Kicking Off Frank Sinatra’s Centennial Celebration With Michael Feinstein

The Leonard Lopate Show | Dec 22, 2014

Performer, vocalist, pianist, and scholar of American popular song Michael Feinstein talks about his week-long engagement at Birdland over the holidays. “Happy Holidays: Swinging with the Big Band” kicks off a year-long, global, centennial celebration of Frank Sinatra with a program of Ol' Blue Eyes' favorite standards from the great American songbook. Feinstein is a multi-platinum-selling, two-time Emmy and five-time Grammy Award-nominated entertainer and is considered one of the premier interpreters of American standards.

WNYC will be airing "Holiday Standard Time with Michael Feinstein" on December 24 at 10pm on 93.9 FM, and December 25 at 10am on 93.9 FM, AM 820, and NJPR. This hour-long celebration of the American holiday songbook features nearly 30 rare and unusual tracks culled from Michael Feinstein’s personal collection of 20,000 recordings, including rare performances by Peggy Lee, Rosemary Clooney, Louis Prima, and Donny Hathaway. You can find a link to the special here.

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