Johnny Mercer Tribute Concert
Johnny Mercer Tribute Concert In-Person
Celebrating the Spirit of Johnny Mercer
Georgia’s own Johnny Mercer wrote the lyrics to over 1,400 songs, including four Academy Award-winners. Hard-bop trumpeter and vocalist Joe Gransden and special guest vocalist Robin Latimore join Georgia State’s Jazz Band in a tribute to Mercer’s incomparable legacy.
Presented by The Johnny Mercer Foundation & Georgia State University Library.
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.
- Date:
- Saturday, March 4, 2023
- Time:
- 8:00pm - 11:00pm
- Time Zone:
- Eastern Time - US & Canada (change)
- Location:
- Rialto Center for the Arts
- Campus:
- All GSU Instructional Sites
Brittany serves as the curator of the music and popular culture collections held in Special Collections & Archives including the Johnny Mercer Collection. In this role, she acquires and preserves materials documenting 20th-century and 21st-century American music and culture, makes them available for research, and provides outreach to university, scholarly, and local communities.
