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Michael Feinstein
A leading connoisseur of the Great American Songbook, singer Michael Feinstein has blazed a brilliant career sleuthing out forgotten treasures by the likes of the Gershwins, Cole Porter and Irving Berlin, then delivering them in dramatic, polished performances. His latest album, The Sinatra Project, is a tribute not only to Ol’ Blue Eyes, but to arrangers Nelson Riddle and Billy May. Recorded live in the same studio as Sinatra’s classic Capitol Records-era hits like Come Fly With Me and Only the Lonely, the album features new arrangements of classic songs—plus two undiscovered tunes Sinatra never got around to recording. Celebrating his 25th anniversary as a performer, Feinstein brings this vibrant project to life with a blazing big band and his own inimitable panache. Give mom a glamorous night out this Mothers’ Day with this one-of-a-kind event!
“There is no one on this earth who has expanded, exposed and embraced the American songbook as passionately.”
—The New York Times
Frank Sinatra’s Capitol-era recordings (1953-1961) such as Swing Easy and Songs for Swingin’ Loversare recognized as some of the first “concept albums” —thematically cohesive collections of songs meant to evoke a story or convey a mood.