This show has been postponed. The last nine months we’ve all been dealing with unprecedented challenges during the COVID pandemic exacerbated by many mixed messages regarding the rules and protocols regarding operating live music venues. It’s with an abundance of concern and caution for the safety of the staff and guests that we’re postponing the Piano Bar Live! Spotlight at Ribbon 72 music series that would have kicked off tonight Tuesday December 8 with Hilary Kole and John Di Martino. Ribbon 72 remains open with strictly adherence to all the NYC GUIDELINES regarding indoor dining at 25% capacity as well as for pick-up and delivery.
Long a staple on the NYC jazz scene, and world-renowned as a multi-faceted concert hall and symphony performer, Hilary Kole has engaged audiences throughout the world since beginning her professional career at the legendary Rainbow Room. Hailed by critics as a “musical marvel!” (Rex Reed, NY Observer), with “understated elegance and playful warmth” (USA Today). In addition to performing at Manhattan venues like The Town Hall, Birdland, Blue Note, Iridium, 54 Below, Jazz at Lincoln Center and Carnegie Hall with Michael Feinstein and The New York Pops,
Kole made her concert-hall debut at Lincoln Center as part of the “American Songbook Series” and her cabaret debut at the legendary Oak Room at the Algonquin. In 2007, she appeared at Carnegie Hall in a tribute to Oscar Peterson and reprised that performance in January 2008, at the Canadian Memorial to Dr. Peterson at Thompson Hall alongside Quincy Jones, Herbie Hancock and Nancy Wilson. Hilary also had the honor of recording with Mr. Peterson.
She debuted at the Oak Room at the Algonquin Hotel as the co-writer and star of the Off-Broadway revues Our Sinatra and Singing Astaire. Globally, Kole has headlined at the Umbria Jazz Festival, the Montreal Jazz Festival, the Nairn Jazz Festival among others and plays annually at the Cotton Club Blue Note in Japan. In 2016, upon releasing The Judy Garland Project, she toured the U.S. and Asia, and performing Garland’s repertoire with a small ensemble group and orchestras. Her discography also includes the John Pizzarelli-produced Haunted Heart (2009); You Are There (2010), featuring vocal piano duets with jazz legends Dave Brubeck, Michel Legrand, Benny Green, Cedar Walton, Hank Jones and others; and A Self-Portrait (2014), which included interpretations of contemporary pop classics from the rock era.
Kole will be releasing her next two recording projects in April 2021, the first, Sophisticated Lady is a collection of standards. The second is a recording of Kole’s original songs featuring Kole at the piano.
John Di Martino is a composer, arranger, jazz pianist, producer and educator, based in New York City. He is described as a “shape-shifter” for his creativity across musical genres.
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The Ribbon 72 is located at 20 W. 72nd Street, New York, NY, 212-787-5656
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