John Oddo was a long time collaborator with Michael Feinstein, serving as conductor/music director for many of Feinstein's symphony performances and writer for Feinstein's symphony and big band arrangements.
He received a Drama Desk Award nomination for his orchestrations for Feinstein and Dame Edna Everage's 2010 Broadway show, All About Me. Oddo was also music director and arranger for Feinstein's PBS specials, Michael Feinstein at the Rainbow Room and Michael Feinstein New Year's Eve at the Rainbow Room.
Having started his career as a pianist, arranger, and composer for Woody Herman and his Thundering Herd, Oddo met Rosemary Clooney in 1983 and ... read more