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His golden throat has a timbre similar to that of the late Lou Rawls.

With pianist Richard Clements and guitarist Saul Rubin, Senior has crafted consistently imaginative arrangements, including a peppy “This Can’t Be Love,” a breezy “On the Street Where You Live,” a gorgeously satisfied “The Very Thought of You” and a delightfully effervescent “The Best Things in Life Are Free.” But the standout track is Sammy Cahn and Jimmy Van Heusen’s obscure “Someone to Tell It To,” a gentle admonition of a loveless life’s emptiness, made all the more profound by Senior’s superbly sensitive reading.

Frank’s unique phrasing and smooth style of singing enables him to reach people of all ages. As a recipient of a prestigious award from the National Endowment for the Arts, Frank performed a series of concerts in the New York area and was highlighted as featured vocalist on the CD, “New Standards” produced by Robert Kelley.

Blind since birth, Senior knows the world by its sound. He knows the city by its pulse. He knows you for what you have to say. He knows the music of love. And he returns sound back to the world in vocal kind, telling it like it is, and saying it like he means it. His golden voice obliges him, and his thorough training gives him a bedrock foundation for a very soulful sound.

In an inspired stroke of casting, a jazz vocalist from an older generation (Frank Senior) and an operatic bass-baritone from a younger one (Davóne Tines) share the role of Singer Oedipus — Senior bringing depth, Tines muscularity. Purely in concert terms, this show is an oasis of high-octane joy.