Harvey Brownstone Interviews...

Harvey Brownstone Interviews John McDaniel, Renowned Composer, Conductor, Musical Director & Producer

May 29, 2023 Harvey Brownstone Season 3 Episode 43
Harvey Brownstone Interviews...
Harvey Brownstone Interviews John McDaniel, Renowned Composer, Conductor, Musical Director & Producer
Show Notes

Harvey Brownstone conducts an in-depth interview with John McDaniel, Renowned Composer, Conductor, Musical Director & Producer

 

About Harvey's guest:

 

Today’s guest, John McDaniel, is a renowned composer, conductor, musical director and producer who became a household name in the late 90s when he appeared on the Rosie O’Donnell Show as Rosie’s musical director and lovable sidekick for 6 seasons, for which he received 5 Daytime Emmy Award nominations for Outstanding Achievement in Music Direction and Composition, and winning 2 Emmys for Best Talk Show.  

 

He’s been the Musical Director for many Broadway shows including “Grease”, “Chicago”, for which he won the Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award for Best Musical Direction, “Brooklyn, The Musical”, which he also produced, “Taboo” starring Boy George, and “Annie Get Your Gun”, starring Bernadette Peters - and subsequently Reba McEntire - which won the 1999 Tony Award for Best Revival of a Musical, and for which he won a Grammy Award as producer for Best Musical Show Album.  

 

He also conducted the 1993 reunion of the original Broadway cast of “Company” in concert at Lincoln Center, as well as the U.S. tour of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s “Starlight Express”.  He was the arranger and Musical Director for Patti LuPone’s live concert on Broadway, and he also produced the album.  

 

He’s been the musical director and orchestrator for numerous TV specials, including – most recently – the fabulous Carol Burnett 90th Birthday Special on NBC, which was the most watched TV show of the week.    He’s recorded 4 solo albums, including my personal favourite, “John McDaniel Live at Joe’s Pub”.  

 

He also produced and conducted a wonderful CD entitled “The Maury Yeston Songbook”, featuring performances by Tony Award winners Betty Buckley, Sutton Foster, Christine Ebersole and  many others.  

 

And his collaborations with renowned British singer Barb Yungr, have produced 2 popular albums - "Come Together", featuring songs from The Beatles, and "Float Like a Butterfly", celebrating the songs of Sting.   

 

In 2000, he received the Board of Director’s Award from the Manhattan Association of Cabarets.  He’s been a special guest conductor for numerous symphony orchestras throughout the country, and he frequently performs in concert all across America and around the world, working with artists like Audra McDonald, Jessie Mueller, Brian Stokes Mitchell, Christine Ebersole and many more.   

 

And currently, the immensely successful production of Bonnie & Clyde in London’s West End, features orchestrations by our guest.

 

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To see more about John McDaniel, go to:

http://johnmcdaniel.com/

https://www.facebook.com/John-McDaniel-125288137482952/

https://twitter.com/therealjohnmcd

https://www.instagram.com/johnmcd123/

https://johnmcdaniel.com/listen/#amazon

 

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