Comstock and Fasano: Power of 10

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Eric Comstock & Barbara Fasano

Power of 10

Birdland, NYC, August 17, 2014

Reviewed by Ron Forman for Cabaret Scenes

Comstock-Fasano-Power-of-10-Cabaret-Scenes-Magazine_212Today’s best husband-and-wife musical team, Eric Comstock and Barbara Fasano, celebrated their 10th anniversary by performing a delightful collection of love songs, perfect for a summer afternoon in New York. Warren Vaché on trumpet added a light jazzy tone to most of the numbers. Comstock and Fasano are both accomplished vocalists, but, when working together, the whole is greater than the sum of its parts. Their voices blend beautifully and their verbal interplay is both loving and amusing.

Their jazzy duet of “How About You?,” with updated lyrics, set the stage for the afternoon love fest. The back and forth of Comstock’s “Comes Once in a Lifetime” and Fasano’s “ Lucky to Be Me” combined seamlessly. Comstock did a haunting solo, “The Night Has a Thousand Eyes.” Fasano’s “A Kiss to Build a Dream On” was backed by Vaché echoing Louis Armstrong. She paid homage to Lena Horne with a lilting “Surrey with the Fringe on Top.” Together at the piano, the couple lovingly performed “Two for the Road.” They closed with “Haven’t We Met,” followed by the very funny encore number by another musical couple —John Pizzarelli and Jessica Molaskey—“I Wouldn’t Trade You.”

 

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Ron Forman

Ron Forman has been a Mathematics Professor at Kingsborough Community College for 45 years. In that time, he has managed to branch out in many different areas. From 1977 to 1994 he was co-owner of Comics Unlimited, the third largest comic book distribution company in the USA. In 1999,after a lifetime of secretly wanting to do a radio program, he began his weekly Sweet Sounds program on WKRB 90.3 FM, dedicated to keeping the music of the Great American Songbook alive and accessible. This introduced him to the world of cabaret, which led to his position as a reviewer for Cabaret Scenes.