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RONNY WHYTE is not only considered a premiere interpreter of Classic American Popular song he is also an outstanding jazz pianist, and an award winning songwriter. He has been featured on Marian McPartland’s Piano Jazz on National Public Radio. He is an ASCAP Award-winning songwriter; his lyric Forget the Woman was recorded by Tony Bennett, and his music for The Party Upstairs won the MAC Award for Best Song of 2006. He also produces and hosts Midtown Jazz at Midday at St. Peter’s in Manhattan, a weekly jazz concert series. For two years Ronny appeared in New York City in the hit musical Our Sinatra as well as its two national big band tours to more than 90 cities. He was also featured twice at New York’s JVC Jazz Festival, and was inducted into the Cabaret Jazz Hall of Fame. The Ronny Whyte Trio has performed in concert at Carnegie/Weill Hall, New York’s Town Hall, Washington’s Corcoran Gallery, and the Mellon Jazz Festival in Philadelphia. Ronny has had major engagements in New York at the Café Carlyle, Rainbow and Stars, the Oak Room at the Algonquin, and Feinstein’s at the Regency. Abroad, he has starred in Paris, Tokyo, Tel Aviv, Sao Paulo, Caracas, and Johannesburg. Ronny often makes guest appearances with symphony orchestras. He has recorded ten CD’s for Audiophile; his CD All in a Night’s Work was selected “Jazz Album of the Week” by the New York Times. BOB LEVY started his songwriting career in New York City, collaborating with Ronny Whyte. Bob has also worked with Alex Rybeck and Karen Jacobsen in New York, as well as with Jon Burr and vocalist Lynn Stein on their CD, "A LITTLE BIT MORE". Bob has also collaborated with Boston’s Harriet Goldberg, Krisanthi Pappas and Dennis Livingston. In 2011 Bob's song "THAT'S WHAT YOU'LL GET FROM ME" was featured on the HBO series "HUNG and was nominated for a 2009 JPF Award. In 2010 Bob's song "PARIS WITHOUT YOU” was featured in the Touchstone film "YOU AGAIN” and Bob's song "WHAT DO I DO NOW?" was featured on the A&E series "THE GLADES". In 2009 Bob's ballad, "WHY PRETEND?" was featured on TNT's 'SAVING GRACE' and ABC Family’s ‘GREEK’. Bob was a 2008 MAC Award nominee for Song Of The Year. In 2007 "A Musical Celebration", a showcase of his songs was held at The Laurie Beechman Theatre. Bob is an ASCAP Plus Award Winner and ASCAP selected his song, "PARIS WITHOUT YOU" for their EMERGING JAZZ WRITERS series. Bob's CD "OUT IN THE COLD" was released in 2006, "ME + MY BEST FRIENDS" in 2008, “OFF HIS HIGH HORSE” in 2010, “A LITTLE BIT MORE” in 2011 and “FIRE IN HIS SOUL” in 2012. His songs are being performed throughout the US, Canada, the UK, Italy and Greece.