CABARET-JAZZ EVENTS FOR NEW YORK CITY FOR TONIGHT FROM CABARET HOTLINE ONLINE
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NYC: MELISSA VAN DER SCHYFF IN "THE SUMMER IN WINTER" AT BIRDLAND
The Broadway at Birdland concert series presents Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle nominee Melissa van der Schyff performing "The Summer in Winter," an intimate concert of lush jazz standards, a few country classics and some engaging originals at BIRDLAND (315 West 44th Street, NYC - 212-581-3080) on Monday, February 16th at 7:00 pm. Acclaimed Canadian jazz pianist Sharon Minemoto and virtuoso mandolin player Joe Brent will be featured in this unique evening. Special guest performers will include Tony Award Nominee Dan Jenkins (Big River, Billy Elliot, Mary Poppins, Big) and actress, choreographer and ASL Master Alexandria Wailes (Big River, Mother Courage opposite Meryl Streep, Sleeping Beauty Wakes -Ovation Nomination). Melissa van der Schyff is a singer, actor and songwriter best known for originating the role of Blanche Barrow in the Broadway musical Bonnie & Clyde for which she garnered both Drama Desk and OuterCritics Circle nominations. She made her Broadway debut as Mary Jane Wilkes in the 2003 Tony Nominated Deaf West/Roundabout revival of Big River, for which she, along with her cast mates, received TheTony Honor for Excellence in Theatre. Other notable theatre credits include Lina Lamont in Singin' in The Rain (JeffAward Nomination for Best Supporting Actress, Drury Lane Theatre, Chicago); Blanche in Bonnie & Clyde (LaJolla Playhouse & Asolo Theatre, San Diego Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Featured Actress); Catherine in Pippin (Deaf West/Center Theatre Group); Virginia/Clara in An Italian Straw Hat (South Coast Rep.); Yelenka in Zhivago (La Jolla Playhouse); Mary Janein Big River (Deaf West, Mark Taper Forum & National Tour); Ginny in Post Office by Michael J. Friedman (Kirk Douglas Theatre, L.A.); Kayla in Ballad (Ovation Nomination, LosAngeles). TV and film include: The Good Wife, National Lampoons Lemmings (Sketch writer and series regular), A Lot Like Love with Ashton Kutcher. Voice Over includes: The Muppets, Grand Theft Auto 5, Rubber Chicken Cards.com, Nickelodeon's Wallykazam! and The Thing About Babies. Sharon Minemoto is a Canadian jazz pianist, composer and arranger based in Vancouver, British Columbia. She has performed in Canada, the United States, China, the United Arab Emirates, Germany, and Sweden with her own ensembles and as aside person. Her trio and quintet music has been recorded on Cellar Live Records, Pagetown Records as well as recording a number of shows for CBC Radio. Sharon is the recipient of two BC Arts Council Awards and two Canada Council for the Arts Awards, which enabled her to study with pianists/composers, Don Thompson, Geoffrey Keezer, Renee Rosnes and Kenny Werner. Outside of the jazz world, Sharon has performed with the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, the Phoenix Chamber Choir, has worked as anarranger for opera singers, Monica Whicher and Peter MacGillivray, and arranged/recorded for the ABC TV show, "Men In Trees". In addition to performing, Sharon is on faculty at Vancouver Community College. There is a $25 cover plus a $10 food/drink minimum.
NYC: JIM CARUSO'S "CAST PARTY" MONDAYS AT BIRDLANDFEATURED OPEN MIC EVENT
Every Monday night at 9:30 pm, Broadway impresario Jim Caruso hosts "Cast Party", a combination open-mic, networking event and party at BIRDLAND (315 West 44th Street, NYC - 212-581-3080) during which the biggest stars on Broadway relax on their night off by performing their favorite songs in an informal setting. Cast Party is a mix of music, impromptu performance and cocktail party revelry, where showbiz superstars, stunning jazz talents and cabaret glitterati hit the stage alongside up-and-comers to serve up jaw-dropping music and general razzle-dazzle. It's the ultimate spot to mix and mingle with talented show folk and their fans. There is a $20 cover plus a $10 food/drink minimum.
NYC: EVA CORTES - CD RELEASE SHOW AT THE BLUE NOTE
Eva Cortes celebrates the release of her latest CD "In Bloom" at THE BLUE NOTE (131 West 3rd Street, NYC - 212-475-8592) on Monday, February 16th at 8:00 pm. After her first release for EMI: "Sola Contigo" (Alone with You), and her two subsequent releases for Universal Jazz Spain: "Como Agua entre los Dedos" (Like Water Between the Fingers), and "El Mar de mi Vida" (The Sea of My Life), Eva Cortes ranks among the young and most interesting composers and performers of the jazz scene in Spanish. Then came "Back 2 The Source", which is Eva's personal look at the essence of what she considers to be the mainstay of her musical influence: Jazz. It is an album packed with best-known standards, classical pieces from the American Songbook, in which the Honduras-born artist uses for the first time English as the main language in one of her recordings. In May of 2013 and after spending more and more time in NYC, Eva decided to record with the musicians that had become her steady band in the US and who with she had the chance of performing this same year in her country of birth, Honduras. The result is "In Bloom". Recorded in Sear Sound, Manhattan and produced by the highly reputed Matt Pierson. Among the musicians who recorded this album we can find :Romain Collin (piano), Mike Moreno (guitar), Luques Curtis (drums), Reinaldo Dejesus ( percusions) Kendrick Scott (drums) and the great Christian McBride as special guest in a very special duo with Eva. There is a $10-$15 cover.
NYC: JOHN ELLIS QUARTET AT THE BLUE NOTE
The John Ellis Quartet (John Ellis - Saxophone, Kevin Hays - Piano, Ben Williams - Bass, Kendrick Scott - Drums) performs at THE BLUE NOTE (131 West 3rd Street, NYC - 212-475-8592) on Mondau, February 16th at 10:30 pm. John Ellis is widely recognized as one of New York's premiere tenor saxophone voices. A sideman to artists as diverse as bass icon John Patitucci, organ legend Dr. Lonnie Smith, and MacArthur Fellow Miguel Zenon, John has performed extensively around the world for the last 20 years. With more than 100 album credits as a sideman, John can be heard with artists as wide ranging as Charlie Hunter, Robert Glasper, Darcy James Argue, Edward Simon, and Sting. John was the 2nd place winner of the prestigious Thelonious Monk Saxophone Competition in 2002, was the recipient of three composition grants through The Jazz Gallery for the creation of new work ("Dreamscapes", "The Ice Siren", and "MOBRO") and was selected as the 2014 Make Jazz Fellow by the 18th Street Arts Center in Santa Monica. John has released eight albums as a leader, two of those featuring his wildly popular New Orleans-centered band Double-Wide, which has toured extensively and was featured on the Main Stage of the 2012 Newport Jazz Festival. "MOBRO", his most recent album, a long form narrative collaboration with playwright Andy Bragen, was released on Parade Light Records in 2014. There is a $10-$15 cover.
NYC: TERRY WALDO GOTHAM CITY BAND - FROM RAGTIME TO JAZZ AT DIZZY'S
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