William Blake and Michael Thomas Murray: Echoes of Etta
The song choices are the great Etta James’s top hits.
The song choices are the great Etta James’s top hits.
Between numbers, Pizzarelli’s engaging patter included a description of a letter from McCartney suggesting the project.
The magic name Ellington carried its perfume of elegance and sophistication to 92Y.
Her voice, singing style, and musicianship are superb.
A generous and courageous Melba Moore celebrated her 54 Below debut with lots of vocal pyrotechnics.
She still sounded like the young folk singer she was, with a voice clear and strong all the way up to the high notes.
Daniel Jobim, grandson of the bossa nova giant Antonio Carlos Jobim, added true Brazilian flavor and lent a voice that blended well with Pizzarelli’s mellow baritone.
Ron Dabney brought his warm, mellow voice, his magnetic stage presence to the Metropolitan Room.
Rosemary-Loar-Stingchronicity-Cabaret-Scenes-Magazine_212Rosemary Loar staged a paean to and a rethinking of the songs of Gordon Sumner, known to the world as Sting.