Doug recently finished his second CD: Swing a Song of Sondheim. In the spirit of true Broadway collaboration, Doug’s dream of producing an all-Sondheim album has come to fruition with the wonderful contributions of latin-jazz pianist and arranger Nicki Denner, talented vocal arranger Santino DeAngelo and visionary musical supervisor Michael Rafter. The album features Doug on ten brand-new jazz arrangements of Mr. Sondheim’s works including six solo songs and four duet mashups. On the mashups, Doug will be performing with his friends, seasoned Broadway veterans Sutton Foster, currently starring opposite Hugh Jackman in the the Broadway revival of The Music Man, Rachel York who recently returned from London’s West End where she was performing Reno Sweeney in Anything Goes, Norm Lewis, who recently made his Carnegie Hall solo debut with the New York Pops, and Shoba Narayan, currently starring star as Simran in the World Premier of “Come Fall in Love - The DDLJ Musical” at The Old Globe in San Diego. When the run ends there, she will return to the role of Princess Jasmine in Aladdin on Broadway.
The jazz quintet that serves as the instrumental accompaniment for the album (led by Nicki) also features Anton Denner (saxophones and woodwinds), Mark Miller (trombone and additional arrangements), Willie Martinez (drums and percussion) and Gary Wang (bass).
Album release concerts for Swing a Song of Sondheim in New York City as well as a national tour for the album are all in the works. Details to come!
Jabara’s first recording On Broadway was completed back in 2012. Click here to sample three of the tracks on the album.
with Sutton Foster who sings on Send in the Clowns/Somewhere with Music Supervisor Michael Rafter and duet vocal arranger Santino DeAngelo
With Norm Lewis who sings on Pretty Lady/Pretty Women
With Rachael York who sings on Not a Day Goes By/Too Many Mornings
with Shoba Narayan who sings on Getting Married Today/Everybody Says Don’t
With musical supervisor Michael Rafter & duet vocal arranger Santino DeAngelo
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