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When it comes to genre-bending artistic leaps, adding vocals to the Yanni canon isn’t exactly like Bob Dylan going electric.
Yet it’s the presence of voices that inspires the name of Yanni’s new album and tour, the latter stopping Tuesday at Amway Arena.
As a new wrinkle, the idea worked well on several levels. Mainly, singers Nathan Pacheco, Chloe, Ender Thomas and Leslie Mills injected personality into music that, although lovely, still leans toward the formulaic.
In a two-hour production that incorporated considerable choreography, the show smartly tapped into some pop-culture touchstones.
With four singers sharing the spotlight, an immediate rooting interest surfaced in an American Idol way. “We looovvee you, Chloe!” a woman shouted in the early going.
