On Saturday, July 8th at 7:00PM singer, songwriter, drummer, and percussionist Porter Carroll, Jr.–who is currently performing world wide in his brand new roll with the number one selling duo in music history Hall & Oates–will be bringing “The Evolution of Cabaret” together with The Tambourine Band (Wali Muhammad, Danny Obadia, David Livolsi, and Erik Perez) to Feinstein’s/54 Below at 254 W 54TH ST. CELLAR, NYC! This extraordinary night will feature a collection of incredible music, running the gamut from R&B and improvisational Jazz to Soul, Funk, Blues, Rock n’ Roll and MORE- putting a new and exciting spin on on popular classics never before seen on the Jazz and Cabaret circuit.
As drummer and one of four singers with hit R&B group Atlantic Starr, Porter Carroll Jr. helped make the hits that made the group and its amazing vocals, tight production and energetic stage performances famous worldwide. Porter performed with his childhood friends and family until the mid eighties, contributing his musicianship to such popular tunes as “Circles”, “When Love Calls”, “Send for Me”, “Am I Dreaming”, “Let’s Get Closer”, “Touch a Four Leaf Clover” and more. Today, renowned hip-hop/soul artists including Mary J. Blige, Keith Sweat, and Erykah Badu are remaking Atlantic Starr’s hits, and most recently the band was honored with a street naming ceremony by the town of Greenburgh, NY with christening of the brand new “Atlantic Starr Way”. Carroll was also the drummer on the disco classic This Time Baby for Jackie Moore.
Porter branched out on his own in the mid-1980s and produced a critically acclaimed album, Porter Carroll II, for Island Records, that set produced theme songs for Video Vibrations and Midnight Love on the BET cable TV network. Other credits include background vocalist for chart-topping recording artists Shania Twain, Spyro Gyra, Melba Moore, Donny Osmond, Michael Bolton, Howard Hewett, Marion Meadows and Bob Baldwin among others. Porter‘s vocals have also enriched Levar Burton’s Reading Rainbow television show and the hit children’s show Puzzle People.
He is currently working on two great projects- having joined Daryl Hall and John Oates, performing worldwide in a brand new roll as percussionist/background vocalist for Hall and Oates, he is also a regular on the MTV Live channel and internet smash, Live From Daryl’s House.
Now, with his new show putting his own unique spin on popular classics not yet seen on the jazz club and cabaret circuit- join Porter Carroll Jr. and The Tambourine Band Saturday, July 8th at Feinstein’s/54 Below!
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