Patti LuPone, Norbert Leo Butz, Rebecca Luker and Kevin Dozier
LuPone and Butz live at 54 Below, Luker finds Kern and Dozier finds love.
February 15, 2013
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Far Away Places; Memory and Mayhem
Patti LuPone; Norbert Leo Butz
Broadway Records has started releasing live recordings of cabaret shows from New York’s new hot nightspot, 54 Below, and they’re sensational. The first discs out are Patti LuPone’s Far Away Places and Norbert Leo Butz’s Memory and Mayhem. Both capture the spontaneity and intimacy of 54 Below as well as the energy and magic of these two gifted, Tony Award-winning performers. (Broadway Records)
I Got Love (Songs of Jerome Kern)
Rebecca Luker
The lovely and talented Rebecca Luker has gifted us with a new disc made up entirely of Jerome Kern songs, and it’s fantastic. With an exquisite soprano that combines flawless technique and inspired interpretive abilities, Luker remains peerless as a singer. With a collection of Kern songs familiar and obscure, I Got Love is already on 2013’s Top Ten list. (P.S. Classics)
Love’s Never Lost
Kevin Dozier
Adorable Kevin Dozier’s sophomore disc, Love’s Never Lost, is as beautiful and heartfelt as his first. This time with music direction, arrangements and orchestrations by Alex Rybeck, Dozier sings a generous selection of eclectic songs that show off his warm, lyric tenor to full advantage. Whether singing Sondheim, Berlin, Coward or Ann Hampton Callaway, Dozier is a winner. (Brannock Productions)
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