Eric Comstock

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Eric Comstock

Birdland, NYC, March 4, 2017

Reviewed by Peter Haas for Cabaret Scenes

Eric Comstock

Lovers of elegant jazz piano and vocalizing have long saved and savored their early Saturday evenings flocking to Birdland. The attraction: the one and only Barbara Carroll.

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Now that she has passed, so has the torch—and it burns brightly and warmly at the hands of the pianist, singer and very knowledgeable Eric Comstock.

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With Sean Smith backing on bass, Comstock, clearly enjoying himself, performed a generous program of  19 songbook favorites, to continuing audience smiles and applause. On tap were classics by Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart (“How Can You Forget?,” “This Can’t Be Love” and the perky “Mountain Greenery”); a taste of the Gershwins (“Who Cares?

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”), and Lane and Lerner (“Too Late Now”). A hint of Sinatra was Comstock’s performance of “All the Way” (Jimmy Van Heusen and Sammy Cahn), while the audience was given a trip to Latin America (by way of Tin Pan Alley) through such numbers as “You Don’t Have to Know the Language,” (Van Heusen and Johnny Burke),  “Manhã de Carnaval” (Luiz Bonfá and Antônio Maria) and “Living on Dreams” (Antonio Carlos Jobim and Susannah McCorkle). Smith came center stage with a bass solo of his own work, “Homemade Japanese Folk Song.

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Eric’s schedule for appearing in this new series at Birdland is still in formation. It will be most worth your while to keep checking—and attending.

Peter Haas

Writer, editor, lyricist and banjo plunker, Peter Haas has been contributing features and performance reviews for Cabaret Scenes since the magazine’s infancy. As a young folk-singer, he co-starred on Channel 13’s first children’s series, Once Upon a Day; wrote scripts, lyrics and performed on Pickwick Records’ children’s albums, and co-starred on the folk album, All Day Singing. In a corporate career, Peter managed editorial functions for CBS Records and McGraw-Hill, and today writes for a stable of business magazines. An ASCAP Award-winning lyricist, his work has been performed at Carnegie Hall, Feinstein’s, Metropolitan Room and other fine saloons.