Seth MacFarlane Returns to an Uptempo Take on Big-Band Jazz With New Album, ‘Blue Skies’ (Exclusive)
For Seth MacFarlane, “blue” means less balladic. He’s announcing a new album on the way, “Blue Skies,” and says it marks a return to a more swinging style than the softer approach he employed on his last record.
Out May 20, the seventh album from the “Family Guy” creator and jazz cat will again see him working with a catalog of classics, and again see him working closely with arranger and conductor Andrew Cottee. Still, it’ll mark a turnaround from their previous release.
“I have long been a fan of Andrew Cottee’s supremely artful and buoyant orchestrations,” MacFarlane tells Variety. “So after our last collaboration, ‘Once in A While,’ a ballad-themed record, I really wanted to hear what he could do with an up-tempo album. As always, Andrew did not disappoint. His arrangements of these 14 songs, carefully selected by the two of us, are yet another shining example...
Out May 20, the seventh album from the “Family Guy” creator and jazz cat will again see him working with a catalog of classics, and again see him working closely with arranger and conductor Andrew Cottee. Still, it’ll mark a turnaround from their previous release.
“I have long been a fan of Andrew Cottee’s supremely artful and buoyant orchestrations,” MacFarlane tells Variety. “So after our last collaboration, ‘Once in A While,’ a ballad-themed record, I really wanted to hear what he could do with an up-tempo album. As always, Andrew did not disappoint. His arrangements of these 14 songs, carefully selected by the two of us, are yet another shining example...
- 4/21/2022
- by Chris Willman
- Variety Film + TV
Jeffrey Katzenberg and the Motion Picture and Television Fund turned to Richard and Demi Weitz’s Quarantunes Zoom concert fundraising franchise to save this year’s edition of the Evening Before fundraiser tied to the annual Primetime Emmy Awards fete.
“Succession’s” Jeremy Strong, George Clooney, Rachel Brosnahan of “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel,” “Schitt’s Creek’s” Dan Levy, Octavia Spencer, Ramy Youssef, Sherry Lansing, Josh Groban, Yvette Nicole Brown, Deborah Cox and Josh Gad were among the guests on the presentation, which blended fundraising pitches and musical performances.
Performers contributing numbers included John Legend, Billy Porter, Seth McFarlane, Bryan Adams, Robin Thicke, Siedah Garrett, Jac Ross and DJ Cassidy.
A gathering of ’80s and ’90s hip-hop royalty joined the benefit — including LL Cool J, Doug E. Fresh, Pepa from Salt-n-Pepa and Rev. Run from Run-dmc — as DJ Cassidy played a condensed version of a new special, “Pass the Mic: Volume...
“Succession’s” Jeremy Strong, George Clooney, Rachel Brosnahan of “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel,” “Schitt’s Creek’s” Dan Levy, Octavia Spencer, Ramy Youssef, Sherry Lansing, Josh Groban, Yvette Nicole Brown, Deborah Cox and Josh Gad were among the guests on the presentation, which blended fundraising pitches and musical performances.
Performers contributing numbers included John Legend, Billy Porter, Seth McFarlane, Bryan Adams, Robin Thicke, Siedah Garrett, Jac Ross and DJ Cassidy.
A gathering of ’80s and ’90s hip-hop royalty joined the benefit — including LL Cool J, Doug E. Fresh, Pepa from Salt-n-Pepa and Rev. Run from Run-dmc — as DJ Cassidy played a condensed version of a new special, “Pass the Mic: Volume...
- 9/20/2020
- by Cynthia Littleton
- Variety Film + TV
Seth MacFarlane makes his Caf Carlyle debut with a one-night only late show on Tuesday, December 19. Perhaps best known as the creator of the television series Family Guy, MacFarlane's talents encompass every aspect of the entertainment industry. He has created some of the most popular content on television and film today while also expanding his career in the worlds of music, science and philanthropy. For this special concert, MacFarlane performs selections from the Great American Songbook, joined by his band, including Tom Rainer piano, Chuck Berghofer bass, Larry Koonse guitar, Peter Erskine drums, Dan Higgins saxophone, and Joel McNeely flute.
- 12/18/2017
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
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