Jack Donahue

Vocalist and songwriter Jack Donahue returns to Regattabar with a new set, called One Quiet Night, featuring tunes by Burt Bacharach, Jimmy Webb, Joni Mitchell and other singer songwriters. Jack is again joined by an all-star lineup of jazz talents: Randy Ingram on piano, Keala Kaumeheiwa on bass and Jared Schonig on drums and percussion Donahue received both the 2008 and 2009 Best Male Jazz Vocalist awards from the Manhattan Association of Cabarets and Clubs (MAC), and earned an Independent Reviewers of New England (IRNE) award for Best Male Vocalist for his 2005 Regattabar performance. Donahues last two CD releases, A Small Blue Thing (Two Maples Music) and Strange Weather (PS Classics), were released to wide critical acclaim. Strange Weather reunited Donahue with Grammy award-winning artist/producer Peter Eldridge of New York Voices, while A Small Blue Thing paired Donahue with Massachusetts native and 2009 Grammy nominee Kate McGarry and multiple Grammy nominee Fred Hersch. Christopher Loudon of Jazz Times wrote: Its not every singer who can handle the carousel ebullience of Kenny Rankins Havent We Met, the retro bounciness of You Must Have Been a Beautiful Baby, the saucy innuendo of Cole Porters Lets Do It, the inky grandeur of Kurt Wells Lost in the Stars, and the cheeky familiarity of Jay Leonharts cocky Robert Frost with parallel aplomb. Donahue can. Rex Reed of New York Observer wrote: Surrender to Jack Donahue-- he will haunt you In addition to his songwriting and recording career, Jack plays major clubs and festivals around the country, including Regattabar, Catalina Bar & Grill in L.A., and Birdland, Jazz Standard, and The Algonquin Hotels famous Oak Room in New York City. Jack has sung with the Duke Ellington Orchestra, headlined on The QE IIs world cruise and has played at the Philadelphia Museum of Art and the legendary Rainbow Room.