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Karen Oberlin On Piano Jazz One of the premier interpreters of the Great American Songbook presents a set of timeless music.
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Karen Oberlin On Piano Jazz

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Grant Jackson

Listen: Karen Oberlin On Piano Jazz

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Set List

  • "If I Were A Bell" (F. Loesser)
  • "Yes" (A. Previn)
  • "Autumn Nocturne" (J. Myrow)
  • "Bittersweet" (B. Strayhorn)
  • "A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square" (M. Sherwin, E. Maschwitz)
  • "Remind Me" (J. Kern, D. Fields)
  • "I Believe In You" (F. Loesser, A. Burrows)
  • "When She Loved Me" (R. Newman)
  • "I'm Checkin' Out, Goombye" (E.K. Ellington, B. Strayhorn)

Award-winning vocalist Karen Oberlin is one of the premier interpreters of the Great American Songbook. She's also a theater veteran whose credits include the first stage production of Rent, as well as more than 100 Off Broadway performances of the hit show Our Sinatra. On this episode of Piano Jazz, Oberlin presents an intimate set of timeless music with host Jon Weber.

Originally recorded on March 5, 2013.

Special Series

Piano Jazz With Jon Weber

Discover 13 legends in the making who are taking jazz into the 21st century, including Kris Bowers.