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Fresh, different, current.

starschaser | Boston, MA | 03/08/2009

(4 out of 5 stars)

"If you like singers who can sing and musicians who can play, then this is for you.

If you like Michael Bublé, Jamie Cullum or Peter Cincotti, this is a great and very enjoyable album for you.

"Singer Tony DeSare's conceit here is a familiar one: an old swing radio show. Tony, a 33-year-old Upstate New York native and Ithaca College student who has been based in New York City for a decade, sings jazz standards, old rock and soul tunes, and a handful of originals. Comic Joe Piscopo acts like a jazz DJ/talk show host, offering up intermezzos of brief banter. Compared to a lot of singers who toil in the Sinatra/Bennett vineyard, DeSare displays better pipes and more depth than the usual retread. He's at his best working the Tin Pan Alley songbook, such as "All or Nothing At All," or singing beside guest vocalist Jane Monheit on a Brazilian-laced take of "Bizarre Love Triangle".

DeSare's original tunes have the whiff of teen poetry. "To Touch a Woman" is oddly classical for a Don Juan-like tune that treats a woman like a fast car. DeSare is awfully reverent on "The Times They Are A-Changin', " while tackling Ray Charles' "Hallelujah I Love Her So" seems to be beyond his soulful powers". - K. Starks

"Radio Show is a fine showcase for the talent of jazz vocalist, Tony Desare. Every song he sings is topnotch, and his rendition of "To Touch A Woman" will linger in your thoughts long after the playing of the song as will Tony Desare's original composition titled "A Little Bit Closer".

The musicians accompanying his singing are excellent, and these songs will enchant the jazz listening audience with their clarity, imagination, and enjoyment.

"The Times They Are A-Changin" will surprise you with its intensity, and "A Stranger's Eyes" would be a nice song to hear on contemporay jazz radio.

While much of DeSare's career to date has been about doing his part to preserve the Great American Songbook, he maintains that that canon could be more broadly defined as the 20th century grows smaller in the rearview mirror. "Most of the great singers of the 20th century are gone", he says. "But there's a new generation of people, including myself, who are writing and recording in this genre that has just as much to do with a particular style as a particular song catalog. With Radio Show, I wanted to open this style up to songs that are not just limited to the Great American Songbook. The idea is to look at this style of music, but from the perspective of a new generation".

"If you are new to the sound of Tony Desare, then this CD collection will entertain you with a new vocal sound in jazz! This is his third CD collection, and it is a winner". - Jazzreview

I heard his rendition of "The Times They Are A-Changin" for the first time on a jazz radio station and I do not know why, but there was something about this familiar song and this great vocalist that just got me hooked.

I bought the album the very next day and there is not a week goes by that I do not listen to this excellent album. He has such an easy voice to listen to and he is a marvelous, talented pianist.

I also have purchased his previous albums, which I find pretty much the same.

Personnel: Tony DeSare (vocals); Andy Farber (alto saxophone); Nathan Childers (tenor saxophone); Jay Brandford (baritone saxophone); Dominick Farinacci and Glenn Drewes (trumpet); Wayne Goodman (trombone); Mike Lee (bass guitar); Brian Czach (drums), guess artists Bucky Pizzarelli (guitar ) and Jane Monheit (vocals on track 6)

Guess artists: Mike Lee (bass), Brian Czach (drums), Bucky Pizzarelli (guitar on track 2, 4, 8, 9), Jane Monheit (vocals on track 6), Dominick Farinacci (trumpet), among others.

My highlights: "A Little Bit Closer", "Bizarre Triangle", "To Touch a Woman" and "Easy Lover"

Last First Kiss

Call Me Irresponsible

East Of Angel Town

The Lovers, The Dreamers and Me

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Superb recording!!! What a find!

Ray A. March | Tucson, AZ | 02/21/2009

(5 out of 5 stars)

"What a surprise this record is. Tony DeSare is great! His piano playing on the tracks is superb and the style of the recording is inventive. Setting the record around old radio shows was a great idea. He has a great voice and I'll definitely be checking out his other records. The compositions that he wrote for this are all wonderful and varied. The final selection is a beautiful solo piano composition which is perfect. His recording of Bob Dylan's The Times They Are A-Changin' sounds so current that it could have been written this year.



I highly recommend checking this artist out. This is my favorite record in a very long time!"

Tony Desare Radio Show

Ron Armstrong | 03/09/2009

(5 out of 5 stars)

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Tony Desare's new album, Radio Show is not only his best yet but should generate a lot of airplay. Tony's singing, music tracks, and production are all top notch and beg for continued replaying.

Ron Armstrong"