Performer Notes

Personnel: Tony DeSare (vocals, piano, Fender Rhodes piano, synthesizer); Jane Monheit (vocals); Richard Padron, Bucky Pizzarelli (guitar); Andy Farber (alto saxophone); Nathan Childers (tenor saxophone); Jay Brandford (baritone saxophone); Dominick Farinacci, Glenn Drewes (trumpet); Wayne Goodman (trombone); Tedd Firth (piano); Mike Lee (bass guitar); Brian Czach (drums).
DJ: Joe Piscopo.
Audio Mixer: Michael Bishop .
Liner Note Author: Tony DeSare.
Recording information: Avatar Studios, Studio A, New York, NY; National Audio And Video.
Author: Tony DeSare.
Photographers: Bill Westmoreland; Michael Bishop .
Arrangers: Tedd Firth; Tony DeSare.
Though not as highly touted in the mid- to late 2000s as Michael Bubl‚, or as groundbreaking as Harry Connick, Jr. was a generation earlier, the versatile, warm toned singer, songwriter, and pianist was similar to those artists in his mix of jazz, pop, and soul, and given his extreme talent as a live entertainer and his versatility in covering various eras of contemporary music. Expanding on the vibe of Bubl‚'s breakthrough albums, DeSare once again blends contemporary pop and traditional pop sensibilities, creating a concept album featuring snippets from mock radio broadcasts between a colorful, infectious hodgepodge of heartfelt originals (the tender, sensual "A Little Bit Closer" and the soft, candlelit "To Touch a Woman", Great American Songbook romps (a gently swinging and bluesy "All or Nothing at All," and surprising pop era hits. The latter range from "Johnny B. Goode" (say, if Jerry Lee Lewis had done it instead of Chuck Berry) to "Hallelujah! I Love Her So" and a loungey take on the Phil Collins/Philip Bailey hit "Easy Lover." If his goal with the radio broadcast touches was to offer a historical retrospective of the intimate relationship between the music, the fans at home, and the medium that still has the power to bring them together, DeSare succeeds brilliantly. But even without that lofty goal, it's a high spirited and hard to resist revue. In the past, charismatic crooners had to limit themselves to the Songbook or bust, but thanks to Bubl‚ and DeSare, they could dig deeper, time travel more freely, and discover the joy in many eras of music. ~ Jonathan Widran

Professional Reviews

Down Beat (p.70) - 3.5 stars out of 5 -- "The set's a three-way split between '30s standards, pop covers and DeSare's seamless, timeless originals."

JazzTimes (p.88) - "[H]e continues to mightily impress as a songwriter, demonstrating his marvelous dexterity with the easy-swingin' 'A Little Bit Closer'..."

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