From JAZZ Times:
"Armed with a smoothly authoritative tenor that suggests Michael Feinstein crossed with Mel Torme', and the eclectically sophisticated taste of Mark Murphy, Jack Donahue is a guy worth keeping an eye on.
Three years ago, Donahue proved himself a comer in the jazz-cabaret stakes with the multi-shaded Lighthouse. It was, though, a mere prelude to the far more exquisite Strange Weather (PS Classics), arranged and produced by the perennially classy Peter Eldridge.
It's not every singer who can handle the carousel ebullience of Kenny Rankin's 'Haven't We Met' (the centerpiece of my all-time favorite Torme' album, That's All), the retro bounciness of 'You Must Have Been a Beautiful Baby,' the saucy innuendo of Cole Porter's 'Let's Do It,' the inky grandeur of Kurt Well's 'Lost in the Stars,' and the cheeky familiarity of Jay Leonhart's cocky 'Robert Frost' with parallel aplomb. Donahue can."
Vocalist Jack Donahue returned to the recording studio in January 2003 with Grammy® award-winning artist/producer Peter Eldridge to begin work on his second CD, entitled Strange Weather. On this new CD Jack collaborates with an all-star lineup of jazz musicians including Fred Hersch, Loston Harris, Andy Ezrin, David Finck and Ben Wittman. Strange Weather will feature fresh jazz takes on classic songs by Rodgers and Hart, Cole Porter, Johnny Mercer, Hoagy Carmichael, and others.
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