MORE CABARET-JAZZ EVENTS IN NYC FOR THIS DATE
Here are today's cabaret-jazz events in NYC as listed on the home page of CABARET HOTLINE ONLINE! Every day in every way we're promoting Cabaret! Your event missing? Send press releases to stuhamstra@svhamstra.com to be included - listings are FREE!
NYC: JAY LEONHART AT BIRDLAND
Bassist Jay Leonhart performs at BIRDLAND (315 West 44th Street, NYC - 212-581-3080) on Saturdays, January 4, 18th & 25th at 6:00 pm. Combining the skills of an old school entertainer and virtuoso jazz man, bassist, vocalist and composer Jay Leonhart has been a fixture of the New York scene for over forty years. When Jay was fourteen he started playing the bass in The Pier Five Dixieland Jazz Band in Baltimore and never looked back. After studying at The Peabody Institute, Jay attended The Berklee School of Music and The Advanced School of Contemporary Music in Toronto, before leaving school to start touring with the traveling big bands of the late 50's and early 60's. Upon moving to New York, Jay eventually began playing for many of the great jazz musicians, big bands, and singers who were to be found in New York - artists like Thad Jones and Mel Lewis, Tony Bennett, Marian McPartland, and Jim Hall. Jay has now recorded 15 solo albums. There is a $25 cover plus a $10 food/drink minimum.
NYC: DIANE SCHUUR & FRIENDS AT BIRDLAND
Diane Schuur performs atBIRDLAND (315 West 44th Street, NYC - 212-581-3080) on Tuesday through Saturday, January 14th through 18th with shows at 8:30 & 11:00 pm.. She is joined by Ron Blake (saxophones, 1/14-17), Harry Allen (saxophones, 1/18), Roni Ben-Hur (Guitar), Ben Wolfe (bass), and Willie Jones III (drums). One of the premier vocalists in jazz, Seattle native Diane Schuur - nicknamed "Deedles" since the 1984 recording of the same name featuring saxophone icon Stan Getz - is beloved around the world. She has won two Grammy Awards and headlined the most prestigious music venues including Carnegie Hall and The White House. She has also collaborated, toured and/or recorded with Quincy Jones, BB King, Dizzy Gillespie, Ray Charles, Stevie Wonder and Barry Manilow among many others. This engagement, marking her Birdland debut, is a double occasion in which Deedles will celebrate her recent 60th Birthday as well as preview material from her forthcoming CD "I Remember You: With Love to Stan and Frank," a tribute to her mentors Stan Getz and Frank Sinatra. There is a $30 cover plus a $10 food/drink minimum.
NYC: CHRISTIAN SCOTT AT THE BLUE NOTE
Edison Award winning trumpeter-composer-producer-bandleader Christian Scott performs at THE BLUE NOTE (131 West 3rd Street, NYC - 212-475-8592) on Thursday through Sunday, January 16th through 19th with shows at 8:00 & 10:30 pm. Christian stands tall among a handful of talented young jazz artists who are expanding their artistic vision beyond the strict confines of the genre's tradition. Throughout his career, Scott has been an intrepid explorer, from his Grammy nominated debut Rewind That to his genre stretching last album Yesterday You Said Tomorrow. Scott ups the ante on his compelling new double album, Christian aTunde Adjuah, an inspired and provocative two-CD, 23-track collection that spans a range of beyond-jazz influences as he continues to make strides into uncharted jazz territory. With Scott's trumpet at the heart of most of the tunes, the album features reflective ballads, light and dreamy soundscapes, guitar-edged and rock-inflected cookers, trumpet ecstasies as well as clarion calls and anguished wails. Scott's band consists of guitarist Matthew Stevens, drummer Jamire Williams, bassist Kristopher Keith Funn and pianist Lawrence Fields (Fields' piano sound is often spiced for effect by using paper on the instrument's strings), with guests including tenor saxophonist Kenneth Whalum III, alto saxophonist Louis Fouche IIII and trombonist Corey King. There is a $15-$25 cover.
NYC: ED PALERMO BIG BAND PLAYS ZAPPA
The Ed Palermo Big Band Plays Zappa with special guests Napoleon Murphy Brock and Mike Keneally atTHE IRIDIUM JAZZ CLUB(1650 Broadway, NYC - 212-582-2121) on Friday, & Saturday, January 17th & 18th with shows at 8:30 & 10:30 pm. Ed Palermo's Big Band has been together since 1980 and has been playing and honing the music of Frank Zappa (among other composers) for fifteen years, mainly in performance at the Bottom Line and Iridium nightclubs in New York City. Their CDs, The Ed Palermo Big Band Plays the Music of Frank Zappa, 'Take Your Clothes Off When You Dance' and the newly released 'Eddy Loves Frank' are concepts of love for the complex music of Frank Zappa. These crafty interpretations by the Ed Palermo Big Band stand as a testament to the longevity and originality of Zappa and his music. This music drives on its spontaneity and unpredictability. Palermo and his band bring this volatile music to life in a deft and powerful way, making it their own. There is a $30 cover plus a $15 food/drink minimum.
NYC: DIZZY'S PRESENTS A SALUTE TO CEDAR WALTON
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