Jenn Gambatese

cockeyed optimist
Songs of Rodgers and Hammerstein
Jenn Gambatese: cockeyed opti mist
Making this album has truly been a dream come true! I would like to thank Matt Bogart for
bringing me to John Yap and turning my dream into a reality. You both made me feel so
comfortable in the studio and I am indebted to your keen (and kind!) ears. Thanks also to Matt
for singing with me as the dreamiest Emile de Becque. Likewise to Mary Testa for her superior
Mother Superior, Jeff Kready whom singing with can really be compared to No Other, and
Gavin Creel whose friendship has changed me from (practically) childhood through today. My
unending gratitude to Jerome Korman and Howard Emanuel for their collaboration in bringing
this album's accompanying cabaret concert out of my dreams. To my extraordinary friend and
photographer Emma Mead and the brilliant make-up artist Priscilla Perez, thank you for making
our day at Highland Farm so magical! And to Christine Cole who runs the B&B that was Oscar's
former home, thank you for having us! You have preserved a rich part of American history
and looking out the windows he looked out to write words like "I'm as restless as a willow in
a windstorm" thrilled me beyond measure. I hope that your dream of turning Highland Farm
into a museum for all to experience also comes true! To my 5 Zupon cousins who continue
their mother's legacy of unwavering love and support, thank you for helping me get the ball
rolling. (Auntie Marilynn I know you'd be proud of them, and hopefully me with this album. My
heart IS blessed with the sound of music and with you living on in it.) For my husband Curtis
Cregan and our daughters Josephine Grace and Charlie Jane...thank you for giving me so
much to sing about every single day. And for my Mom and Dad (aka Kathy & Mike, Mr. & Mrs.
G, Meemaw & Peepaw) thank you for introducing me to this great music, and all the standards,
from a young age, and for never doubting that I could make my own mark as an artist.
Love Always and in All Ways.
 1 IT’S A GRAND NIGHT FOR SINGING State Fair
2 DO-RE-MI The Sound Of Music with Children
3 THE SOUND OF MUSIC The Sound Of Music
4 MR. SNOW Carousel
5 SOME ENCHANTED EVENING South Pacific with Matt Bogart
6 EVERYBODY’S GOT A HOME BUT ME Pipe Dream
7 HELLO YOUNG LOVERS The King And I
8 A COCKEYED OPTIMIST South Pacific
9 LOVE LOOK AWAY Flower Drum Song
10 TEN MINUTES AGO Cinderella
11 IT MIGHT AS WELL BE SPRING State Fair
12 NO OTHER LOVE Me And Juliet with Jeff Kready
13 I CAIN’T SAY NO Oklahoma!
14 MY FAVORITE THINGS The Sound Of Music with Mary Testa
15 SOMETHING WONDERFUL The King And I
16 A WONDERFUL GUY South Pacific
17 SOMETHING GOOD The Sound Of Music with Gavin Creel
18 YOU’LL NEVER WALK ALONE Carousel
19 OUT OF MY DREAMS Oklahoma! with Jerome Korman

All songs excepting Something Good:

Music by Richard Rodgers Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein
Somethng Good Music and Lyrics by Richard Rodgers
 All songs excepting Something Good:
Music by Richard Rodgers Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein
Somethng Good Music and Lyrics by Richard Rodgers
All songs excepting Out Of My Dreams played by:
National Symphony Orchestra
Conducted by Craig Barna (Tracks 6, 9, 11, 13, 14 and 17), John Owen Edwards
(Tracks 1, 5, 7, 8, 10, 15, 16 and 18), Martin Yates (Tracks 2, 3, 4 and 12)
Piano on Track 19 played by Jerome Korman
All songs excepting Tracks 4, 11, 14, 17, 18 and 19:
Orchestrations by Robert Russell Bennett.
Tracks 4 and 18: Orchestrations by Don Walker
Track 11: Orchestrations by Bruce Pomahac
Tracks 14 and 17: Orchestrations by Craig Barna
Track 19: Arrangements by Jerome Korman
Orchestra recorded at Abbey Road Studios, London.
Vocals recorded at Manhattan Center Studios, The Log Cabin, New York
on April 14, 21, July 29, August 17, October 20 and November 8 2016
Vocal Recording Engineer in New York: Darren Moore
Editing, Mixing and Mastering Engineer: Sophie Marchant
Photogaphs: Emma Mead
Cover and CD Graphics: Doug Craib
Executive Producer: John Yap
Produced for Records by John Yap.
Co-producer: Matt Bogart.