Tribute to Richard Rodgers

NOTE: Names of ADVANCE ticket buyers will be on a list at the door for check-in! TICKETS AT THE DOOR WILL BE $30.00 + FEES .... A Tribute to Richard Rodgers, the premier composer for American Musicals Sunday, August 9, 2026, 4:30 p.m. In the PCA Classic Jazz Club, with table seating & refreshments! Meditation (jazz, Latin, 1962) "Pop" Medley - easy swing * Dancing On The Ceiling (1930) * There's A Small Hotel (1936) "Pop" Medley – ballad * Bewitched (1941) I Cover the Waterfront (1933) A Foggy Day (jazz, swing, 1937) * It Might As Well Be Spring (jazz, ballad, 1945) "Pop" & Jazz Moon Medley - rhumba Fly Me To The Moon (1954) * Blue Moon (1934) Blues for Kaiser (jazz blues - swing, 2018) Intermission Speak Low (jazz, Latin, 1943) "Pop" Medley - easy swing * My Romance (1935) * Where or When (1937) "Pop" Medley * My Funny Valentine (ballad, 1937) * My Favorite Things (waltz, 1959) Gone With The Wind (jazz, swing, 1937) When Sunny Gets Blue (jazz, ballad, 1956) "Pop" Medley - rhumba * Spring Is Here (1938) * Manhattan (1925) The Dimond Blues (jazz, slow blues, 2013) * An asterisk (*) indicates songs by Richard Rodgers The whole story: In an effort to preserve the tradition of the classic jazz and pop piano trio, the In the Tradition piano trio presents this year-long series of monthly celebrations to add to the programs of Piedmont Center for the Arts. CDs available as thank-you gifts for donations! We are Bill, Mark, and Albert, a jazz and pop piano trio dedicated to preserving the tradition of the classic jazz piano trio: the music of the Oscar Peterson Trio, the Red Garland Trio, the Wynton Kelly Trio, the Gene Harris Trio, etc. This musical format developed during the modern jazz era of the 1940s and 1950s. It flourished in Oakland and the East Bay during the 1950s with local jazz piano trios, but has since almost disappeared. Recall that legendary jazz pianist Dave Brubeck, an East Bay native, rose to fame at The Burma Lounge nightclub in Oakland, where he played