Gabrielle Stravelli & Billy Stritch: Down for Double

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Gabrielle Stravelli & Billy Stritch

Down for Double

Birdland, NYC, January 8, 2018

Reviewed by Peter Haas for Cabaret Scenes

Gabrielle Stravelli & Billy Stritch

One and one make two—as well as a grand evening of music—when the two are Gabrielle Stravelli and Billy Stritch. The pair warmed up a January night as they joined forces on stage at Birdland.
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With an easy stage chemistry and obvious pleasure at making music together, the two romped through a dozen-and-a-half popular numbers—solos and duets—accompanied throughout by Stritch on piano, Pat O’Leary on bass and Eric Halvorson on drums.

Among the singers’ pairings were Rodgers and Hart’s merry “I Wish I Were in Love Again,” Irving Berlin’s “I’m Putting All My Eggs in One Basket,” harmonized on a mash-up of “(How Little It Matters) How Little We Know” (Phillip Springer/Carolyn Leigh) and the Hoagy Carmichael/Johnny Mercer “How Little We Know” that brought out the sweetness of the songs; a perky presentation of “Down for Double” (Freddie Green), and—part of a Cy Coleman medley —“Let Me Down Easy.”

There was plenty of room for solos, such as Stravelli’s lovely singing of “Too Close for Comfort” (Jerry Bock/George David Weiss/Larry Holofcener); a ballad, “Single-O” (Donald Kahn/Johnny Mercer) and her own composition, “Cake of My Childhood.” Stritch shone on the Rodgers and Hart classic “Mountain Greenery,” and a strong “Then I’ll Be Tired of You.
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” (Arthur Schwartz/E.Y. Harburg).

The two joined forces to close the show with “Goody Goody,” the oldie by Matty Malneck/Mercer and “So Rare” (Jerry Herst/Jack Sharpe).
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Peter Haas

Writer, editor, lyricist and banjo plunker, Peter Haas has been contributing features and performance reviews for Cabaret Scenes since the magazine’s infancy. As a young folk-singer, he co-starred on Channel 13’s first children’s series, Once Upon a Day; wrote scripts, lyrics and performed on Pickwick Records’ children’s albums, and co-starred on the folk album, All Day Singing. In a corporate career, Peter managed editorial functions for CBS Records and McGraw-Hill, and today writes for a stable of business magazines. An ASCAP Award-winning lyricist, his work has been performed at Carnegie Hall, Feinstein’s, Metropolitan Room and other fine saloons.