Loesser By Loesser (A Salute To Frank Loesser)

Composer Frank Loesser (who wrote Guys And Dolls, The Most Happy Fella, and other Broadway shows, as well as many movie songs) was married to actress/singer Jo Sullivan, who starred in The Most Happy Fella. In the years since Loesser’s death, Sullivan has toured with a concert revue called The Songs Of Frank Loesser, and this, with The Loessers’ daughter Emily and Don Stephenson, is something of a recreation of that show. It features a selection of some of Loesser’s best, well sung and played by a small band. As such, it contains such songs as “Heart And Soul” and “Two Sleepy People,” along with medleys from Loesser’s shows. – William Ruhlmann