Palm Springs, CA
After sold out performances earlier in the year, award-winning vocalist Jack Donahue returns to Oscar’s on Thursday, June 15 at 7:00 pm. On June 15th Jack Donahue will be joined by music director John Boswell and special guest artist the multi- talented Kerry O’Malley (Broadway, films, TV). Donahue will perform American standards and fresh jazz takes on contemporary songs inspired by the Spring and Summer seasons.
Donahue– an award-winning singer, songwriter and actor now based in Palm Springs, California– has performed in many of the great jazz and cabaret venues across the country and was twice named “Best Male Jazz Vocalist” by the Manhattan Association of Cabarets and Clubs.
Tickets are available on the Oscar’s website at:
June 15: https://oscarspalmsprings.com/product/jack-donahue_06_15/
Jack Donahue has performed at major venues around the country including The Catalina Bar & Grill in L.A., Sculler’s and Regattabar in Boston, Zanzibar Blue in Philadelphia, and Birdland, Jazz Standard, and The Algonquin Hotel’s famous Oak Room in New York City. Jack has sung with the Duke Ellington Orchestra, headlined on The Queen Elizabeth II’s world cruise, and has played at the Philadelphia Museum of Art and at the legendary Rainbow Room.
Donahue’s live performances have earned him critical acclaim:
“Donahue is a classic. Blessed with looks and an undeniably lovely voice. Lots of singers are striving to be the next Mel Torme. This guy’s a contender.”
—The Philadelphia Daily News
“There is a bright new talent in our midst . . . with a rich and enchanting voice and a stylish act full of fine songs that are as sad, funny, and beautiful as they are unhackneyed . . .. Handsome and personable, with his musical pores wide open, there is a strong indication that Mr. Donahue is going places fast.”
—Rex Reed, The New York Observer
“It’s not every singer who can handle the carousel ebullience of Kenny Rankin’s ‘Haven’t We Met,’ the retro bounciness of ‘You Must Have Been a Beautiful Baby,’ the saucy innuendo of Cole Porter’s ‘Let’s Do It,’ the inky grandeur of Kurt Well’s ‘Lost in the Stars,’ and the cheeky familiarity of Jay Leonhart’s cocky ‘Robert Frost’ with parallel aplomb. Donahue can.”
–Christopher Loudon, Jazz Times