Evening of Self Indulgence: Live at Cinegrill

Jason Graae | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (February 6, 2001)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Varese Sarabande
• ASIN: B0000584XM
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #337,892 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. But Alive/I'd Be Surprisingly Good for You

2. My Simple Christmas Wish

3. She Touched Me

4. You've Got That Thing

5. The Moment Has Passed

6. The Oboe Interlude

7. Something That I Wanted You to Know

8. Wrong Note Rag

9. It Would Have Been Wonderful

10. Applause

11. What More Can I Say?

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A hoot., June 2, 2001

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Hoc Stercus "beeper99" (Hudson, NY USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Evening of Self Indulgence: Live at Cinegrill (Audio CD)

This recording follows one of Jason Graae's live cabaret acts from start to finish. There is enough fresh and outrageous humor to make this disc a real hoot. Mr. Graae possesses a voice of truly impressive range and clarity. I'm glad I got this CD, but I wonder how often I will give it a repeat spin. I know that when I've heard the funniest jokes more than two or three times, I begin to lose interest. I'm afraid the same might be true for this production. I will say this ----- if Jason Graae were ever to bring his act to the boondocks of upstate New York, based upon this recording, I would certainly make a serious effort to attend it.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Hurrah for Graae!, February 16, 2001

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This review is from: Evening of Self Indulgence: Live at Cinegrill (Audio CD)

I think it's wonderful- lively, inside, campy, musical. Everything I want in a Live CD!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A riot., February 23, 2001

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Michael A. Benedetto (New York, NY USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Evening of Self Indulgence: Live at Cinegrill (Audio CD)

Jason Graae is one of the most hysterically funny performers in theatre today. The fact that he can sing makes for an attractive bonus in this album of songs he's mostly performed before, but the real reason that musical theatre fans have to own this is the endless stream of in-jokes that Graae supplies.

But even if you've never heard of Judy Kaye, Lillias White, or Andrea Marcovicci (and why not, I should ask), you should pick this up. Just as hysterical as the in-jokes are the ones that aren't going to go over anyone's head, such as an entirely off-key take on "The Wrong Note Rag" and his famous version of "Applause" featuring dead-on impersonations of Johnny Mathis, Tallulah Bankhead, and others. Graae's timing is impeccable, and his sensibility agreeably bitchy -- appropriate for the likely audience, in other words.

And yeah, he can sing too. Quite attractively at that, especially on the handful of soft numbers ("What More Can I Say", "Something That I Wanted You To Know", "It Would Have Been Wonderful"). But it's not those numbers that I'm going to be playing over and over again.