After critically lauded performances in New York, London and Paris, award-winning performer Eric Yves Garcia (Margaret Whiting Award; Bistro Award for Singing Instrumentalist) announces his return to Feinstein's / 54 Below and debut of 'This is All I Ask: The Songs of Tony Bennett', on Thursday, August 16th at 9:30pm. The show is written and performed by Mr. Garcia.
Whether brooding through Ellington or Legrand, or rollicking through Cy Coleman and Harry Warren, Tony Bennett always reveals a light, suave, optimistic touch. How else could he have endured so long and endeared so many? Let's find a little sunlight, a little zen goodwill and cool, calm clarity. Only Bennett's style and songbook has all 3 in spades!
Winner of 20 Grammy Awards,
Tony Bennett remains living proof that swing and lyrical sensitivity will always have a place in our future. Join award-winning pianist and singer
Eric Yves Garcia by snapping your fingers and mouthing the lyrics as he salutes the reigning king of American song,
Tony Bennett!
Eric Yves Garcia has emerged as one of the most coveted pianist/singers on the New York City scene, as well as London and Paris. His last return engagement at Feinstein's/54 Below, 'Keepers of the Keys' continued on to great acclaim at The Pheasantry in London, and then at
Barrington Stage Company in the Berkshires. Within NYC, Eric has appeared at
Carnegie Hall, Town Hall,
Symphony Space, Birdland, and enjoyed multiple engagements at Bemelmans Bar and as the headliner of the Valentine's Day Show at the
Cafe Carlyle. His shows, 'One Night Standards', and follow-up, 'Pour Spirits', received praise in The New York Times and Wall Street Journal. Across the sea, Garcia enjoyed weeklong bookings at Club Rayé in Paris, at The Crazy Coqs in London, before jetting back to Club Rayé to headline on New Year's Eve. US credits include the Kravis Center, The O'Neill Theatre Center, Ten Chimneys, the Brownville Concert Series, Empire Room at the Palmer, Tilles Center and the Historic Asolo Theater in Sarasota. Eric remains a proud winner of the 2014
Margaret Whiting Award and the 2014 Bistro Award for Outstanding Singer / Instrumentalist.
A graduate of Fordham University at Lincoln Center's theater department, he is also an actor proud of his work in independent feature films and more recently, as an audiobook narrator.
For more information including contact, media, reviews and scheduled appearances, visit
ericyvesgarcia.com
