The New York Rock and Soul Revue was a musical project which evolved from a series of concerts and musical shows produced by Libby Titus (future wife of

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) that lasted from 1989 to 1992. The project was led by

(soloist and co-founder of

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) and included

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, Michael McDonald,

Boz Scaggs William Royce "Boz" Scaggs (born June 8, 1944) is an American singer, songwriter, and guitarist. An early bandmate of Steve Miller in The Ardells and the Steve Miller Band, he began his solo career in 1969, though he lacked a major hit until h ...

Eddie Brigati Edward Brigati Jr. (born October 22, 1945) is an American singer-songwriter. He was the co-lead vocalist, along with Felix Cavaliere, and percussionist in the rock group The Young Rascals from 1964 to 1970. Prior to his stint with The Young Ra ...

(formerly of

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), David Brigati (also of The Rascals), Charles Brown, and

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(soloist and co-founder of Steely Dan). The project also featured Jeff Young and the Youngsters, saxophonist

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(who had formerly worked with Steely Dan, the

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and Boz Scaggs), and violinist

Mindy Jostyn Mindy Jostyn (June 5, 1956 – March 10, 2005) was an American singer and multi-instrumentalist. Jostyn was born in Long Island City and grew up in San Jose, California and Wellesley, Massachusetts. When she was eleven years old she founded her ...

. The project is perhaps best known for its 1991 live release entitled '' The New York Rock and Soul Revue: Live at the Beacon'', a compilation of material recorded live at

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's Beacon Theatre.

Members

''Line up:'' *

, vocal and piano *Jeff Young, piano * Michael McDonald, piano and vocals ''Other musicians:'' *

Drew Zingg Drew Zingg (born 1957) is an American rock, blues, soul and jazz guitarist, best known for his performing with Steely Dan and Boz Scaggs. Biography Zingg was born and raised in New York City. Eventually he learned the guitar and spent about ten y ...

, guitar *John Hagen,

tenor sax *Dennis McDermott, drums *Lincoln Schleifer, bass *Chris Anderson, trumpet ''Background vocals:'' * Catherine Russell *Dian Sorel *Ula Hedwig

References

External links

The New York Rock and Soul Revue performing Pretzel Logic (song)
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