When a Crooner Dies - Leslie Odom Jr. / The album also will mark the Tony and Grammy Award winner's first new album featuring original music since 2019. Tony and Grammy Award winner Leslie Odom, Jr., currently starring in and co-producing Broadway's Purlie Victorious, will release his fifth studio album, When A Crooner Dies, November 17 through BMG. The release marks Odom's first new album of original music since 2019. When a Crooner Dies will feature 10 newly penned songs that are described as Odom's "most personal music to date."