Jay Armstrong Johnson
LIVE at Feinstein's / 54 Below
Photos by Matthew Murphy. Graphic design by Stephen Gilewski Design
"Jay Armstrong Johnson blew the roof off of Feinstein’s / 54 Below with his personal eclectic solo show this past spring. Now, Broadway Records releases his debut album capturing the electric show, featuring songs from Broadway to radio pop to gospel, with fresh arrangements, a full all-star band, and duets with Todrick Hall, Lindsay Mendez and Billy Lewis Jr."
—BroadwayRecords.com
“Mr. Johnson’s engaging performance, musically directed by Rodney Bush, was a getting-to-know-you event in which he recalled his early musical-theater experiences in church, his self-described “sanctuary from a macho, sports-obsessed culture. The 1993 movie “Sister Act 2,” he said, changed his life. One of the first concerts he attended starred Rascal Flatts.
It’s a giant leap from Rascal Flatts’s “Banjo” to Stephen Sondheim’s “Johanna” from “Sweeney Todd,” in which Mr. Johnson unfurled the full power of his voice in one of the most persuasive renditions of that song I can recall.”
— Stephen Holden, The New York Times
Special thanks to:
Christopher Chan - Louise de Silva - Nathan Kinney - Alecia Brooks - Jaselyn Blanchard - Dr. Mark Edwards - Richard Holmes - David Budinger - Jesse Gephart - Patricia Bisesto - Glenn Gundersen - Simen Sand