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Jim Caruso: The Swing Set
by C. Michael Bailey
This disc is 250,000 pounds-per-square-inch cabaret music rendered with a loving and exacting hand by a coy master. Singer Jim Caruso does not take himself seriously while doing exactly that, and it is this quality that makes The Swing Set so much entertaining fun. Caruso's repertoire is not dusty standards, sanded to nothingness; instead, he chooses less-heard gems performed in the style of the '20s and '30s. Add to this perfect engineering and a crackerjack band, and Caruso delivers a ...
read moreJim Caruso & Billy Stritch Return To Bemelmans Bar At The Carlyle
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Matt Gross
Performances Will Take Place April 12, 19, 26; June 7, 14, 21, 28 Caruso & Stritch’s Shows at Bemelmans, Favorites of Fellow Artists, Have Featured Sit-Ins by Liza Minnelli, Michael Feinstein, Bono, Marilyn Maye, Jane Monheit, Linda Lavin and Others The Carlyle, a Rosewood Hotel, is pleased to welcome Jim Caruso & Billy Stritch back to Bemelmans Bar for an extended Sunday night residency. The upcoming performances will build upon their recent run of shows in the intimate, storied jny: ...
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