Leslie Odom

The new creative vision of Tony and Grammy Award-winning artist Billy Porter featuring new, soulful tracks on classic Richard Rodgers songs. Broadway and music’s biggest contemporary stars join Porter on the album, including Tony Award winners Cynthia Erivo (The Color Purple), Renée Elise Goldsberry (Hamilton), Patina Miller (Pippin), and Leslie Odom, Jr. (Hamilton), Grammy Award winners Pentatonix and India.Arie, Tony Award nominees Brandon Victor Dixon (Shuffle Along), Joshua Henry (Violet), and Christopher Jackson (Hamilton), alongside YouTube sensation Todrick Hall and multiple Grammy Award nominees Deborah Cox and Ledisi. This album marks Porter’s fourth studio album - his first as producer and content curator.

This HARMONY DELUXE version has 6 new songs including: “Nature Boy” (from Moulin Rouge), “I’ll Stand By You [Duet with Helene Fischer],”(originally recorded by The Pretenders), and “I Can See Clearly Now” (popularized by Johnny Nash). The making of the original album and the title have been very cathartic for Josh.

Leslie Odom Jr., burst on the scene in 2015, originating the role of Aaron Burr in the Broadway musical phenomenon Hamilton. Since then, he has performed for sold-out audiences, sung for the Obamas at the White House, and won a Tony Award for Best Leading Actor in a Musical. But before he landed the role of a lifetime in one of the biggest musicals of all time, Odom put in years of hard work as a singer and an actor.

Broadway star Billy Porter duets on classic showtunes with fellow Tony Award winners Leslie Odom Jr. and Cynthia Erivo on his new album Billy Porter Presents The Soul of Richard Rodgers. Pop stars India.arie, Ledisi and the Pentatonix will also be highlighted on the Sony Masterworks Broadway album, whose official release date is April 14. The album features new, soulful takes on classic Richard Rodgers songs from Broadway musicals including Oklahoma!, The Sound of Music, Babes in Arms, South Pacific, and The King and I, with lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II and Lorenz Hart.

The making of the HARMONY album and the title have been very cathartic for Josh. He wanted to go back to basics, and interpret songs that make him feel good, are a blast to sing, and most importantly, are songs that fans have asked for. Josh has performed many of them on the road and in other settings in the past few years.