From London to Chicago, Gershwin to Mercer, Paris to New York, and Mancini to Manilow, Russ Lorenson takes audiences on the musical journey of his life via the great standards of the 20th century. Russ makes the trip unique, fresh, and exciting as he tells the story of his odyssey from being a full-time stage performer to a high-tech executive with a million-mile travel schedule, and back again to the stage.
Russ Lorenson, "San Francisco's Favorite Crooner," has established a reputation as one ...
From London to Chicago, Gershwin to Mercer, Paris to New York, and Mancini to Manilow, Russ Lorenson takes audiences on the musical journey of his life via the great standards of the 20th century. Russ makes the trip unique, fresh, and exciting as he tells the story of his odyssey from being a full-time stage performer to a high-tech executive with a million-mile travel schedule, and back again to the stage.
Russ Lorenson, "San Francisco's Favorite Crooner," has established a reputation as one of the San Francisco Bay Area's leading interpreters of jazz standards, with a sound and approach that place him at the intersection of Broadway, jazz, and pop - the very essence of the Great American Songbook. Jazz Review says that "Lorenson is not just a crooner covering the traditional Sinatra style or trying to be the next Connick; he is his own man."
To celebrate 10 years as a nightclub performer, Lorenson will perform a series of concerts at Feinstein's at the Nikko throughout 2015. "A Little Travelin' Music" is Lorenson's first nightclub show from 2005.
Nominated for a 2007 MAC Award by the Manhattan Association of Cabarets and Clubs, Russ Lorenson's passion for the stage started as a youngster, with a performing career that began at age seven in his home town of Philadelphia. As an actor he has appeared in award-winning musical productions with theatre companies throughout the US, and has toured with the National Theatre for Children. As a vocalist he has toured the US, UK and Europe, appearing in concert with such luminaries as Broadway stars Teri Ralston (Company, A Little Night Music, The Baker's Wife), Karen Mason (Hairspray, Mamma Mia, Sunset Boulevard) and Dale Kristien (Phantom of the Opera), "Queen of Cabaret" Andrea Marcovicci, jazz diva Wesla Whitfield, and as the opening act for the legendary Eartha Kitt.