Romance On Film, Romance On Broadway

Romance On Film, Romance On Broadway

Cabaret singer turned crooner Michael Feinstein continues to pay tribute to the American popular standard in his two-disc set Romance on Film, Romance on Broadway. The first disc features Feinstein in front of a live audience singing mostly well-worn ballads from classic films (exception: you may not immediately associate Michel LeGrand and Alan and Marilyn Bergman's "How Do You Keep the Music Playing?" with the 1982 Burt Reynolds-Goldie Hawn vehicle Best Friends). The second disc is a studio recording filled with ballads and the occasional swinger ("Taking a Chance on Love") from Broadway shows. Accompanied by different combinations of horns and rhythm, Feinstein often stretches a song out to six or seven minutes, thus allowing for relaxed tempos, granting solo opportunities to his first-rate instrumentalists (including pianists Alan Broadbent and Marian McPartland), and indulging his fondness for what he calls the "sighing moment"--when he puzzles the audience with an unknown verse to a song, and then gives them the familiar, satisfying, well-loved chorus. Feinstein might rely a bit too much on his falsetto and there isn't the same sense of wit and adventure of his cabaret years, but this is a classy, enjoyable album for late-night listening. --David Horiuchi
Country USA
Brand Concord Music Group
Manufacturer Concord Records
Binding Audio CD
ItemPartNumber 1658149
Model 1976295
ReleaseDate 2000-10-10
UnitCount 2
UPCs 013431490128
EANs 0013431490128

Country	USA
Brand	Concord Music Group
Manufacturer	Concord Records
Binding	Audio CD
ItemPartNumber	1658149
Model	1976295
ReleaseDate	2000-10-10
UnitCount	2
UPCs	013431490128
EANs	0013431490128

Romance On Film, Romance On Broadway

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