Blue Note Welcomes Steve Tyrell July 12-13

Grammy award winning vocalist Steve Tyrell will return to the Blue Note from July 12 - 13 to perform material from his upcoming recording I'll Take Romance, to be released by Concord Records in the fall. I'll Take Romance will comprise of love songs from the Great American Songbook.

WHEN: Tuesday, July 12 - Wednesday, July 13, 2011; Sets at 8:00pm & 10:30pm

WITH: Steve Tyrell, vocals; Other musicians, TBA

COST: $35 @ table / $20 @ bar

WHERE: The Blue Note; 131 W 3rd. St, New York, NY 10012

MORE: Doors open at 6pm. Set times are 8pm and 10:30pm

BIO: Grammy Award-winning vocalist Steve Tyrell is truly a renaissance man. In his four-and-a-half decades in the music business, he has achieved great success as an artist, producer, songwriter, music supervisor, and performer.

With his breakthrough performances in Father of the Bride and Father of the Bride II, Tyrell reinvented and re-popularized classic pop standards for a modern-day audience. With the grit and soul of a lifetime of experiences, and in addition to producing hits for Grammy-winning artists ranging from Linda Ronstadt and Aaron Neville to Rod Stewart and Diana Ross, Tyrell himself has sold hundreds of thousands of albums and gained a passionate following all over the world. His hits "The Way You Look Tonight," "The Simple Life," "Crush On You," and "The Sunny Side of The Street" have launched thousands of weddings and millions of romances. He has held top positions at Standards, Swing, and Big Band outlets with a devoted following at Adult Contemporary Radio.

With sold-out shows across America and raves from around the world, his following increases day by day. Although Tyrell tours mainly with his band, he also enjoys playing with some of the most renowned orchestras in the land, and he has appeared with The Boston Pops, twice with The New York Pops, The Nashville Symphony, and The Houston Symphony on several occasions. At the request of the Sinatra family and Quincy Jones, Tyrell was the featured performer with the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra at their season-opening concert in which Frank Sinatra was inducted into the Hollywood Bowl Hall of Fame. Also at the request of the Sinatra family, he reprised that performance this past May at Carnegie Hall. This is one of the rare times the family has reached into the vault of original Sinatra arrangements to share them with another artist.

In 2005, after the passing of the legendary Bobby Short, Tyrell was asked by New York City's Café Carlyle to take over their revered Holiday Season of November and December, which Mr. Short had not missed in 36 years. Now Tyrell has become a fixture in New York and has played the Café Carlyle to record crowds for the last six years.

His work in the studio as a record producer has included collaborations with such diverse and legendary artists as Rod Stewart, Diana Ross, Ray Charles, Smokey Robinson, Linda Ronstadt, Aaron Neville, Mary J Blige, Blood Sweat and Tears, Chris Botti, Dave Koz, Dolly Parton, Bonnie Raitt, Burt Bacharach, Bette Midler, Stevie Wonder, and many others.

As an artist, all seven of his American Standards albums have achieved top 5 status on Billboard's jazz charts, and his first album A New Standard was among the best-selling jazz albums for over five years.

His voice has been featured on television and in numerous movies. In 2009, he was asked by Oscar-winning songwriters Alan and Marilyn Bergman and Marvin Hamlisch to sing the end title to Steven Soderbergh's film The Informant. His voice was also recently heard in the Hugh Grant and Sarah Jessica Parker film Did You Hear About the Morgans?.

As a music supervisor and music producer for film and TV, Tyrell has worked with such distinguished directors as Steven Spielberg, Tom Hanks, Nancy Meyers, Steven Soderbergh, Betty Thomas, and Charles Shyer.

His songs have been recorded by such revered artists as Ray Charles, Diana Ross, LL Cool J, and Elvis Presley, and his song "How Do You Talk To An Angel," written and produced for Aaron Spelling's Fox television series The Heights, was a No. 1 pop hit in 1992. Aside from being a Grammy Award winner, Tyrell has earned two Emmy nominations, three Ace Nominations, the 2004 American Society of Young Musicians All That Jazz Award, the 2004 The Wellness Community Human Spirit Award, the 2006 Society of Singers Lifetime Achievement Award, and the 2008 Los Angeles Jazz Society's Jazz Vocalist of the Year.

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