STAGE TUBE: Michael Feinstein Sings Sinatra on PBS

Michael Feinstein, the multi-platinum selling, five-time Grammy-nominated singer, pianist, and musical anthropologist has devoted his career to the rediscovery, preservation, and performance of the historic material we know as "American Popular Song." On May 12th, 2011 in the newly completed, one hundred sixty million dollar Palladium in Carmel, Indiana, a state-of-the-art concert hall already hailed by critics and performers alike as one of America's premier music venues, Michael Feinstein presented an evening dedicated to The Sinatra Legacy - an exploration of the writers, music, and performers of that fabulous era when Frank Sinatra reigned supreme. Michael Feinstein: THE SINATRA LEGACY is part of special programming premiering on PBS stations in August 2011 (check local listings). Click below to check out a preview!

Backed by a thirty-two-piece orchestra, Feinstein guides viewers on a musical journey of Sinatra and his contemporaries, and how they influenced each other. Through his performance, Feinstein conjures up the biggest musical legends of that golden era using their extraordinary music, spiced with intimate stories about their larger-than-life personalities.

Featuring timeless songs performed in the unmistakable Michael Feinstein style that made his Concord Records' Sinatra Project a huge success, THE SINATRA LEGACY offers viewers a unique television experience. It sings - and it most definitely swings - with all-new arrangements that bring these classic songs up to date and pays tribute to a time when this music perfectly captured the American spirit of boundless optimism.

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