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Great Ladies of Jazz
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Program

GREAT LADIES OF JAZZ


The Princeton Festival

ROSSEN MILANOV, Edward T. Cone Music Director

Friday, June 19, 2026 - 7pm
Performance Pavilion at
Morven Museum & Garden



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Capathia Jenkins and Aisha de Haas, vocalists
Lucas Waldin, conductor
Princeton Symphony Orchestra



Irving BERLIN / Tribute to Irving Berlin   



George GERSHWIN / “Strike Up the Band” 

lyrics by Ira Gershwin  



Harold ARLEN / “Get Happy”     

lyrics by Ted Koehler



Richard RODGERS / “Bewitched, Bothered, and Bewildered”         

lyrics by Lorenz Hart



George GERSHWIN / “‘S Wonderful” 

lyrics by Ira Gershwin



Duke ELLINGTON & Billy STRAYHORN / “Satin Doll”

lyrics by Johnny Mercer 



George GERSHWIN / “Fascinating Rhythm” 

lyrics by Ira Gershwin



Joe GARLAND / In The Mood 



Frederick LOEWE / “Almost Like Being in Love” 

lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner



Anthony NEWLEY & Leslie BRICUSSE / “Feeling Good”     



Jimmy MCHUGH / “On the Sunny Side of the Street”

lyrics by Dorothy Fields    



INTERMISSION



Louis PRIMA / Sing, Sing, Sing                     

arr. Benny Goodman Orchestra



Irving BERLIN / “Blue Skies” 



Ella FITZGERALD & Al FELDMAN / “A-Tisket, A-Tasket”    



Harold ARLEN / “Over the Rainbow” 

lyrics by E.Y. Harburg



Morgan LEWIS / “How High the Moon” 

lyrics by Nancy Hamilton



Johnny MERCER / “Something’s Gotta Give”    



Sam COSLOW / “(If You Can't Sing It) You'll Have to Swing It (Mr. Paganini)”    



Billy STRAYHORN / Take The A Train



George GERSHWIN / “Summertime” 

lyrics by DuBose Heyward



Harold ARLEN / “Blues in the Night”

lyrics by Johnny Mercer    



George GERSHWIN / “I Got Rhythm”

lyrics by Ira Gershwin    


 

This performance includes a 20-minute intermission.



Assistive listening devices and large print programs are available in the outdoor lobby.

No audio or video recording or photography permitted. 

Dates, times, artists, and programs subject to change. 

    


 


   



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