THE
QUEEN OF SWING KEELY SMITH RETURNS TO FEINSTEIN'S
FEINSTEIN'S
at the Regency Hotel (540 Park Avenue, NYC - 1-212-339-4095 - http://www.feinsteinsattheregency.com/
) will return to the heyday of Las Vegas when "The Queen of Swing"
Keely Smith opens her show "LAS VEGAS '58" on May 18th, running through
June 5th. Keely will recreate her fabulous nights on the strip with
her husband and musical partner Louis Prima. She will be joined by
a nine-piece big band with musical direction by Dennis Michaels. The
show will play the following schedule: Tuesdays through Saturdays
at 8:30 pm with late shows on Fridays and Saturdays at 11:00 pm. All
shows have a $60 cover and $30 minimum.
In "LAS VEGAS
'58" Keely performs her hits ("I Wish You Love") and the songs of
the late Louis Prima ("When You're Smiling"), as well as their famous
duets ("Just A Gigolo," "That Old Black Magic"). New orchestrations
have been commissioned to echo the blazing sound of the strip. The
Regency chefs have planned an elaborate menu to replicate the big
Vegas nights on the town.
In the late
50s, Keely and Louis ‚ recognized as the top nightclub act in the
country ‚ would perform six shows a night starting at 12:00 Midnight
in the Sahara Hotel's Casbar Lounge. They would entertain the biggest
names in show business, from Frank Sinatra, John F. Kennedy and Spencer
Tracey to Natalie Wood, Elvis Presley and Howard Hughes. Now, in "Las
Vegas '58," Keely will revisit the extraordinary nights in that infamous
city.
Keely Smith
has enjoyed incredible popularity, commercial success and historic
achievement throughout a career that has spanned nearly half a century.
She is one of America's greatest living balladeers, the First Lady
of Las Vegas and an icon of the swing era. Most recently, the revival
of the swing movement introduced a whole new generation to the excitement
and fun of her music. In the late 90s, The Gap retail chain was inspired
to use Louis Prima's signature tune, "Jump, Jive and Wail" in one
of its popular ad campaigns. Keely began her career as the female
singer in Prima's band, and later became famous as one half of their
hugely successful Las Vegas lounge act. Now, with recent smash engagements
around the country, her performance career continues to thrive. Her
classic recordings, including I Wish You Love (a Grammy Award nominated
gold album with Nelson Riddle) and Politely with the Billy May orchestra,
have been featured in films such as The Deer Hunter, Raging Bull,
Analyze This and Mad Dog & Glory.
Her latest
CD on Concord Records, Keely Swings Basie-StyleÖWith Strings, is the
third in a series of recordings that honor men who have had a tremendous
effect on, and personal connection to, Keely's life. Her 2000 Concord
debut, Swing, Swing, Swing, was an unofficial testament to her former
husband and performing partner, Louis Prima. Its successor, Keely
Sings Sinatra, earned her a Grammy Award nomination for "Best Traditional
Pop" CD in 2001.
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