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Eleanor Reissa joins with some of the top musicians in New York City, including Grant Sturiale on piano, Kevin Kuhn on guitar, Ray Kilday on bass, Margot Leverett on clarinet, and Rex Benincasa on drums. Together with Grant's arrangements and this first class band, Eleanor Reissa reinvigorates timeless classics and turns them into contemporary gems.

The Forward gives Eleanor's solo album the highest praise: “Several new releases feature top contemporary Yiddish vocalists, none better than Eleanor Reissa, who on 'Songs in the Key of Yiddish' sings with the fluency of the native speaker she is and with the infectious, dramatic personality one would expect from a Tony Award-nominated singer-actress. Reissa's program includes theater favorites like 'Sheyn vi di L'vone' — given a smoky-jazz, Peggy Lee-like arrangement — and folk songs like 'Di Mizinke Oysgegebn,' with contemporary, cabaret-style accompaniment featuring impeccable playing that never detracts from the vocalist, a master of the art of selling a song.”