Vocalist Jaye Maynard will appear in Bird Amongst the Blossom: A Tribute to the Blossom Dearie Songbook, honoring the centennial of the music legend on the actual day of her 100th birthday, Sunday, April 28 […]
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***It’s hard to believe that it’s been four years since Nicolas King appeared at Birdland—but there was that interlude of the pandemic after all. Needless to say, it was great to see him […]
By Kati Neiheisel***Intrigued by NLE’s Who Was Who!, I want to know who was where. I want to know about the hot and happening clubs and piano bars of previous decades. Perhaps the past can […]
Pianist-singer Daryl Sherman and bassist-singer Jay Leonhart will salute the pianist-singer-songwriters Blossom Dearie and Dave Frishberg on Monday, April 11 at 8:30 PM at Birdland, with Dave Silliman providing percussion. Sherman has been a part […]
By Chip Deffaa***I wanted to write something in remembrance of Don Schaffer, who’s passed away. He was 82. He helped an awful lot of people in New York’s entertainment community, myself included. And I’ll always […]
By MARILYN LESTER****Bob Dorough, born in 1923, is much more than a jazz pianist, singer, songwriter, arranger and producer. Dorough is a living history of jazz, having come on the scene when the genre was […]
When it comes to music, bebop and cool jazz pianist, singer, composer and lyricist Bob Dorough is nothing short of a legend. He’ll show why when his trio performs Back to… Schoolhouse Rocks! at the […]
BY ROB LESTER**** This week we remember a singer/pianist/songwriter/recording artist who was born on an April 28th once upon a time and was a fixture on the New York City and international music scene for decades, […]
BY ROB LESTER **** This week, in their Lyrics & Lyricists concert and Will Friedwald’s Clip Joint, it’s Women’s History Month and, happily, the 92nd Street Y is reminding us of the great women who contributed […]
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