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From Harlem To Beyond The Rainbow! is a celebration of the music and life of one of America's most prolific songwriters. Harold Arlen by name is unknown to many but many an Arlen tune is easily recognized. So much so that "He wrote that!" is usually the comment that follows. From "Get Happy," "Stormy Weather," "As Long As I Live," The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea," through the song of the century, "Over The Rainbow" and on to classics "The Man That Got Away," and "One For My Baby," Arlen has written some of the most memorable songs in the American Songbook. He ranks right up there with Porter, Gershwin, Kern, Rogers, Hart, and the others. This performance celebrates the 100th aniversary of his birth with song and insights into their origin.

Hailing from McComb MS, now a bay area resident, Jazz/Cabaret artist Benn Bacot has studied at The Blue Bear School Of Music and The Berkely Jazz School. He is a member of CabaretWest and has received vocal training and guidance from SF's Razz Kennedy, Stephanie Bruce, Faith Winthrop, Wesla Whitfield, and NY's Ellie Ellsworth. He has been both a finalist and 2nd runner up in the San Francisco Cabaret Competition and has appeared on the stages of Piafs, Johnny Foley Irish Cellar, The Plush Room, Club Jazz Nouveau, Martuni's, Larkspurs Variety Platter , Steve Murray's Viva Variety, as well as one of the New Stars Of The Purple Onion. He has recorded 3 independent CD's of standards and currently co-hosts the monthly singers open mic, Song Of The Month, at Martuni's.