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Monday, May 24, 2010

NEW YORK NOTES: 13 MEN...AND ME! BY MOVER AND SHAKER JENNA ESPOSITO RECOMMENDED BY WHOM YOU KNOW

13 Men...And Me!...that is a link of where you can buy this amazing CD on Amazon, and we recommend that you do!  We told you Jenna is a singer to hear when we heard her at Feinstein's:
We were impressed, so she was then featured as a Mover and Shaker:

Jenna Esposito made her New York nightclub debut in August 2004 and has since performed shows at the Metropolitan Room, the Laurie Beechman Theatre, The Duplex and Danny’s Skylight Room.  Her shows A Hint of Rosemary: The Songs of Rosemary Clooney, SMOOCH! and I Hate Men: Songs for the Scorned have all received critical acclaim, and her annual “All-Star Birthday Bash” is a fun-filled evening during which she has shared the stage with a number of New York’s finest performers. In January 2007, I Hate Men was named one of the “12 Best Cabaret Shows” of 2006 by John Hoglund of TheaterScene.net. Jenna also writes a weekly column for the theater and arts website www.BroadwayWorld.com and hosts Metrojam, the Metropolitan Room’s room popular open mic night on the first Friday of every month.

13 Men…and Me!, Jenna’s debut CD, showcases her silky, wide-ranging voice and stylistic versatility with well-loved standards such as “Just In Time” and “Down With Love,” pop hits including “One Less Bell To Answer” and “Since I Fell For You,” as well as contemporary jazz/pop songs. The album also features the debut of a brand new jazz/swing number, “Remembering September In July.” 

We particularly like Dream a Little Dream of me, Sway and how can you not love 13 Men?  This album was recorded partially at Whip Records in Berkeley, CA, and partially at Manhattan Beach in Manhattan, and it was released in October, 2007.  The title of the CD came about in an interesting manner...when Jenna was trying to figure out what to call the CD, she tossed around various song titles, including "Thirteen Men." She happened to be chatting to a friend on the phone one night and remarked how proud  she was of all of the musicians on the CD..."So many great guys played on this!" she said...and her friend asked her how many musicians played on the album.  So, Jenna counted them up in her head, and wouldn't you know, it ended up that there WERE 13 men playing on the album!  The CD was produced by Kelly Park, and Jenna and her father served as associate producers.

Jenna’s New York theater credits include Little Mary Sunshine, Godspell (Wings Theatre), How I Learned To Draw (Cornelia St. Café), A Sheep and Bad Girls by Joyce Carol Oates, as well as Twelfth Night in London. Her regional credits include Anything Goes, West Side Story, Sleeping Beauty and Guys and Dolls. Jenna graduated from Sarah Lawrence College. For more information, please visit JennaEsposito.com.

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