Linda Eder

Steve Murray | December 2, 2015

Linda Eder

Feinstein’s at the Nikko, San Francisco, CA, November 21, 2015

Reviewed by Steve Murray for Cabaret Scenes

Even when phoning in a greatest hits show, Linda Eder puts on a technically flawless show. The show, originally scheduled for December, was peppered with a few Christmas songs, including her cover of the lovely “The Bells of St. Paul” and the poignant “My Grownup Christmas List (David Foster/Linda Thompson). The bulk of the set included Eder’s tried and true fan favorites from Broadway shows and her stage concerts.

“Looking Through the Eyes of Love” (Marvin Hamlisch/Carole Bayer Sager), with which she won the 1988 Star Search competition, has her hitting an F above high C, a vocal skill she has mined for gold over the years. Backed capably by longtime compatriots Billy Stein on keys, bass player David Finck and guitarist Peter Calo, Eder breezed through her souped-up version of the usual Parisian waltz “Charade” (Henry Mancini/Johnny Mercer), “Man of La Mancha” (Joe Darion/Mitch Leigh) and the cute ditty “Sam, You Made the Pants Too Long” (Smiley Lewis/Victor Young/F. Whitehouse/Milton Berle).

Eder included a few selections from her latest CD, Retro, including the beautiful “Easy” from the musical Waiting for the Moon: An American Love Story and “The One That Got Away,” both written by Frank Wildhorn and Jack Murphy. Of course, the show wouldn’t be quite complete without her showstopping rendition of Jekyll and Hyde’s soaring “Someone Like You” (Wildhorn/Leslie Bricusse).

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