On the Town Star Sings on I’ve Been Played: Alysha Umphress Swings Jeff Blumenkrantz

Yellow Sound Label will release I’ve Been Played: Alysha Umphress Swings Jeff Blumenkrantz on January 2015. The album will feature the vocals of Alysha Umphress, currently starring in the Broadway revival of On the Town, and original jazz songs and arrangements by Tony Award-nominated composer and performer Jeff Blumenkrantz, who will produce the album with Michael Croiter.

I’ve Been Played will feature Umphress singing original songs by Blumenkrantz, and several original arrangements created specifically for Umphress of the standards "Spring Is Here/Spring Can Really Hang You Up the Most," "I Don’t Need Anything but You," and "You Are Never Away/Ten Minutes Ago."

The album features Tedd Firth on piano, Pete Donovan on bass, Ray Marchica on drums, Dan Willis on tenor sax and flute, and Peter Sachon on cello.

An album release party and concert will be held on January 5, 2015, at Birdland in New York City.