Nmon Ford
Monday, August 18, 2008 at 07:21AM
Fabian Lewkowicz in Music, Santa Monica College, The Broad Stage

Two-time Grammy Award winning baritone, Nmon Ford performs during 'American Songbook Revisited'  at The Broad Stage on Sunday, August 17, 2008. The program consisted of two parts: “The Old School” and “The New School.” Part I presented traditional negro spirituals in time-honored arrangements by Margaret Bonds, Hall Johnson and Harry Burleigh, as well as folk tunes and beloved vocal music by George Gershwin, Aaron Copland, Duke Ellington and Leonard Bernstein. Part II featured contemporary favorites by Stevie Wonder and Eric Clapton, with original songs and daring new arrangements of classic spirituals composed by Nmon Ford.

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