VANTAGE POINT

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"Listening to this compelling collection of Craig Jessup tunes, you learn a few important things about this shockingly talented singer/songwriter/ actor/musician. First, he has been singing songs by the great songwriters for more than 30 years now, and he has been listening. All those years of performing Rodgers and Hart, Sondheim, Brel and Coward on stages around the world have honed his songwriting instincts and helped him crystallize his own musical voice.

Second, he's got a giant soft spot for his family – especially his parents, whose voices you will hear in the songs "Song of My Father" and "Home Inside Our Hearts." There's even a bonus Christmas track that, if the songs about the parents haven't worked their magic, will definitely make you reach out to the nearest family member.

Finally, Craig Jessup displays the kind of diversity here of someone who truly loves music. All kinds of music. I can imagine every cabaret artist in the country crooning "Island of Dreams" while monstrous lady pop stars might not be at all uncomfortable tackling the romp-stomping "Over Myself." There's a gentle country lilt to "This Moment in Time," and the rollicking good humor of "Maybe It's You" is irresistible.

This collection of tunes exists because Craig Jessup has a passion for music that has only grown over the course of a career that has roots in a small Oceanside town in Oregon ("Rockaway") and has blossomed on the concert stage and in the musical theater. Working late nights after work, on weekends and in between performing gigs, Craig crafted an eclectic collection – a vantage point, you might say – of tunes that show off his warm, expressive voice, his tremendous sense of humor and, best of all, his extraordinary heart…his extraordinary musical heart."

Chad Jones
TheaterDogs.net