New Vintage
by John Crossett
johnc@soundstage.com
Audiophiles everywhere will fall all over themselves fawning over just about any album by a female vocalist doing songs from that Great American Songbook. I myself have entirely too large a collection devoted to that very genre. (And before you think I'm complaining, I'm not.) And yet, I find nary a disc on my shelves that offers the same tunes done by a male vocalist. Why is that? Doesn't the male singer have as much to offer as the female? I can imagine Christopher Martin asking himself this very question. His response was to record New Vintage, an album dedicated to those hoary old songs we all seem to love so well.
So who is Christopher Martin, and why should you be interested in his singing? Martin is a Broadway/opera/cabaret actor who finds the time for over 300 live performances every year. He's studied at both Oberlin Conservatory and the Cincinnati College Conservatory of Musi...
johnc@soundstage.com
Audiophiles everywhere will fall all over themselves fawning over just about any album by a female vocalist doing songs from that Great American Songbook. I myself have entirely too large a collection devoted to that very genre. (And before you think I'm complaining, I'm not.) And yet, I find nary a disc on my shelves that offers the same tunes done by a male vocalist. Why is that? Doesn't the male singer have as much to offer as the female? I can imagine Christopher Martin asking himself this very question. His response was to record New Vintage, an album dedicated to those hoary old songs we all seem to love so well.
So who is Christopher Martin, and why should you be interested in his singing? Martin is a Broadway/opera/cabaret actor who finds the time for over 300 live performances every year. He's studied at both Oberlin Conservatory and the Cincinnati College Conservatory of Musi...
