Birdland Jazz Club will present the return of MAC and Bistro Award-winning concert artist Jeff Harnar celebrating his new album, Jeff Harnar Sings Sammy Cahn: The Second Time Around, on Monday, October 7 at 7:00 PM. The show is directed by Barry Kleinbort, with Alex Rybeck serving as music director.
The evening will feature special guests performing duets from the album, including Moipei, the triplets from Kenya; Nicolas King;and Gabrielle Stravelli.
The Second Time Around shines a spotlight on Sammy Cahn’s lyrics for Frank Sinatra and The Rat Pack, Broadway and World War II. Selections will include “Come Fly with Me,” “All the Way,” “Teach Me Tonight,” “Call Me Irresponsible,” “I Fall in Love Too Easily,” “Saturday Night (Is the Loneliest Night of the Week),” “Bei Mir Bist Du Schon” and “Time After Time.” Cahn was a lyricist with 30 Academy Award nominations, more than any other songwriter. He won 4 Oscars, an Emmy, wrote a string of hits for Frank Sinatra, Doris Day and Dean Martin, wrote High Button Shoes and more for Broadway, and during World War II wrote a catalog of songs that captured the emotional climate of the nation.
Jeff Harnar is a multi-award-winning concert and recording artist. This July PS Classics released his album Jeff Harnar Sings Sammy Cahn: The Second Time Around, featuring duets with Clint Holmes, Grammy winner Nicole Zuraitis, and the triplets from Kenya, Moipei. Other recent albums are the MAC Award winning Cy Coleman tribute A Collective Cy (2023), orchestrated and conducted by Alex Rybeck, and I Know Things Now: My Life in Sondheim’s Words (2022), orchestrated and conducted by Jon Weber (both on PS Classics).
There is a $30-5o music charge and a $20 food and beverage minimum. For reservations, please call (212) 581-3080 or visit www.BirdlandJazz.com.
Birdland is located at 315 West 44th Street (between 8th and 9th Avenues) in Manhattan.
