Richard Roland

Lena Horne (1917–2010) had close working relationships with composers like Harold Arlen and Billy Strayhorn.

The second in a three-part retrospective of Rodgers and Hammerstein focuses on Oklahoma! and The King and I.

A survey of songs from the American Songbook about dancing.

A show dedicated to interpretations of the many classics that entered the American Songbook via Frank Loesser's Guys and Dolls.

On this show, we highlight the vocal jazz trio that helped revolutionize jazz singing in the late 1950s.

Ella Fitzgerald, Mark Murphy, Nina Simone, and others help us commemorate the changing of the seasons.

This week, a look at the music of composer Cy Coleman, including songs like "Witchcraft," "The Best Is Yet To Come," "Big Spender," and "I Walk A Little Faster."

After World War II, the career of Cole Porter seemed to be mostly over. However in 1948, he scored his biggest hit to date with the award-winning musical Kiss Me Kate, kicking off a victory lap for the composer’s final years. We’ll explore these late songs of Cole Porter on this program.

They may not be as well known as Rodgers and Hammerstein, but the songwriting duo of Arthur Schwartz and Howard Dietz nevertheless made significant contributions to the American Songbook, like “That’s Entertainment” and “You And The Night And The Music.”

A celebration of non-musical films that placed iconic songs in our collective imagination.