Johnny Rodgers & Liza Minnelli New EP
Let's Make A Date EP Cover Shot
Back Cover of Let's Make A Date EP
Johnny Rodgers
KEY BISCAYNE, FL, November 13, 2008
/24-7PressRelease/ -- Nationally acclaimed award winning singer/songwriter/pianist
Johnny Rodgers celebrates the release of his new recording EP
Let's Make A Date, featuring guest artist
Oscar, Tony, Emmy and
Grammy winning superstar
Liza Minnelli. The release coincides with Rodgers' Broadway debut in Minnelli's new show at
The Palace Theatre, which opens December 3rd, 2008 and continues through December 28. Rodgers has been featured and toured North and South America and Europe with Minnelli and her orchestra.
A winner in the
2008 Billboard Magazine World Song Contest (
Home To Mendocino), Rodgers co-wrote the song with
Tony Award nominee
Brian Lane Green. The Johnny and Liza duet is accompanied by the
Johnny Rodgers Band:
Brian Glassman on double bass,
Danny Mallon on drums,
Joe Ravo on guitar. It also features on drums, Liza's musical mentor, her longtime musical director on what was his last Liza recording, the late
Bill "Pappy" Lavorgnia. Lavorgnia had worked with such musical icons as
Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis Jr., Peggy Lee and her mother
Judy Garland.
The EP also contains Johnny's rousing cover of the
Randy Newman song
You Can Leave Your Hat On. Rodgers has performed that song at many of Minnelli's concerts, accompanied by Liza's dance steps. The EP recordings are available now for special pre-sale on
CDFreedom.com and
JohnnyRodgers.com. and will be on
iTunes, Amazon.com, and other outlets soon.
From sharing the stage with musical giants
Chrissie Hynde of
The Pretenders, smooth jazz recording artist
Dave Koz, Michael Feinstein and Oscar, Tony, Grammy-winning composer
Stephen Schwartz to performing for
Billy Joel at
Lincoln Center's ASCAP Founders Awards, Johnny Rodgers has exploded on the music scene like a supernova.
Described by noted
Chicago Tribune music critic
Howard Reich as "a first-rate singer-songwriter with robust vocals and exuberant pianism," Rodgers has been praised for his soaring, piano-driven songs that
Show Business Weekly says he performs "like a combination
Elton John, Billy Joel and
James Taylor all rolled into one." Fresh and unique, Johnny's music is like taking a guided tour of American pop, with the driving energy of rock and roll blended with the sophistication of jazz. His songs also take side trips to places like upbeat New Orleans and Memphis soul.
Rodgers has won the
MAC Award, Backstage Magazine's Bistro Award and
Best One Man Show by
Show Business Weekly for his New York performances, while his recordings
Midday Moon &
She were ranked #1 & #2 Jazz Song by
OurStage.com in May and June, 2008. Johnny's songwriting abilities have earned him acclaim, winning the
New York Sheet Music Society's Gerald Marks Award and the
Songwriters Hall of Fame Abe Oldman Award.
Johnny's eagerly awaited PS Classics debut CD
Box of Photographs, earned him instant acclaim from critics and radio stations across the country.
WOR AM New York radio host
Joey Reynolds called Johnny "a great talent...he's got
Paul McCartney type magic."
Jonathan Widran of the
Music Connection and
All Music.com said, "if this collection is any indication of what's to come, Rodgers will be across the board superstar."
David Hurst of Show Business Weekly raved "his voice has a melting incandescent quality that cuts directly into the heart with a blazing earnestness and sincerity that's uniquely his own."
You can visit
www.johnnyrodgers.com for further information.
About A Breath of Fresh Air, LLC
A Breath of Fresh Air, LLC is a music management company representing Johnny Rodgers Band - ADULT CONTEMPORARY POP with roots in the music made popular in America reflecting today's vibrancy of sound. For band bio and pictures see
www.johnnyrodgers.com and EPK at
www.sonicbids.com/JohnnyRodgersBand.
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