From Tin Pan Alley to Motown, Dane Vannatter will present a new cabaret and jazz show, "Alone Together: A Tony Bennett Album" on four consecutive Saturday evenings in September, beginning September 6th (9:30PM) at the New York hotspot Metropolitan Room (34 West 22nd Street ~between 5th & 6th Avenues). Directed by Lennie Watts, the evening will feature songs from the Bennett album including "Alone Together," "Poor Butterfly," "It's Magic," and a rarely sung Bart Howard song "Walk in the Country."
"Alone Together: A
Tony Bennett Album, follows the course of my own singing career by way of an album that was in my father's record collection when I was growing up. Alone Together is the album that made me want to be a singer" says Vannatter.
Joining Dane Vannatter will be: Bill Duffy on piano; Thomson Kneeland on bass; George Farrell on drums. Dane Vannatter and his ensemble have performed to sold out audiences throughout New England and New York.
Vannatter's distinctive swinging and soulful sound to songs by songwriters such as Harold Arlen, Rodgers & Hart, Stevie Wonder and
Craig Carnelia has garnered him the 2006 Bistro Award for Outstanding Vocalist and the 2000 Bistro Award for Outstanding CD for his second recording, "Flight." He has been nominated for four MAC awards and is a 2007 Nightlife Award finalist. Dane has performed for several years at the annual Mabel Mercer Cabaret Convention at Town Hall and has also performed at the legendary Sardi's and Danny's Skylight Room in New York as well as venues in Boston, San Francisco and Newport. Dane's CDs, here's to life, FLIGHT and Double Standards are all available on his web site,
www.danevannatter.com.
Dane Vannatter will play the following Saturday night performances: September 13th, September 20th and September 27th at 9:30PM at Metropolitan Room (34 West 22nd Street /between 5th and 6th Avenues). There is a $20 cover charge---for reservations, please call (212) 206-0440.
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