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Hamilton's Leslie Odom Jr. to Release Debut Jazz Album

The Tony-nominated Broadway star moves into the recording studio.

Hamilton star Leslie Odom Jr. will release his self-titled album on June 10.
Hamilton star Leslie Odom Jr. will release his self-titled album on June 10.
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Tony nominee Leslie Odom Jr., who stars as Aaron Burr in the hit musical Hamilton, will release a self-titled debut album of jazz classics, Leslie Odom Jr., on June 10 on S-Curve Records.

The 10-song track list includes Jerome Kern's "Look for the Silver Lining," a new arrangement of "The Guilty Ones" from Spring Awakening, "Love Look Away" from Rodgers and Hammerstein's Flower Drum Song, and "Autumn Leaves."

Odom won a 2015 Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album as a principal soloist in the Hamilton original cast recording. He previously appeared on Broadway in Rent and Leap of FaithHe also had a regular role on the NBC series Smash. Look below for the complete track list for his upcoming album.

1. Look for the Silver Lining

2. Joey, Joey, Joey

3. Autumn Leaves

4. Brazil (Aquarela do Brasil)

5. Love Look Away

6. Nobody Knows You (When You’re Down and Out)

7. The Guilty Ones

8. I Know That You Know

9. Cheer Up Charlie

10. The Party’s Over

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