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Tony DeSare: Radio Show
by Jeff Winbush
At a time when, for all intents and purposes, radio has ceased to be the breeding ground for new talent, Tony DeSare's Radio Show takes a long and loving look back at its golden age. It's more than a little ironic that, with the timidly restrictive formats of many radio stations, Radio Show will find it tough to find listeners in the medium it celebrates.There isn't much demand for crooners these days, but a good singer will always ...
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by Woodrow Wilkins
For persons born before 1990, radio was the primary medium for hearing new music. Not only was the form of communication more widely used on the consumer end, but before mergers and buyouts, the announcers and deejays were as much a part of the listening experience as the songs themselves. Tony DeSare tries to recapture that atmosphere with Radio Show. A pianist, vocalist and composer, DeSare has made several national television appearances. In addition to performances in ...
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by C. Michael Bailey
Harry Connick, Jr., John Pizzarelli, Peter Cincotti, and now, Tony DeSare: this quartet represents the cream of mainstream male jazz vocalists. The Frank Sinatra angle would not be inappropriate, but all of the above are expert on instruments second to their voices.
Tony DeSare, the freshman of this class, slipped onto the scene with 2005's Want You. He might be considered Telarc's answer to Concord's Cincotti, but this shortchanges both men, whose chops are beyond question, whose voices are durable, ...
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by Woodrow Wilkins
If you hadn't heard these songs before, it would be hard to separate the originals from the classics. Glen Falls, New York native Tony DeSare blends the two so well on his debut CD, Want You, that he offers a seamless transition between standards and new material. His compositions and his interpretations of the classics make the music fresh, while keeping within the framework of the American Songbook.With a voice that's likely to draw comparisons to Michael Buble, ...
read moreJazz This Week: Bill Charlap Trio, Tony Desare and Bucky Pizzarelli, and More
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St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
It's been a week of waterlogged weather here in St. Louis, but the soggy circumstances can't put a damper on all the jazz and creative music coming up in town over the next few days. Let's go the highlights... Tonight, the fine pianist Bill Charlap and his trio open a four-night run continuing through Saturday at Jazz at the Bistro. While Charlap has played in St. Louis before, this is the first time his trio has performed at the Bistro. ...
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The Sheldon Offering Discounted Tickets for Tony Desare and Bucky Pizzarelli
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St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
The Sheldon Concert Hall and Metrotix are offering a special discount price on tickets to the performance by singer/pianist Tony DeSare (pictured) and guitarist Bucky Pizzarelli at the Sheldon on Saturday, April 30. The advertised ticket price is $45 for orchestra seats, $40 for the balcony, but online buyers can purchase tickets for just $25 each with the promotional code. To get the discounted price, go to www.metrotix.com/promotions, select The Sheldon" from among the venues listed, and enter promo code ...
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Tony DeSare Finding the Mercer That Suits Him Best
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Michael Ricci
Imagine youre in Johnny Mercers hometown, Savannah, Ga. It is spring 1952, buds are budding, and you can hear train whistles in the distance.
That is how the singer and pianist Tony DeSare, a baby Sinatra, set the scene for his reverent centennial tribute, Mercer, Moon River and Me, at the Oak Room of the Algonquin Hotel on Tuesday evening. If there were a concordance of Mercer lyrics, which are steeped in nostalgic wanderlust, it would abound in images of ...
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Jazz This Week: The Cunninghams, Tony Desare, "Bag and Beyond," and More
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St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
It's a week of homecomings for St. Louis jazz, as performers from both the Gaslight Square era of the early 1960s and the experimental period of the late 1960s return to local venues.The Gaslight Square veteran is singer/percussionist/multi-instrumentalist Don Cunningham, who now lives in Las Vegas and works with his wife Alicia, a singer and pianist, as The Cunninghams. They'll be at the Sheldon Concert Hall this evening with an act that's a mix of cleverly arranged jazz ...
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