It’s been said that it’s almost impossible to get through the day without hearing one Johnny Mercer song—and why would you want to? Georgia’s own Johnny Mercer wrote the lyrics to over 1,700 songs, including four Academy Award-winners. From the light-hearted “You Must Have Been a Beautiful Baby” and “Jeepers Creepers” to the romantic “Laura,” the cinematic “Hooray for Hollywood” and the timeless “Days of Wine and Roses” and “Moon River,” Mercer truly penned the sound of an American century. Hard-bop trumpeter and vocalist Joe Gransden and jazz vocalist Maria Howell (stand-out soloist in the award-winning film version of The Color Purple) join the Georgia State University Jazz Band for this celebration of Mercer’s life and work.