Marcus Goldhaber & Jay Michael at World Cafe Live

A Composers Series: An Evening of Originals - Philadelphia's Jay Michael and NYC's Marcus Goldhaber in Concert

“JAY MICHAEL’s music harkens back to some of the best songwriters of the 1970s, like early Billy Joel, Carole King, Steely Dan and even the Carpenters,” says noted NYC producer John McCracken (Michael Crawford, Lea Salonga, Sarah Brightman, Linda Eder), “because Jay offers deftly written songs which tell real stories through well-crafted lyrics and non-cliché chordal harmonies. He’s a gem.” A Philadelphia native, success came early in Jay Michael’s songwriting career when he was signed to Shapiro Bernstein Publishing. From there, he signed a recording contract with Green Menu Records and had Billboard Top 100 success with You’re the One I Need. Over the last two decades, Jay also focused on the fashion industry, creating a highly successful brand of Philadelphia hair salons. In a welcome return to his musical roots in mid-2014, Michael began recording six new tracks with McCracken, three of which feature NYC's rising vocalist and recording artist Hannah Juliano — Don't You Need Anybody, Because of You and On and On — to be released in early February through The Orchard, with the remaining three to be released in summer....

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A Composers Series: An Evening of Originals - Philadelphia's Jay Michael and NYC's Marcus Goldhaber in Concert

“JAY MICHAEL’s music harkens back to some of the best songwriters of the 1970s, like early Billy Joel, Carole King, Steely Dan and even the Carpenters,” says noted NYC producer John McCracken (Michael Crawford, Lea Salonga, Sarah Brightman, Linda Eder), “because Jay offers deftly written songs which tell real stories through well-crafted lyrics and non-cliché chordal harmonies. He’s a gem.” A Philadelphia native, success came early in Jay Michael’s songwriting career when he was signed to Shapiro Bernstein Publishing. From there, he signed a recording contract with Green Menu Records and had Billboard Top 100 success with You’re the One I Need. Over the last two decades, Jay also focused on the fashion industry, creating a highly successful brand of Philadelphia hair salons. In a welcome return to his musical roots in mid-2014, Michael began recording six new tracks with McCracken, three of which feature NYC's rising vocalist and recording artist Hannah Juliano — Don't You Need Anybody, Because of You and On and On — to be released in early February through The Orchard, with the remaining three to be released in summer.

Exciting. Fresh. Tasteful. Hip! MARCUS GOLDHABER's most recent album, A LOVELY WAY TO SPEND AN EVENING, is a captivating collection of re-imagined jazz standards and new originals that “will have you giddy one moment and melancholy the next and loving every note… finding the soul in each note with his no-frills approach” (★★★★ – People Magazine). Having shared NYC stages with the legendary Les Paul, Billy Stritch, Vince Giordano, and Bono, Goldhaber’s artistic journey has seen him evolve from a wonderfully imaginative jazz interpreter to a wistfully undeniable composer & lyricist of modern standards, who shines with an intuition for telling the story. “A lot of these songs have been inspired by moments in my life,” says Goldhaber. “That’s really where the joy lies for me. That’s the real passion that I have. It’s not about simply writing a song or hearing something that swings. It’s really about the connection.”

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