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We’re “Back to Birdland” Hosting the Jazz Party Sunday 11/15/15 at 6:00pm

Ray&Nina Back to BirdlandPlease join us Sunday November 15th at 6pm at Birdland.

315 West 44th Street between 8th and 9th Avenues.Doors open at 5.

Coming to the party with us will be great friends and family: Don Rebic on piano, Jeff Ganz on bass, Tim Basom on guitar, Maddy Ruff singing some tunes from her recently released CD “Over It” and if we’re lucky Christine Reisner Rebic singing from “Lucky in Love” the new CD from Don & Christine.

 

 

Nina Hennessey With A Song is BroadwayWorld.com Award Winner!!

2013 New York Cabaret Awards

Best CD – Nina Hennessey, With A Song

Join us in congratulating Nina Hennessey, Halstead Propertytumblr_mz5lnc9iST1r3r797o1_r1_1280 Westside office agent and acclaimed Broadway star on her latest win at the 2013 BroadwayWorld.com New York Cabaret Awards! More than 7,000 devout theater and cabaret fans voted in the month-long nomination period in categories including Best Duo or Group Show, Best Female Jazz vocalist, Cabaret Show of the Year  – and of course Best CD, with the nod going to Hennessey for her recent album titled With A Song released in 2013. Known for her roles and appearance in more than a handful of world-renowned productions like Bye, Bye Birdie, Cats, Dreamgirls, and Chess, her voice is celebrated across the industry for her consistently delivered unique and pure tone. Stellar album reviews call her latest body of work “simply brilliant” with a wide range of emotion and technique.

Fans are in luck and can catch a live performance by Nina and other winners at the upcoming and anticipated 2nd Annual BroadwayWorld.com New York Cabaret Awards Show on February 23rd at Joe’s Pub located in Manhattan’s NoHo neighborhood.

Listen to “Without A Song” plus find videos and audio of more songs from Nina at www.NinaHennessey.com.

To connect with Nina and to learn more about her multifaceted Broadway and real estate talents, visit Halstead.com/NinaHennessey.

The First Review is In: WITH A SONG Simply Brilliant

Nina Hennessey CD Cover PhotoNINA HENNESSEY with a song

 Friday, September 20th, 2013 The Kingston Daily Freeman

Serving the Hudson Valley since 1871

 

 Nina Hennessey’s WITH A SONG Simply Brilliant

 

ALBUM: “With A Song”

 

 Nina Hennessey is a Broadway star, having appeared in “Bye Bye Birdie,” “Cats,” “Dreamgirls” and “Chess,” but certainly has plenty to say on her own.

 

 

“With a Song,” an impressive recording, includes Don Rebic (keyboards, MD) Jeff Ganz (bass) Sean Harkness (guitars) and drum master Ray Marchica.

 

 In this album, she can belt with the best of them, but she can also dig deep into the heart of a song, with emotion as well as impeccable technique. Fittingly, this starts out with just her voice, beginning, “Sometimes I’m Happy” from “Hit The Deck” with perfect intonation and playful phrasing, and by the time the last chorus comes around, you can almost see her high kick on the 2 and 4 with her outstretched arms.

 

 Then she just keeps dazzlingly, from simmering “Girl Talk” (Harlow), big soaring notes in “It Ain’t Necessarily So” (Porgy and Bess), and a gorgeous run through Rogers & Hart’s “Falling In Love with Love.”

 

 The powerful “Willow Weep For Me” holds a haunting arrangement featuring Ganz’ fluid playing that gives Hennessey the space to really shine. Other highlights are the high-energy “Lover,” the lovely “A Nightingale Sang In Berkley Square” and the jaw-dropping “A Quiet Thing” (Flora the Red Menace), where her perfect tone is pure pleasure.

 

 “With A Song” is simply brilliant, with timeless singing from a world-class vocalist, and Maddy Ruff’s mom.

 

 David Malachowski is a guitarist, producer and freelance journalist.