Yellow Sound Label Presents Steve Marzullo's Show Me Some Beauty 6/7

YELLOW SOUND LABEL will release the debut CD of composer Steve Marzullo on iTunes, Amazon.com and other online outlets on June 7, 2011. Show Some Beauty showcases Marzullo's music performed by a stellar lineup of guest vocalists including Broadway and concert artists Rebecca Luker, Ann Harada, Julia Murney, Michael Winther, Andrea Burns, Judy Blazer, Annie Golden, Heidi Blickenstaff, Luther Creek, Rachel Ulanet, Stephanie Card, Ric Ryder and Terri Klausner. Marzullo and many of the recording's guests will have a special CD launch concert at Birdland Jazz Club on Monday, June 6 at 7:00PM. The album was produced by Michael Croiter with Marzullo serving as co-producer.

Show Some Beauty is an impressively varied debut recording that sets music to various settings by William Shakespeare, Emily Dickinson, W.B. Yeats, Sara Teasdale and Walt Whitman, as well as words by contemporary lyricists Amelia DeMayo, Amanda Yesnowitz, R.G. Michaud and Katherine Lench Meyering.

Tony Award nominated Rebecca Luker opens the album with a lilting interpretation of Marzullo's musicalization of the Dickinson poem "I Think To Live May Be A Bliss." "Beautiful Dreamer" - with a lyric by Demayo and vocal from Broadway veteran Julia Murney - provides the album with a tender lullaby. Other highlights include Andrea Burns, of In The Heights, performing the bright and uplifting "Morning Song" and the trio of Terri Klausner, Stephanie Card and Sally Wilfert blending voices for the sparkling harmonies of "Her Face." "Halcyon Days," based on the Whitman poem, is
perfectly realized in a dramatic rendering by Mamma Mia! alumnus Michael Winther.

In addition to Mr. Marzullo on piano, the disc features Ray Marchica on drums, Michael Croiter on percussion, Jeffrey Lee Campbell on guitar, Mary Ann McSweeney on bass, Entcho Todorov on violin and viola, and Clay Ruede on cello.

Steve Marzullo is a composer who brings together Broadway, pop and classical influences into a unique and unclassifiable art. A graduate of the Manhattan School of Music, Marzullo has been working steadily on Broadway since Grind. He was the musical director of Once On This Island and was handpicked by Stephen Sondheim to play piano on the recording Unsung Sondheim. He's worked on Broadway shows from Floyd Collins to Mamma Mia! to Suessical, as well as
the all-star concerts of Dreamgirls and Funny Girl. He also served as pianist for the Disney films Beauty and the Beast and Aladdin. As a musical director he has worked with a who's who of theatre royalty: Christine Ebersole, Andrea Martin, Brian Stokes Mitchell, Lillias White, Alice Ripley, Melissa Manchester and more.

He is the composer of the song "Some Days," which has been recorded and performed by multiple Tony Award winner Audra McDonald. McDonald has also recorded his songs "Burning the Sauce" and "I Hid My Love." He was one of the composers for the musicals Songs From An Unmade Bed and The Audience and he's had songs recorded by Stephanie J. Block, Andrea Burns and Rebecca
Luker. He is also the composer of the musical Joyce Jackson's Guide To Dating.

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With the release of Show Some Beauty from Steve Marzullo, Yellow Sound Label continues its commitment of bringing high quality, cutting edge material to listeners. For more information, please visit www.YellowSoundLabel.com.

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