Jazz pianist and vocalist, and cabaret favorite, Daryl Sherman, will appear from Monday, August 5 to Friday, August 9 at the Bryant Park “Piano in the Park” annual summer festival, from 12:30 to 2:30 PM each day. On Thursday, August 8, she’ll be joined by saxophone-reed masters, Peter and Will Anderson.
The location is the Upper Terrace (at the base of the William Cullen Bryant Statue), behind the New York Public Library.
Sherman, voted “Best Jazz Vocalist” by Hot House Magazine, has been an integral part of the NYC jazz and .cabaret scene since the mid-70s. From early stints at Sinatra jazz hang-outs Jilly’s, Jimmy Weston’s and Eddie Condon’s, she has played most of the major NY hotels and became internationally known for a 14-year run at the Waldorf-Astoria, where she played Cole Porter’s Steinway. After the Waldorf closed for renovations, Sherman was asked to play that famed Steinway while on loan to the New York Historical Society. She has also performed at Rose Hall with Wynton Marsalis and the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra, Dizzy’s Jazz Club, 92nd St Y Lyrics & Lyricists series and 59E59 Theaters.
In the 80s when Artie Shaw formed a new tour band, Sherman was his singer of choice. She has also appeared as pianist-singer with Vince Giordano and the Nighthawks and has been a frequent guest on Marian McPartland’s NPR “Piano Jazz.” Her many CDs are in regular rotation on Cable TV Music Choice, WNYC, Spotify and Pandora. Her Johnny Mercer centennial CD, which was used in a documentary produced by Clint Eastwood, won the 2010 MAC Award for “Best Major Recording.” Sherman has performed and lectured at Satchmo Summerfest in New Orleans and her newest release Lost In A Crowded Place, highlights songs by Louis Armstrong, Ella Fitzgerald and Duke Ellington, as well as two Sherman originals.
