Artist: Michael Feinstein
Title: Live at the Algonquin
Year Of Release: 1987
Label: Elektra
Genre: Vocal Jazz, Cabaret
Quality: FLAC (tracks+.cue,log)
Total Time: 52:34
Total Size: 211 MB
Tracklist:
01. Wanna Sing a Show Tune (4:19)
02. Rhode Island Is Famous for You (3:16)
03. I Concentrate on You (3:44)
04. You (2:36)
05. On Such a Night as This (2:38)
06. Blame It on My Youth (5:23)
07. Ira Gershwin Medley (9:10)
08. Old Friend (4:42)
09. Shall We Join the Ladies? (1:31)
10. Old Friends/Not While I'm Around (5:49)
11. I Love a Piano (4:48)
12. Thanks for the Memory (4:38)
Before he forged a reputation as the walking, talking encyclopedia of American popular song, Michael Feinstein was a cabaret singer, and this 1987 live recording from New York's Algonquin Hotel captures him in his element. Feinstein performs ballads, list songs, a medley of Ira Gershwin songs, and comic songs, all to his own expert piano accompaniment. Some of the best (and least familiar) numbers are those aimed at the knowing audience, including "You," a hilarious cut-and-paste job of famous song phrases, and "On Such a Night as This," a poignant listing of bygone musical moments. Feinstein also sings "Old Friends," the cheery Sondheim number from Merrily We Roll Along, and "Old Friend," the heartbreaker from Nancy Ford and Gretchen Cryer's I'm Getting My Act Together and Taking It on the Road. This is Feinstein at his best.
