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 Michael
Fredo
was
born
in
Elmira
NY
on
July
17th
1978.


 Influenced
by
recordings
by
artists
such
as
Antonio
 Carlos
Jobim,
Frank
Sinatra
and
Duke
Ellington,
Michael
 studied
and
performed
in
high
school
productions
and
 coffee
houses
developing
a
reputation
as
an
entertainer
 and
jazz
proficienato.

 

At
the
age
of
17
Michael
moved
to
Manhattan
to
study
 at
the
prestigious
Professional
Children’s
School
for
 the
performing
arts.
 


Michael’s
talent
was
soon
noticed
by
fellow
student
 Paul
Ellington,
grandson
and
heir
to
the
famed
Duke
 Ellington
Orchestra.

Paul
had
Michael
audition
for
his
 father
Mercer
Ellington,
the
conductor
of
the
Duke
 Ellington
orchestra
and
was
cast
as
the
lead
male
 vocalist
for
the
worldwide
tour.

For
the
next
four
 years,
Michael
toured
the
world
with
the
Orchestra
 performing
in
theaters
and
concert
halls
with
the
likes
 of
Diana
Krall
and
many
others.
 


One
night
at
an
industry
party
in
Los
Angeles,
 Michael
met
Grammy
award
winning
producer
Quincy
Jones
 and
convinced
him
to
take
5
minutes
to
hear
him
sing
in
 his
hotel
room.


Quincy
agreed
and
was
so
impressed
 that
he
signed
Fredo
to
his
first
major
label
record
 deal
later
that
month
where
he
went
on
to
sell
over
2
 million
copies
of
his
debut
album.
(Quest/Warner
Bros.)

 

Fredo’s
music
accompanied
the
Tommy
Hilfiger
ad
 campaign
of
which
he
became
the
model
and
spokesperson.
 


Touring
the
world
with
Britney
Spears,
The
Backstreet
 Boys,
N’SYNC
and
other
pop
super
groups,
gave
Michael
 unprecedented
exposure
and
experience
but
something
 about
his
Jazz
days
never
left
his
soul.
 “Those
days
were
crazy
and
exciting
but
in
the
end
I
was
 most
natural
with
a
Billy
Strayhorn
tune
and
a
martini
 glass
in
my
hand”
 

Michael
Fredo
is
currently
recording
his
big
band
 album
with
producer
Jay
Levine
that
will
be
called
 American
Classics
and
features
a
full
orchestra.
 


 contact:
Jay
Levine
 jay@lefthookrecords.com