Liv and the BBC Orchestra World Premiere Video #2, Karla Bonoff and Liv tour and much more!
Happy November everyone!
November 1st means another BBC premiere! The second BBC Concert Orchestra song Liv is releasing is, "When Sunny Gets Blue". A song written by Marvin Fisher (music) and Jack Segal (lyrics), which has become a jazz standard. The song was originally recorded in September 1956 by Johnny Mathis backed by Ray Conniff and his Orchestra.
Here's Liv introducing "When Sunny Gets Blue", (or click photo to view video):
Starting in '24, Liv will be taking his BBC Concert Orchestra music out to a live audience, performing with symphony orchestras all over the country. Liv's tuxedo is always ready; he comes with musical charts brilliantly written by Tony Award winning Broadway and Hollywood composer, Bill Elliott. Please contact management if you have suggestions of orchestras/venues that Liv can work with in the upcoming year.
Watch "When Sunny Gets Blue" here, https://youtu.be/Wujx_UpogRM, (or click photo to view video):
Enjoy the song and video. Please share it with your friends and thanks for your help spreading Liv's music.
HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS TOUR DATES (w/ Karla Bonoff)
Livingston and Karla are excited to be performing together again! The "Home for the Holidays" Tour starts December 6th in Skokie, IL. Check out the tour schedule below!
"The idea that I can be around and make music with Karla Bonoff, one of the iconic Laurel Canyon singer-songwriter legends of my generation was an opportunity that only a fool or a madman would miss... although I have been accused of being both, not in this situation." - Livingston
12/6 - North Shore Center for the Performing Arts in Skokie, Skokie, IL
12/7 - The Dakota, Minneapolis, MN
12/8 - The Dakota, Minneapolis, MN
12/9 - Stoughton Opera House, Stoughton, WI
12/12 - The Birchmere, Alexandria, VA
12/13 - Forbes Center for the Performing Arts, Harrisonburg, VA
12/15 - Sacred Heart Community Theatre, Fairfield, CT
12/16 - Bellows Falls Opera House, Bellows Falls, VT
12/17 - City Winery, Boston, MA
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LIVINGSTON TAYLOR'S QUOTE OF THE MOMENT
"I am constantly exploring new stuff. I'm a good enough singer and player now that I can do this on a continuous basis after listening to it. And it fills my well, and that triggers my own writing. I do play some Bach, Beethoven and a little Mozart, but I am mainly a pop singer, so most of what I play is the popular music from the late '20s to the present." - The Sentinel (Carlisle, Pennsylvania), October 16, 2008.