Swinging Crooner Jonathan Poretz Celebrates CD Release at Pearl's
Jazz at Pearl's (256 Columbus Ave. San Francisco, CA 94133)
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It's a match made in Vegas! Two of the most impressive celebrity impersonators in the business -- Sharon Owens and Sebastian Anzaldo -- pay tribute to two of music's greatest icons -- Barbra Streisand and Frank Sinatra. In real life, Streisand and Sinatra never performed live together, but in this show, Owens and Anzaldo sing some of the most most memorable music ever written and exchange banter so spot-on to their characters that you feel like you've been transported to the celebrity concert you always wished had happened. For her amazing Streisand impersonation, Owens was winner of the Fox TV show Performing As..., which led to a series of TV appearances and a long run at the Las Vegas Riviera, where she headlined with Anzaldo in Barbra and Frank, The Concert That Never Was. Anzaldo, who has the voice, looks and mannerisms of 'Ol Blue Eyes, was one of the top acts on the Vegas circuit for eight years with his band Wild Life before joining forces with Owens for Barbra and Frank. Learn More
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Jonathan has one of the best jazz/cabaret voices in the Bay Area, though he was suffering from a cold last night. Glad Pearl's is back.Written on May 23 2008
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More Information About Sinatra-Style Vocalist Jonathan Poretz
Website
http://www.jonathanporetz.com/
Quotes & Highlights
- "Man, can this guy Poretz scat, loose and insouciant—a bit of a lost art, it sometimes seems, in the male vocalist field." —All About Jazz
Description
Jonathan Poretz has always been comfortable performing his own special stylings of the great American jazz standards. He brings an electric energy to any stage he’s on, a talent he’s been cultivating since his early teens, when he sang professionally in bands that featured jazz greats like Charlie Shavers, Chuck Wayne and Joe Puma in his home town of New York City.
In addition to appearing as Frank Sinatra in the “Tribute to Frank, Sammy, Joey & Dean (The Rat Pack),” Poretz performs regularly at Bay Area venues including LJ’s Martini Club, Jazz @ Shanghai 1930 and The Ritz-Carlton in Half Moon Bay.
He is also a regular vocalist with the Harold Jones Boss Men big band, led by legendary drummer Harold Jones, the beat behind Count Basie in the ‘70s and Sarah Vaughan in the ‘80s, and currently on tour with Tony Bennett.
Never an entertainer to rest on his laurels, Poretz also appears as the featured vocalist for the Starduster Orchestra big band and the Joe Agro Sextet, with whom he's performed at events like the Sausalito Arts Fair, the Caledonia Street Fair and Jazz and Blues by the Bay in Sausalito.
All About Jazz said in its review of Poretz's new CD: "Frank Sinatra's footwear makes for some tough shoes to fill. But judging by A Lot of Livin' to Do, San Francisco-based vocalist Jonathan Poretz has done an able job of rendering Old Blue Eyes... Not that Poretz sounds like Sinatra on the recording. With a delivery that is closer to that of another Sinatra-influenced singer, Bobby Darin, Poretz comes across silky, swinging and cool as hell, sort of a cross between Darin and Mel Torme."
PLEASE NOTE: All shows at Pearl's require a two-drink minimum per person.