Rhythm Cafe MKE
VOL62 - Lucas LaBeau - Mack the Knife
Season 2025 Episode 39 | 5m 17sVideo has Closed Captions
Lucas LaBeau performs the jazz classic “Mac the Knife” with his own uptempo twist.
Milwaukee keyboardist Lucas LaBeau performs the jazz standard “Mac the Knife” with an uptempo, modern flair. Inspired by Bobby Darin’s version, Lucas shares how the tune shaped his love for jazz and showcases his improvisational style and creative energy.
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Rhythm Cafe MKE is a local public television program presented by MILWAUKEE PBS
Rhythm Cafe MKE
VOL62 - Lucas LaBeau - Mack the Knife
Season 2025 Episode 39 | 5m 17sVideo has Closed Captions
Milwaukee keyboardist Lucas LaBeau performs the jazz standard “Mac the Knife” with an uptempo, modern flair. Inspired by Bobby Darin’s version, Lucas shares how the tune shaped his love for jazz and showcases his improvisational style and creative energy.
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I'm a keyboardist from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and today I am gonna be playing the popular jazz standard, "Mack the Knife."
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I just keep learning jazz standards as much as I can because it's just a never ending list.
You'll be at a jam session and someone will call a tune that you don't know and then you gotta learn it for next time.
So "Mack the Knife" is one of those that I learned when I was really young.
I think I actually first heard the Bobby Darin record, which is like the most famous one, just around the house 'cause my mom played it.
And so that tune has just been one of my favorites.
And so I decided to play it today and play it kind of uptempo and you know, add my sauce to it.
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