songs made famous by the Rat Pack. He joins us to preview those, and to talk about his career, which took off when he was a member of the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra under Wynton Marsalis.
Sat-Mon: Loston Harris will be participating in "I've Got Your Number: Romance, the Rat Pack and Carolyn Leigh." Also: The Loston Harris Trio plays weekly at the Carlyle Hotel.
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