Gregg Arthur sings Tony Bennett – Saturday, 28th of January, 2023:
The fact that Gregg Arthur doesn’t sound like Tony Bennett is the perfect place to start. It’s Gregg’s warm tenor voice and style that got the attention of Bennett back in 2007.
“I love the way you sing. You’re yourself which makes you an original singer, your phrasing is perfection” – Tony Bennett
With an endorsement like that from the legend himself, Gregg is the ideal man to present all the wonderful hit songs from Tony Bennett’s incredible lifetime of music. Gregg is joined on stage by Peter Locke on piano, Andrew Dickeson on drums, and the legendary Craig Scott on double bass.
Gregg Arthur follows in the footsteps of Frank Sinatra, Mel Torme, and Tony Bennett as one of the great interpreters, and in his show, GREGG ARTHUR sings TONY BENNETT he performs songs written by legendary artists including Duke Ellington, Billy Strayhorn, and Cole Porter, Antonio Carlos Jobim, and Michel Legrand, as well as Bennett’s theme song “I Left My Heart In San Francisco”
Gregg has been called “the finest male jazz singer Australia has produced since Vince Jones” and over the course of a long career in Australia and America has honed his talents and worked with iconic musicians including Australia’s own Maestro Tommy Tycho, Tom Ranier (pianist for Tony Bennett), Bob Rosario (Pianist and arranger for Bobby Darin) Vincent Falcone (pianist and conductor for Frank Sinatra and Tony Bennett), and the “Brush Master” Clayton Cameron (drummer for Tony Bennett and Sammy Davis Jr)
“Simply one of the best singers I have ever heard”
– Tom Ranier (pianist/arranger Tony Bennett, Placido Domingo, Lady Gaga)
“… This exceptional singer, like Sinatra, delivers immortal melodies with impeccable phrasing”
– Eric Myers. The Weekend Australian
“Some people got it, and some people don’t. Gregg Arthur is one of the ones who does, it’s the devilish art of being a jazz singer”
– John Shand, Sydney Morning Herald
“I’m fussy when it comes to vocalists, and very hard to please. I feel that this country has only a handful of great jazz singers. This quintessential jazz club experience confirmed for me that Gregg Arthur is one of them.”
– Eric Myers, The Weekend Australian
