Lee Lessack I Know You By Heart (CD)

Description: Further DetailsTitle: I Know You By HeartCondition: NewDescription: EDITORIAL REVIEWS With his graceful lyric baritone vocals and a sophisticated yet endearing persona, Lee Lessack has toured extensively in the United States and Europe to sold-out performances and has released five recordings, including his GLAMA Award-Winning I Know You By Heart. With a lovely tenor that might remind you of Michael Ball without the angst, cabaret veteran Lee Lessack fills his second solo album with romantic ballads from contemporary songwriters. "Dreamers" was written by Marvin Hamlisch for the quickly defunct show Jean Seberg, while Frank Wildhorn's "Storybook" is from the slightly more successful Scarlet Pimpernel. Other gems include John Bucchino's "It Feels Like Home," Jimmy Webb's "The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress," Stephen Schwartz's "Dreamscape," Ann Hampton Callaway's "Perfect," and "Endless Night" from The Lion King. Turn on this gentle collection and start dreaming. --David Horiuchi REVIEW ...an angelic voice, filled with passion and poignanacy. -- Gay Chicago Magazine Lee Lessack's supple and warm tenor is well suited for romantic crooning, but it is his ability to dig deep into lyrics that has won him legions of fans. "I Know You By Heart," a follow-up to his self-titled debut album, is too long in coming, but well worth the wait. Listening to Lessack is like hearing a male Nancy LaMott, and I cannot think of a higher compliment. Whether tackling songs of love and hope or bittersweet poignancy and loss, Lessack never falls into the trap of melodramatics to set a mood. Instead he allows the songs to reveal their own hidden layers of meaning. He knows the importance of each word, of each syllable, and communicates them beautifully. -- Scott Mallinger,Au Courant Magazine 3/16/99 Lee Lessck will take your breath away...a wonderfully romantic crooner... -- In Theater Magazine On his first recording, simply titled LEE LESSACK, the cabaret singer revealed himself to be one of the finest male singers around. Lessack now follows with his second solo work on the LML Music label, I KNOW YOU BY HEART. The 13-track disc further establishes the singer, who blends a smooth sound with a striking emotional honesty, as one of the most moving song interpreters in the cabaret world. Lessack begins the recording with simple versions of the little-heard Marvin Hamlisch tune, "Dreamers," and John Bucchino's "It Feels Like Home." He builds Frank Wildhorn and Nan Knighton's "Storybook" to a wonderful climax and is equally compelling with a song from The Lion King, "Endless Night." Other high points include Stephen Schwartz's "Dreamscape" and Ann Hampton Callaway's "Perfect," a fitting finale to the CD. -- Andrew Gans, Playbill Magazine 4/30/99 One of the best male performers in the U.S.! -- Cabaret Scenes Stellar! Lessack's virtuoso performance is refreshing and invigorating. -- The Weekly News Working with arranger/accompanist John Boswell, Lessack creates a world built on dreams - both lost and found. Opening with the often-neglected gem from the ill-fated 1983 "Jean Seberg," "Dreamers," Lessack begins a journey through life's triumphs ("Storybook," startling in its honest simplicity; "I Can See It," given a driving beat and augmented by Boswell and Brian Lane Green's harmonies; and an inspired pairing of "Right As The Rain"/"Soon It's Gonna Rain") and heartbreaks ("When October Goes;" "The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress") and the dreams that inspire ("I Know You By Heart;" Ann Hampton Callaway's "Perfect;" Stephen Schwartz's "Dreamscape," which seems as though it was written especially for Lessack; and Steven Lutvak and Carol Hall's devastating "I'll Imagine You A Song," one of the most perfect contemporary songs ever crafted and given a breathtaking reading by Lessack). -- Jeff Rossen, Gay Chicago Magazine 3/11/99 FROM THE LABEL Lee Lessack is a cabaret act who records himself and others on his own label. There is a touching purity to his voice, which is given ample opportunity to stress its persuasiveness on such material as the title song, "Dreamers," and "The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress" - songs that are introspective but generally unpretentious. Particularly effective is a medley of "Right As The Rain" and "Soon It's Gonna Rain." The background tracks have a lovely, chamber-music delicacy. This is cabaret romanticism of a high order. ABOUT THE ARTIST Lee Lessack is a celebrated cabaret and recording artist and appears regularly at the Cinegrill and Gardenia in Los Angeles, The Plush Room in San Francisco, Toulouse On The Park in Chicago, and Eighty-Eight's in New York. Lee recently made his London concert debut with a sold-out engagement at the Jermyn Street Theatre. For the past several years Lee has been featured in the Mabel Mercer Foundation's annual Cabaret Convention at Town Hall in New York and in the West Coast Convention in San Francisco. Lee's debut solo recording, LEE LESSACK (LML Music) has received rave reviews from critics nationwide. Playbill Magazine praised him as a "highly skilled song interpreter.." InTheater Magazine raved "This is one of the very best CD's of its kind, and an essential addition to your library." and the Chicago Tribune wrote, "Lessack may well emerge as the best male cabaret singer to come along since Michael Feinstein." This year Lee is starring in a 60 city concert tour of "An Enchanted Evening: The Music of Broadway", a show that he also created. Lee's musical theater credits include leading roles in Grease, Sweeney Todd, Fiddler On The Roof, Godspell, Oklahoma and H.M.S. Pinafore. Lee appeared as a special guest artist in Heartstrings: The National Tour. His virtuoso performance of the haunting, "Jonathan Wesley Oliver, Jr.", a poignant ballad about one panel of the AIDS Memorial Quilt is featured on the best-selling compilation album, A Love Worth Fighting For (Streeter). See moreFormat: CDGenre: PopArtist: Lee LessackNo Of Discs: 1Country/Region of Manufacture: USARecord Label: Lml MusicEAN: 0711788011026 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.

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