Heart To Heart - Full Album Available Digitally October 21st
Since 2013, the release of Dave Damiani's first album Watch What Happens, he has been a mainstay on Siriusly Sinatra SIRIUS CHANNEL XM 70. Dave has had a longstanding relationship with Frank Sinatra Enterprises and have performed and produced music with Bobby Rydell, Haley Reinhart, Joe Piscopo, George Benson, Erin Boheme, Sal "The Voice' Valentinetti, Molly Ringwald, Renee Olstead, Maiya Sykes, Landau Murphy Jr, and many others.
Dave Damiani has gained praise as a producer for such artists as Sal "The Voice" Valentinetti, Haley Reinhart, Renee Olstead, Erin Boheme, Landau Murphy Jr, and many others.
This 5th release and the one he's most excited about. It's all songs inspired by his childhood and the music that led him to jazz. It's big band arrangements of what Dave calls "The New Great American Songbook." Songs made famous by Quincy Jones, Don Henley, Lou Rawls, Luther Vandross, Dionne Warwick, Kenny Loggins, David Foster, Michael McDonald, Paul Simon and more...
Dave Damiani is one of the new generation of singers such as Harry Connick and Michael Bublé who are carrying on the tradition of the pop vocalists…all who were influenced by the master’s before them such Dean Martin, Nat Cole, Bobby Darin and Frank Sinatra among others.
Many songs on Heart to Heart were hits for more recent contemporary artists such as Paul Simon, George Benson, Lou Rawls, Hall & Oats, Don Henley, Stevie Wonder, Luther Vandross and James Ingram. These were the songs Dave heard as a child while driving in his father’s Lincoln and have stayed with him all these years. The songs had such an impact that they inspired Dave to pursue a career in music.
Dave and his big band, who sound fantastic, infuse these songs with a ‘jazz’ flavor and vibe while not straying too far from the original versions to be offensive. Dave’s reimagining of these pop classic is sure to bring back some wonderful memories…listen and enjoy!
Charles Pignone
Author of Sinatra 100