By Andrew Poretz***There’s nothing like finding a hidden gem in New York. Even better? A double gem. Hidden in plain sight is the stunning venue called “Somewhere Nowhere,” a two-level indoor lounge and open-air rooftop […]
By Marilyn Lester***When the original Birdland opened in December 1949, jazz legend, alto sax player Charlie Parker was the headliner, but then, the club was named after him: “Bird” was his nickname. Fast forward to […]
By Marilyn Lester***When singer-pianist Daryl Sherman first came to New York and established herself, she often got the comment “you sound like Blossom Dearie.” In an ironic twist of fate, some years later, Dearie was […]
By Marilyn Lester***When each artist is a star—a definitive performer, nay, a virtuoso, on their respective instruments—the result is a recipe for musical brilliance at the very least. This was the case with 92NY’s Midsummer […]
By Marilyn Lester***The second night of 92NY‘s annual Jazz in July festival was dedicated to the piano, with a quartet of virtuosos on the grand and baby grand dominating the stage. Outgoing Jazz in July […]
By Marilyn Lester***Elegies, literary or musical, tend to be solemn affairs, but not so in the jazz world. Jazz elegies lean heavily toward celebratory, rooted in the New Orleans traditon of the “second line,” the […]
In town after his transatlantic performances on the Queen Mary 2, the debonair young maestro Alex Mendham and His New Yorkers, a carefully-selected 11-piece orchestra, make their New York City debut on Saturday, July 22 […]
It’s a night of big band swing with international vocal group The Satin Dollz and a quintet led by drummer Daniel Glass in Satin Takes Manhattan on Saturday, July 29 at 9:30 PM at Chelsea […]
The New York concert debut of vocalist Angie Wells plays on Saturday, July 15 at 9:30 PM at Chelsea Table + Stage. She will be joined by Willerm Dellisfort on piano, Barry Stephenson on bass, […]
Vocalist Nicole Henry makes her Birdland debut on Monday, July 10 at 7:00 PM with A Night with Nicole Henry, featuring Shedrick Mitchell on piano, Charles Haynes on drums and Eric Wheeler on bass. Henry […]
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