“Men of A Certain Age” can still Rock Steady

Rocco follows up his FMQB AC Top 40 hit, AND THE NIGHT STOOD STILL with a holiday EP that captures his emotional and rockin’ vocals.   As one critic said, (he’s) “one of the most astonishing voices to cross the stage.”  This is Adult Pop at its best from former guest singer with Herbie Hancock and The Super Sounds and Broadway’s Rum Tum Tugger in CATS.

In 2012, James A. Rocco proved that you should never give up on your dreams when he released a re-debut CD called It’s Between Us that included the hit single And The Night Stood Still.   As college stations around the country played the single, written by pop music legend, Diane Warren, Rocco continued his “day job” as VP of Programming and Artistic Director of The Ordway Center of Performing Arts, where he writes and hosts the SRO music series Broadway Songbook.  As the single climbed the FMQB Adult Contemporary Chart, there was no doubt that It’s Between Us, was a rebirth of a dream, the return of a singer that a critic once called “one of the most astonishing voices to ever cross the stage.”  

James A. Rocco bounded on the scene, as a back-up singer on Frank Sinatra’s Watertown album.  He went on to a teenage career as a session vocalist and matured into a full fledged career that spanned from pop to Broadway to jazz. A career that includes appearances at Carnegie Hall, tours with Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter, and The Super Sounds, starring on Broadway in CATS, all over the U.S. in JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR and recording previously unheard material by Rodgers and Hart, Cole Porter and the Gershwins.

Cold Enough 4 U? is a holiday gift that is adult pop at its best.  It’s a 2 song set that includes: Cold Enough To Snow from the motion picture Life With Mikey,  written by, Stephen Schwartz & Alan Menken; and Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)  written by Jeff Barry, Ellie Greenwich & Phil Spector.

The EP was produced by Raymond Berg & James A. Rocco, recorded and mixed by Matthew Zimmerman at Wild Sound Recording Studios, Minneapolis, MN.  Personnel include some of the Twin Cities’ most sought after musicians: Raymond Berg on Keyboards and Accordion, Mark “Leo” Lenander on Guitar, Cory Carter on Bass and Joey Van Phillips on Drums. Background Vocal are provided by Randy Schmeling (from Power Balladz), Jill Mikelson (from Love, Janis)

James A. Rocco’s holiday EP, Cold Enough 4 U? is available for download at CDBaby.com and other online music sites.  Check it out.

For additional information, contact:

Jeff Scott at Thirty Saints Productions/UpperWest SideRecords

2356 University Ave W # 400,St Paul,MN55114-1887, (651) 647-9533

You can follow Rocco at http://jamesarocco.tumblr.com/

and see live performance clips at http://jamesarocco.tumblr.com/archive

www.jamesrocco.com

Facts:

James A. Rocco

Adult Contemporary Pop — Sensuous, Sexy, Smooth & Real

New HolidayEP: COLD ENOUGH 4 U?

Includes:

1. Cold Enough To Snow from the motion picture Life With Mikey,

(Stephen Schwartz, Alan Menken)

Published by Touchstone Pictures Music and Songs

2. Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)

(Jeff Barry, Ellie Greenwich, Phil Spector)

Published by Mother Bertha Music Inc

AUDIENCE

40+

Intelligent

Lived through the 60s and 70s

Pop Music Lovers and Pop Culture Lovers

Adult Contemporary, Pop, Standards, Light Jazz, Broadway, Cabaret, Vocals

Music Collectors

Twin Cities,MN

NYC,Manhattan, Queens andLong islandroots

Theatre Circles, Broadway, National, International

Gay

Men of a Certain Age (per Bonnie Raitt—“ Who decides that you get less interesting when you get older?” quoted in the San Francisco Chronicle)

WHAT SETS ROCCO APART

Extensive Credits, Knowledge and Experience

Previous Hits and Success—TOP 40 Hit FMQB Adult Contemporary Chart—peaked in February 2012  AND THE NIGHT STOOD STILL by Diane Warren from the album IT’S BETWEEN US

Represents a generation who believe in never giving up on your dreams.

Concerts

Featured Vocalist with Herbie Hancock & The Super Sounds

Featured Artist at Clubs and Concert Halls including Carnegie Hall andKennedyCenter

Teen Recording Artist

Began as Child Back-up vocalist on Frank Sinatra’s Watertown Album—featured in Tiger Beat etc…

Broadway and National Touring

CATS

JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR

Member of ASCAP

You Tube Videos

Music Available at CD Baby, Amazon, ITunes and other online sites

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