Barbara Fasano

Vocalist Barbara Fasano has been called "Exhilarating ... a lyrically sensitive interpreter" ~ The New York Times. A storyteller-in-song who demolishes categories, Fasano reinvents the music with her uniquely expressive interpretations and places it squarely in our time. Her new CD PAINTING THE TOWN ("Great tunes, impeccable musicality, and vocal prowess." ~ NYC Jazz Record) won the 2026 MAC Award for Major Record of the Year. "Swinging and stunning," writes Will Friedwald of The New York Sun. The new CD, her 5th, is a joint effort with pianist/singer & husband Eric Comstock, supported by Sean Smith (b), Vito Lesczak (dr), and the legendary Houston Person on tenor saxophone. Fasano’s CDs WRITTEN IN THE STARS and BUSY BEING FREE, co-produced with John Di Martino, also received MAC Awards for Record of the Year. Fasano is a native New Yorker. Her father listened to Louis Armstrong, Ella Fitzgerald, and Bing Crosby, and taught Barbara his favorite songs. As a teenager she played the guitar, memorizing tunes by Paul Simon, Joni Mitchell, and other singer-songwriters. Combine this with her Italian grandparents’ stories of Neapolitan singers & vaudeville and you see how her musical identity was forged. Her choices are eclectic, with a deep emotional truth, creating virtual one-act plays out of each song. "Fasano is a gorgeous, soulful singer who has an actor's intensity in whatever she sings,” raves The New York Post. barbarafasano.com