New York, NY (Top40 Charts) Chicago-based vocalist Sam Fazio has established a name for himself in the music scene over the past several years. Sam brings new life to jazz standards and pop classics. Sam has entertained audiences at some of the most prestigious venues in the country, including Green Mill, Jazz Showcase, Andy's Jazz Club, City Winery, Untitled, and SPACE (Chicago); Cliff Bell's (Detroit); Blues Alley (DC); Catalina Jazz Club (LA) and Iridium, Feinstein's at the Loews Regency and 54 Below (New York City)—to name a few. Sam has also taken the stage at numerous performing arts centers, including Overture Center, Schauer Arts Center, Trueblood, and Metropolis. Sam has held residencies at many renowned hotels including the Knickerbocker, LondonHouse,
Chicago Hilton, and a 6-year run at the historic
Drake Hotel. In addition, Sam has performed at many events and festivals throughout the year, including the
Chicago Jazz Festival and Taste of Chicago.
Sam's first three CDs have been reviewed by many media outlets and tracks can be heard on radio stations throughout the country and around the world. Sam's sophomore CD was released on Blujazz record label, and his holiday CD was named one of the best holiday jazz albums by jazz critic
Howard Reich.
"Smooth is being re-defined. Sam Fazio handles the classics with gentle, respectful care. There's purity in his voice that puts a wonderful, new spin on songs that you love. Fazio's style and interpretation is hip, elegant and bold."
-Dean Richards, Entertainment Reporter/Critic WGN 9 and WGN
Radio 720
"Sam Fazio…a voice that's warm and inviting, virile but vulnerable: an instrument that borrows from old as well as new. (Sam) makes it sound easy. He belts the Songbook in an open-throated, big-hearted shout that grew up on Broadway. But he tempers it with jazz phrasing. And he cloaks it all in that deceptive nonchalance."
- Neil Tesser, Jazz Critic Playboy's Guide to Jazz
"A singer with a clean, warm voice and attractive delivery, Sam Fazio is not your usual jazz singer, as he blends the type of voice that would sound good on Broadway with an overt Sinatra influence in what is a winning combination."
-Brad Walseth, www.jazzchicago.net
Chicago-based vocalist Sam Fazio collaborated with the legendary jazz duo Tuck & Patti, who produced, recorded and mixed his new CD, Let's Go. As the title suggests, Let's Go is about moving forward and, in Fazio's case, with songs he loves to sing—no matter the genre. Whether it's the pure simplicity of a duo or the energetic beat of a full rhythm section, Fazio's new CD doesn't disappoint. Let's Go includes unique arrangements of jazz standards and pop classics, as well as original songs by Fazio, one co-written by Cathcart and Andress. Tuck teams up in a duo with Fazio on "Share My Life" and (on bass!) "Eleanor Rigby," and Patti adds harmonic depth on "My Baby Just Cares For Me." The album also features
Chicago favorites Chris White and Tim Fitzgerald as well as a top San Francisco rhythm section.
Tracks,
Players & Times:
1. Pure Imagination (Bricusse and Newley) 5:27
Chris White, piano
Michael Peloquin, harmonica
2. Let's Go (Fazio, Fitzgerald and Cathcart Andress) 2:37
Tim Fitzgerald, guitar
Chris White, piano
Leon Joyce, drums
James Henry, percussion
3. Reverie (Cathart Andress) 5:49
Chris White, piano
4. S'Wonderful (Gershwin and Gershwin) 3:01
Chris White, piano
5. Downtown
Train (Waits) 5:23
Tim Fitzgerald, guitar
Michael Peloquin, harmonica
6. My Baby Just Cares For Me (Donaldson and Kahn) 3:33
Chris White, piano
Leon Joyce, drums
Patti Cathcart, Denise Young, background vocals
7.
Superstar (Bramlett and Russell) 6:03
Chris White, piano
Eleanor
Rigby (Lennon and McCarthy) 2:37
Tuck Andress, bass
8. Teach Me
Tonight (DePaul and Cahn) 3:01
Tim Fitzgerald, guitar
9. Do You Want to Dance? (Freeman) 3:54
New bridge: Patti Cathcart
Tim Fitzgerald, guitar
Ron Belcher, bass
Leon Joyce, drums
James Henry, percussion
10. Share My Life (Fazio, Cathcart Andress and Andress) 4:02
Tuck Andress, guitar
