Joan Jaffe's Little Girl Blue Plays at Don't Tell Mama on Thursday, April 4th -

Joan Jaffe revisits the classic ladies of jazz in her show, Little Girl Blue, an intimate show of new and classic songs, with a guest appearance by Charles Baran, and actor/comedian, Kuni Mikami on piano. Little Girl Blue, plays at Don’t Tell Mama on Thursday, April 4, 2019 at 7 pm. Jaffe explores the classic songs and standards of the great female artists June Christy, Carmen McRae, Cleo Laine and Rosemary Clooney, and the music of composers ranging from Rogers and Hart to Leonard Bernstein.

Jaffe is a MAC Award winner for Best Musical Comedy Performer and was voted One Of The Top 15 in New York Cabaret 2010. Her debut album, Joan Jaffe Sings Funny, was launched at Barnes and Noble, Lincoln Center. She was also honored to present a jazz concert at “The Concert Space” at Beethoven Pianos, NYC, with the jazz pianist, Matt Baker.

Charles Baran is an actor, comedian, writer and storyteller. He was the recipient of the 2016 MAC Award for Best Male Debut. He is working on his first book, a memoir of growing up gay in the 70s in Elmhurst, Queens. Kuni Mikami was Lionel Hampton’s pianist from 1991 until Hampton’s passing in August 2002. During that time he also played with Illinois Jacquet, The Duke Ellington Orchestra and is currently performing with the Cab Calloway Orchestra and the Kuni Mikami Trio.