Jazz / Vocal
Michael Feinstein - Liner Notes, Piano, Vocals
Aaron Walk - Assistant Engineer
Abbey Anna - Art Direction
Alan Broadbent - Piano
Alan Kaplan - Trombone
Andrew Picken - Viola
Armen Ksadjikian - Cello
Barbara Porter - Violin
Belinda Broughton - Violin
Bill Elliott Swing Orchestra - Arranger, Conductor, Liner Notes, Producer
Bruce Monical - Assistant Engineer
Bruce Otto - Trombone
Buck Snow - Engineer
Carolyn Osborn - Violin
Charles Coleman - Viola
Charles Loper - Trombone
Charles Noble - Viola
Charles Paakkari - Engineer, Mixing
Charlie Morillas - Trombone
China Forbes - Duet, Vocals
Craig Ware - Trombone (Bass)
Dan Savant - Music Contractor
Darrel Gardner - Trumpet
Dave & Ian Thomas - Stylist
Dave Stone - Bass
David Friedlander - Engineer
David Stenske - Principal, Viola
Derek Rieth - Bongos, Maracas
Don Shelton - Sax (Alto), Saxophone, Soloist, Woodwind
Donald Clarke - Trumpet
Doug Sax - Mastering
Doug Walter - String Arrangements
Erika Walczak - Violin
Evan Wilson - Viola
Gavin Bondy - Claves, Trumpet
Gene Cipriano - Sax (Tenor), Saxophone, Soloist, Woodwind
Gina Kronstadt - Violin
Grant Geissman - Guitar
Jay Mason - Saxophone, Woodwind
Jeff Driskill - Sax (Tenor), Saxophone, Soloist, Woodwind
Jim Czak - Engineer
Joel Belgique - Viola
John Burk - Executive Producer
John Chiodini - Guitar
John Wittenberg - Violin
Josephina Vergara - Violin
Joy Fabos - Violin
Julie Rogers - Violin
Kirk Smith - Bass
Larry Corbett - Cello, Principal
Martin Zarzar - Drums, Percussion
Mary Hogan - A&R
Maureen Love - Harp
Nicholas Crosa - Concert Master
Norman Hughes - Violin
Peter Kent - Concert Master
Phil Baker - Bass (Upright)
Phil Feather - Saxophone, Woodwind
Randee Saint Nicholas - Photography
Ray Brinker - Drums
Riku Campo - Grooming
Rudolph Stein - Cello
Sangwook "Sunny" Nam - Mastering
Scott McRae - Music Preparation
Seth Presant - Digital Editing, Mixing
Songa Lee - Violin
Susan Chatman - Violin
Thomas Lauderdale - Arranger, Piano, Producer
Wayne Bergeron - Soloist, Trumpet
William T. Stromberg - Music Preparation
Willie Murillo - Trumpet
Michael Feinstein
Active Decades: '80s, '90s and '00s
Born: 1956
Genre: Vocal
Styles: Nostalgia, Show Tunes, Ballads, Cabaret, Standards, Traditional Pop
Michael Feinstein was born in Columbus, OH, and developed an interest in the piano and in show music at an early age. After moving with his family to Los Angeles in 1976, he met Oscar Levant's widow, who in turn introduced him to Ira Gershwin. He was hired by Gershwin in 1977 to help organize the Gershwin archives, and continued to work with the lyricist until Gershwin's death in 1983.
In 1984, Feinstein launched a career as a pianist and singer devoted to the music of the '30s and '40s, playing at private parties in the Los Angeles area. He had a seven-month residence at the Mondrian Hotel, during which Liza Minnelli threw a party in his honor (February 1985) that got his name around. In January 1986 he opened at the Algonquin Hotel in New York, where a six-week engagement stretched to 16 weeks.
Feinstein's debut album, Live at the Algonquin, mixed the songs of Irving Berlin and Oscar Levant with more current material by Stephen Sondheim and Gretchen Cryer. By 1988 he had been signed to Elektra Records, for whom he has recorded a series of albums spotlighting the work of specific composers, among them 1998's Michael & George: Feinstein Sings Gershwin, as well as a children's album. In 2002, Feinstein released The Michael Feinstein Anthology, a collection that spanned his work from 1987-1996, and participated in an episode of the PBS show Great Performances. The following year, he earned a Grammy nomination for Michael Feinstein with the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra. Feinstein released Sings the Jule Styne Songbook on Rhino Encore in 2008.
--- William Ruhlmann, All Music Guide |
