CABARET TONIGHT IN TORONTO: RAY JESSEL AT JAZZ BISTRO
Songwriter Ray Jessel will perform at THE JAZZ BISTRO (251 Victoria Street, Toronto, ONT, CA - 416-363-5299 - http://jazzbistro.ca ) with a show featuring his original songs on Sunday, October 27th at 7:00 pm. Born in 1929, Ray Jessel hails from Cardiff, where he received his music degree from the University of Wales. He won a scholarship to study composition for a year in Paris as a graduate student with Arthur Honegger. He emigrated to Canada. His first work for the musical theatre was for the annual Canadian satirical revue SPRING THAW, where he struck up a collaboration with Marian Grudeff. This led to their writing material for Julius Mond's UPSTAIRS AT THE DOWNSTAIRS revues in New York and brought them to the notice of Broadway producer Alexander H. Cohen, who hired them to write songs for his Sherlock Holmes musical BAKER STREET (1965). Jessel sought greener pastures in Hollywood, where he has had a successful career in television, writing first musical material then comedy sketches for "The Dean Martin Show," "The Carol Burnett Show," many John Denver specials, and a long stint with "The Love Boat." Among many other episodes he wrote the two-hour movie, LOVE BOAT - THE MUSICAL starring Ethel Merman, Carol Channing, Ann Miller, Van Johnson, Cab Calloway and Della Reese. There is a $25 cover.
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