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."


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