Elissa Waller (vocals) and Anthony Utehs (guitar) performed some of their favorite jazz standards and other hits live from the WORT studio on Monday, January 3rd. These lifelong musicians with day jobs were excited to spend a Monday evening sharing their talents with the listeners. You can reach out to Elissa for bookings with Elissa and Anthony together or separately for any other projects at efwaller5@gmail.com.
Set List:
- Don’t Get Around Much Anymore – Ellington/Russell,1940
- Our Day Will Come – Garson/Hilliard, 1962
- Everyday – Buddy Holly and Norman Petty, 1957
- Walk on By – opb Dionne Warwick, by Burt Bacharach 1964
- Build Me Up Buttercup – opb The Foundations, by Tony Macaulay, 1968
- Days of Wine and Roses – Mancini/Mercer, 1963
- I Can’t Give You Anything But Love – McHugh/Fields, 1928
- All of Me – Marks/Simons, 1931
- Someone to Watch Over Me – George and Ira Gershwin, 1926
- Lullaby of Birdland – Shearing/Weiss, 1952
- Our Love is Here to Stay – George Gershwin, 1938
- My Guy – opb Mary Wells, by Smokey Robinson, 1964
- The Lion Sleeps Tonight – The Temptations, 1961, written by Solomon Linda in 1939
- Bewitched, Bothered, and Bewildered – Rodgers/Hart, 1940
- Let Me Be Your Teddy Bear – opb Elvis Presley, by Mann/Lowe, 1957
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