I was just listening to NPR, when "Dance Me. . ." being sung by Madeleine came on. The narrator posed the question of "What's Madeleine been doing for the last 8 years?" [I think it was 8 ~ you know, those of you living in Leonard-deprived areas, how it is on the rare occasion that anything by Leonard gets heard. Whatever's being said is secondary to the shock and realization that what you're hearing is 'Leonard'!]
Anyway, they used "Dance Me. . ." as the sound clip for announcing the segment on Madeleine that will air on Sunday. I didn't catch the time, and I'll probably be listening, anyway
. However, I have to say that Madeleine's cover is interesting in how she uses the words for a 'jazz'-type presentation, with the words being more vehicles for the inherent syncopation and rhythm of the jazz ~ rather than infusing them with the emotion that they are used to convey, as Leonard wrote them. It reminds me of the great quote of Perla Batalla about doing Famous Blue Raincoat, when it's already been done so many times, when she likened Leonard's songs to the works of Beethoven 
. They leave room for many, many interpretations and renditions ~ and so great that the desire to do so will never be lacking! I've not been able to hear this program in its entirety, yet ~ but have really been enjoying what I've been hearing so far! Wish a recording of it were available
! ~ Lizzy
! Yes, "somewhat playful" is a good description. I'll need to listen to Kate Gibson's rendition.