Johnny Mercer Tribute Performance

Date and Time for this Past Event

• Saturday, Mar 4, 2023  8pm

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Celebrating the Spirit of Johnny Mercer

It’s been said that getting through the day without hearing one Johnny Mercer song is almost impossible—and why would you want to?  Georgia’s own Johnny Mercer wrote the lyrics to over 1,400 songs, including four Academy Award-winners.  From the light-hearted “You Must Have Been a Beautiful Baby” and “Jeepers Creepers” to the cinematic “Hooray for Hollywood” and the timeless “Moon River,” Mercer wrote words and music for an American century.  Hard-bop trumpeter and vocalist Joe Gransden joins the Georgia State University Jazz Band ’s tribute to Mercer’s incomparable legacy, as they perform a selection of his many hits and new arrangements of some of his unpublished works.

This concert is made possible by generous support from The Johnny Mercer Foundation and the Georgia State University Library.

This is a Rialto Series performance.

Tickets on sale August 24, 2022 at 10:00am