MATINEE SERIES
CENTRAL PARK REVISITED:
JAMES TAYLOR TRIBUTE
ALAN JAY WILDSTEIN CENTER for the PERFORMING ARTS
Tuesday, February 25 • 1:30 p.m.
LEE LESSACK’s graceful Lyric baritone vocals and sophisticated
and engaging persona have made him a shining star on the
international concert scene. Billboard Magazine calls his singing
“vocal romanticism of a high order.”
He has toured extensively in the United States and Europe and
has released eight recordings since 1995, the latest being “Live
in Central Park Revisited: Simon and Garfunkel” with Johnny
Rodgers. His repertoire includes favorites from the classic and
new American Songbook, as well as French artists such as
Aznavour and Piaf. In 2005, he released In Good Company to
great acclaim. Intimate and impeccably produced, the album
features outstanding duets with music notables such as Michael
Feinstein, Maureen McGovern, Amanda McBroom, Ann Hampton
Callaway and Stephen Schwartz. In Good Company earned a
MAC and Bistro Award for Best Recording of the Year
JOHNNY RODGERS is an internationally celebrated singersongwriter,
pianist, Broadway veteran, and recording artist who
is described by Stephen Holden, from The New York Times, as
an entertainer “who has show business in his bones” with “fused
elements of Billy Joel, Peter Allen and Johnny Mercer.”