Reviews & Quotes

• BILLBOARD:  "Reissues Keep Cabaret Singer's Flame Alive"
• BILLBOARD:  "Live at Tavern on the Green" Review
• WALL STREET JOURNAL:  "An Encore for Nancy LaMott"
• PLAYBILL ONLINE: "'New' Nancy LaMott Recording Soars on Amazon Charts
• THEATREMANIA: 'Nancy LaMott: Live', Review
• PLAYBILL ONLINE: "(Diva Tidbits) News of LaMott"
• PLAYBILL ONLINE: "DIVA TALK: LaMott's Legacy"
• PLAYBILL ONLINE: "Nancy LaMott—'Live' to Hit Stores"
• PLAYBILL ONLINE: "Cabaret Singer Nancy LaMott Dies at 43"

BILLBOARD:  "Reissues Keep Cabaret Singer's Flame Alive"

By Jim Bessman

Before Nancy LaMott's untimely death from cancer 10 years ago, David Friedman promised the New York cabaret star that he would not rest until everybody in the world had heard her sing ...

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BILLBOARD:  "Live at Tavern on the Green" Review

By JB

Cabaret legend Nancy LaMott, who succumbed to cancer in 1995, never sounded more vibrant than on this live recording ...

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WALL STREET JOURNAL:
"An Encore for Nancy LaMott"

By Terry Teachout

The best cabaret singer I ever heard never quite managed to become a celebrity - though she should have, and almost did.  Everything was going Nancy LaMott's way in 1995.  She was appearing regularly at Manhattan's fancies nightspots, from the ...

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PLAYBILL ONLINE:
"'New' Nancy LaMott Recording Soars on Amazon Charts"

By Andrew Gans

"Nancy LaMott: Live at Tavern on the Green," the new posthumous recording from the late cabaret performer, is currently number 11 on the Amazon.com list of best-selling recordings ...

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THEATREMANIA:
'Nancy LaMott: Live', Review

By Michael Portantiere

The sad irony of the title of the new CD Nancy LaMott: Live at Tavern on the Green is inescapable. As her many fans know all too well, Nancy LaMott died of uterine cancer at age 43 in 1995. Composer-conductor David Friedman was and continues to be a great champion of the singer's artistry; indeed, he founded the record company Midder Music specifically for her. Now, that company has released the first "live" LaMott CD, recorded in the Chestnut Room at Tavern on the Green just seven weeks before her passing ...

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PLAYBILL ONLINE:
"(Diva Tidbits) News of LaMott"

By Andrew Gans

I was very happy to learn that LML Music, which was founded by Lee Lessack, and David Friedman's Midder Music have inked a deal that will allow LML to distribute the recordings of the late, great singer Nancy LaMott. LaMott, who lost her battle with cancer in 1995 at the age of 44, was blessed with one of, if not the, most beautiful voices in the cabaret world ...

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PLAYBILL ONLINE:
"DIVA TALK: LaMott's Legacy "

By Andrew Gans

The late cabaret critic Bob Harrington once wrote, "There is no more beautiful musical instrument than the voice of Nancy LaMott." And, I might have to agree. LaMott possessed a rich, lush, honey-toned sound that could be soft, sweet and creamy one minute and big and belty the next ...

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PLAYBILL ONLINE:
"Nancy LaMott—'Live at Tavern on the Green' to Hit Stores Feb. 1"

By Andrew Gans

Fans of the late, great cabaret artist Nancy LaMott have reason to rejoice this holiday season.  After an eight-year wait, a "new" LaMott recording — taped live at Tavern on the Green just weeks before her untimely death — will arrive in stores prior to Valentine's Day. "Nancy LaMott—Live at Tavern on the Green" is set to hit stores around the country Feb. 1 ...

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PLAYBILL ONLINE:
"Cabaret Singer Nancy LaMott Dies at 43"

By Andrew Gans

The music world lost one of its greatest performers Dec. 13, when singer Nancy LaMott lost her battle against cancer at 11:30 PM, just two hours after a priest married her and actor Peter Zapp whom she had met in San Francisco six months ago ...

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