Eric Comstock’s singing has been described as “an ideal balance of swinging precision and good-humored warmth … smart, funny and utterly delightful” by Stephen Holden of The New York Times and “an icon in the making” by The New Yorker. He currently stars at the legendary jazz club, Birdland, in Singing Astaire: A Fred Astaire Songbook, which he co-wrote with Christopher Gines and Hilary Kole. Eric’s third and latest CD, No One Knows, is a refreshing mix of standards and rarities by Duke Ellington, Benny Carter, Stephen Sondheim and other masters of pop and jazz.
   The title song is a Billy Strayhorn song being given its premiere recording. Eric is backed by an all-star jazz ensemble which includes Frank Wess, Wycliffe Gordon, Eric Reed, Peter Bernstein, Peter Washington and Matt Wilson. Solo New York engagements include Lincoln Center’s American Songbook series at the Kaplan Penthouse, Birdland, Iridium, The Oak Room at the Algonquin Hotel, Feinstein’s at The Regency and The Supper Club. Concert appearances include Carnegie Hall (2003 JVC Jazz Festival), Alice Tully Hall, Merkin Hall, Town Hall and the 92nd Street Y’s “Jazz in July” festival, directed by Dick Hyman.
   Eric is the co-creator of two critically acclaimed shows which have toured coast to coast: Our Sinatra, which has run over 1,300 performances Off-Broadway, and Made for the Movies: A Hollywood Songbook, a jazz spin on American film music in which he appears with jazz vocal legend Bill Henderson and jazz vocalist/pianist Dena DeRose.
   He has been featured on CBS’s Early Show, CNN’s Showbiz Today, NPR’s Fresh Air with Terry Gross and JazzSet with Dee Dee Bridgewater, and PRI’s The Next Big Thing with Dean Olsher. He has been profiled in Newsday, The San Francisco Chronicle, The St. Louis Post-Dispatch, The San Francisco Examiner, The Star Ledger and magazines such as Time Out New York, Avenue, Savvy, Gavin, and Cabaret Scenes.
   His work has been referenced in recent articles in Vanity Fair and The New York Review of Books. In Rex Reed’s words, “Eric Comstock is keeping a cherished tradition alive for a new generation.” Visit Eric’s website at www.ericcomstock.net