November 24, 2020 - Announcing Song Diaries Vol 1: Songs of Comfort

The Tony DeSare Song Diaries Vol 1: Songs of Comfort is now available on the Square Webstore! It will be live on all digital streaming services on Friday, November 27!

When you order a physical autographed CD, you will also receive a ticket to Tony’s Christmas Party on Dec 13th at 8pm on Zoom presented by JazzVox.

For gift ideas, you can also by a 10 pack of CD’s with 10 tickets to the livestream for $100.

TRACK LIST:

1.       Let it Be (J. Lennon, P. McCartney)

2.       Raindrops Keep Fallin’ On My Head (B. Bacharach, H. David)

3.       What a Wonderful World (B. Thiele and G.D. Weiss)

4.       The Best You Can Give (T. DeSare)

5.       The Secret O’ Life (J. Taylor)

6.       The Glory of Love (B. Hill)

7.       You’ve Got a Friend (C. King)

8.       I Get Along Without You Very Well (H. Carmichael)

9.       Lean on Me (B. Withers)

10.   Bridge over Troubled Water (P. Simon)

11.   Hymn for a Lost Love (T. DeSare)

12.   Swingin’ Down the Lane (I. Jones, G. Kahn)

13.   To Make You Feel My Love (B. Dylan)

14.   Smile (C. Chaplin, J. Turner, G. Parsons)

15.   Too Late to Say Goodnight (T. DeSare)

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November 3, 2020 - A Welcome Home Christmas, Scored by Tony, Airs November 7 on Lifetime

Tony DeSare composed and performed the score to A Welcome Home Christmas, directed by Brian Herzlinger, and premiering on the Lifetime Network on Nov 7th at 8pm.

https://www.mylifetime.com/movies/a-welcome-home-christmas

Tony is also singing on several songs in the movie, including Jingle Bells, Silent Night, Oh Holy Night and Hark the Herald Angels Sing.

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About the Movie

Chloe has always supported various military organizations, including the town’s Army toy drive for Christmas. This year, she is paired up with Michael, a vet who recently returned home, and together they recruit other veterans and active military personnel to help in the cause. As the community gears up for the Officer’s Christmas Ball, where all the kids will meet Santa Claus and receive their gifts, Michael and Chloe begin to realize the greatest gift this season has been each other’s company. Jana Kramer, Brandon Quinn, Tim Reid, Charlene Tilton, Craig Morgan star. (2020)

June 25, 2020 - Tony Releases All Star Video Collaboration to Benefit the Actors Fund

Jazz and Entertainment Stars Come Together to Raise Funds

for the Music Community with Ambitious ‘Pick Yourself Up’ Video

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June 25, 2020 – Grammy award-winning vocalists and instrumentalists, studio musicians, top YouTube music creators and even a world-class tap dancer have all come together to raise funds for their fellow artists impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.

The project, unveiled on YouTube June 25, is an ambitious mass video collaboration of a full cross section of jazz and entertainment stars, set to the tune of the 1936 Depression-era song, “Pick Yourself Up,” written by Jerome Kern and Dorothy Fields.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=11cFfj5taxw

The song was arranged by Tedd Firth and Yamaha Artist Tony DeSare. DeSare conceived and produced the project, mixed the audio and edited the video.

The video is being released in conjunction with a major fundraising campaign with the Actors Fund. Anyone wishing to help artists during these difficult times is encouraged to make a donation here:

http://www.actorsfund.org/jazz

The video features DeSare along with featured artists including Brian Stokes Mitchell (Tony Award Winner), Steve Tyrell (Grammy Award-winning singer and producer), John Pizzarelli (Jazz Vocalist and Guitarist), Grace Kelly (Saxophonist), Tierney Sutton (Jazz Singer), Ann Hampton Callaway (Jazz Singer), Catherine Russell (Jazz Singer), Bria Skonberg (Singer and Trumpet Player), Benny Bennack III (Singer and Trumpet Player), Clint Holmes (Vocalist), Jarrett Johnson (Vocalist), Andrew Brady (Principal Bassoonist for Atlanta Symphony), The Piano Guys (Star YouTube Musical Act), Postmodern Jukebox (Star YouTube Music Creator), John Manzari (Tap Dancer), Aaron Weinstein (Jazz Violinist), Brian Czach (Drummer), Billy Thornton (Bassist), Edward Decker (Guitar) and Tedd Firth (Pianist and Co-Arranger).

“When I first found myself at home with all my shows canceled, I felt an overwhelming urge to do something to help while quarantining at home,” said DeSare. “I started reaching out to my very talented and creative friends to ask if they would collaborate with me to raise awareness and money for our colleagues and peers.  

“Tedd Firth and I arranged the tune, I got live instruments to record their tracks from home and sent out the track to artists so they could make their contribution. Some sang a few bars, some played their instrument and some content creators took their own 8 bar solo making their own independent contribution to the virtual jam session.

“It’s been a labor of love to put this project together, and am hopeful that it serves as a reminder of the comfort that music can bring and that the music makers are in need of help right now as live music events will most likely be the very last thing to return to normal.”

For more information about Tony DeSare, visit http://www.tonydesare.com. For more information about the Actors Fund, visit http://www.actorsfund.org.

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About The Actors Fund 

The Actors Fund is a national human services organization that fosters stability and resiliency and provides a safety net for performing arts and entertainment professionals over their lifespan. Through offices in New York, Los Angeles and Chicago, The Fund serves everyone in film, theater, television, music, opera, radio and dance with programs including social services and emergency financial assistance, health care and insurance counseling, housing, and secondary employment and training services. 

 

Since March 18, 2020, The Actors Fund has provided more than $13 million in emergency financial assistance to 11,216 people who work in performing arts and entertainment. With shutdowns on Broadway and in film and television, theater, concerts, dance, music and many other areas of entertainment, the need is great and growing. This emergency financial assistance is helping our most vulnerable and those in financial crisis to cover basic living expenses, such as food, essential medications, utilities and more.  

About Yamaha

Yamaha Corporation of America (YCA) is the largest subsidiary of Yamaha Corporation, Japan and offers a full line of award-winning musical instruments, sound reinforcement, commercial installation and home entertainment products to the U.S. market. Products include: Yamaha acoustic, digital and hybrid pianos, portable keyboards, guitars, acoustic and electronic drums, band and orchestral instruments, marching percussion products, synthesizers, professional digital and analog audio equipment, Steinberg recording products and NEXO commercial audio products, as well as AV receivers, amplifiers, MusicCast wireless multiroom audio systems, Blu-ray/CD players, earphones, headphones, home-theater-in-a-box systems, sound bars and its exclusive line of Digital Sound Projectors. YCA markets innovative, finely crafted technology and entertainment products and musical instruments targeted to the hobbyist, education, worship, music, professional audio installation and consumer markets.

Contact: Peter Giles/Giles Communications

(914) 644-3500 ext. 700 (pgiles@giles.com) 

April 24, 2020 - Tony DeSare and Scott Bradlee, creator of Postmodern Jukebox, release Evolution of Piano Duet

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EDuzJ5SKFjA

Tony took inspiration from viral videos such as “Evolution of Dance,” but quickly realized that there wasn’t a definitive video compilation that traces the history of pop music performed on the grand dame of musical instruments.

“When I go to a piano store, I hear all these songs in my head and just want to sit down and play them,” Tony told me today. “I wanted to create a performance that was both efficient and entertaining, while providing the definitive journey.”

Tony has ultimately created the definitive “evolution of piano” video, informed by the most well-known piano hooks that are essential elements of songs piano music lovers have embraced throughout history—from “The Entertainer,” “Rondo Alla Turca” and “Heart and Soul,” to “Axel F,” “Right Here Waiting,” “Virtual Insanity” and “Clocks.”

All told, 28 of the most memorable hooks played on the piano throughout history, culminating in the classic “Knuckle Song.”

Tony spent several weeks arranging the music, putting each piece in chronological order, ensuring that it all flowed seamlessly in different keys and tempos.

He shared the lineup, sheet music and an audio recording with Scott, then flew to LA where the two talented artists rehearsed and shot the video with a Red 4K camera in just one day at PMJ Manor (Scott’s home and headquarters).

Scott already had a Yamaha G2 piano in his studio, while Bonnie Barrett and Makia Matsumura provided a Yamaha C7 for the shoot.

So what is it that Tony wants people to take away from all of this?

“This is a love note to pop piano,” Tony said. “We made it for people who love piano, who come to my shows and relate to the pieces we all learned as we grew up. Since it’s in chronological order, they can hear the different styles—from classical, to ragtime, to swing ragtime, to the Great American Standard era, to ‘70s pop, to ’80s pop (which turned into synth with the likes of Van Halen’s ‘Jump’), to modern day. I hope everyone enjoys this fast-paced medley of the greatest piano hooks in history.”

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November 24, 2017 | New CD, One For My Baby, Available for Sale and Video Premiere

Tony DeSare's new CD, One for My Baby is now available everywhere.  The best way to get it and support the artists that made the CD is to order direct from Tony's webstore. You can also stream at Spotify, Apple Music or download and buy from iTunes in addition to the other major services.

Also, check out the premiere of Memories of You, from One for My Baby, featuring special guest Bucky Pizzarelli on guitar.

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November 10, 2017 | Tony Releases "One for My Baby" Today!

Available for purchase at Tony's webstore and on Apple Music (iTunes).  Stream at Spotify.

TONY DESARE RELEASES ONE FOR MY BABY

NEW YORK, NY – Tony DeSare, acclaimed singer/pianist and composer, has released One for My Baby, available everywhere as of Nov 10, 2017.

One for My Baby is an intimate set of songs featuring Edward Decker on solo seven-string guitar and Tony on vocals.  The inspiration for the album came from the great Sinatra concept albums of the 50’s, such as In the Wee Small Hours and Sinatra Sings for Only the Lonely.  The result is a song cycle that is a meditation on love gone wrong mixed with equal parts heartbreak and the notion that even through the pain, you can be “glad to be unhappy.”

Highlights on the album feature a uniquely dark take on Angel Eyes, with Tony’s baritone supported by the warmth and beauty of the seven string guitar, allowing an accompaniment that can sometimes sound more harp-like.  The low A string allows for a much wider range of frequencies and expression.

When She Loved Me, by Randy Newman and from the animated Pixar film, Toy Story 2, is a rarely covered song that proves that the song can work outside it’s narrative purpose in the film and function as a moving song of love and loss.

Special guest, legendary 91 year old seven string guitarist, Bucky Pizzarelli, joins on Memories of You with his unique single line solo playing around Tony’s vocals while Edward accompanies in a slow stride piano-like style.

The record ends on a slightly different and hopeful note with Billy Joel’s classic from his Stranger album, She’s Always a Woman, featuring a small string section as well.

The album contains two solo guitar pieces, the classic standard A Cottage for Sale and a new Tony DeSare original called I’ll Get You Through the Night.

The album was recorded at Tony’s home studio in upstate New York and he also engineered, mixed and mastered the recording.

Named a Rising Star Male Vocalist in Downbeat magazine, DeSare has won critical and popular acclaim for his concert performances throughout North America and abroad. From jazz clubs to Carnegie Hall to Las Vegas headlining with Don Rickles and major symphony orchestras, DeSare brings his fresh take on old school classics around the globe. DeSare has three top ten Billboard jazz albums under his belt and has been featured on the CBS Early Show, NPR, A Prairie Home Companion, and The Today Show.

Notwithstanding his critically acclaimed turns as a singer/pianist, DeSare is also an accomplished award-winning composer. He won first place in the USA Songwriting Contest, and has written the theme song for the motion picture, My Date with Drew, along with several broadcast commercials.

DeSare’s recent and upcoming appearances include the Ravinia Festival with the Chicago Symphony, The Philly Pops, The Seattle Symphony, Vail Jazz, The Smith Center in Las Vegas and the Cincinnati Pops Orchestra.

 

Edward Decker names early influences as Wes Montgomery, Bucky Pizzarelli, Nat King Cole, and Andre’ Previn.  Several years ago, the National Endowment of the arts recognized Decker’s prowess on the seven string guitar and awarded him a grant study with Bucky Pizzarelli.  Decker has also recorded a solo 7 string guitar CD entitled “Dear Mr. Pizzarelli”.

Tony DeSare is a Yamaha Artist.

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