BREAKING NEWS - NYC: THE STEVE ROSS ORCHESTRA - "RHYTHM AND ROMANCE" AT BIRDLAND SUNDAY, MAY 1st
The Steve Ross Orchestra with The Yale Concert Band presents "Rhythm and Romance" at BIRDLAND(315 West 44th Street, NYC - 212-581-3080) on Sunday, May 1st at 6:00 pm as part of the Broadway at Birdland concert series. Singer/ pianist Steve Ross, and members of the Yale Concert Band, under the direction of Tom Duffy, will perform the sweet and saucy songs of Steve's favorite composer, Cole Porter, iconic songs by Irving Berlin, and the bright and rhythmic numbers associated with the inimitable Fred Astaire. Steve Ross was raised in Washington, DC, and heard a lot of music at home, some from his mother who played piano. In due course, he studied piano himself and by the time he had attended Georgetown University, spent a little time in a seminary, and served in the US Army, he had become an accomplished pianist, drawing his repertoire, not from contemporary pop, but from the Great American Songbook. In the early 70s he settled in New York City where he soon became well known on the city's cabaret scene. At first a background pianist, he was urged by club owners to sing and gradually began to do this, eventually training as a singer. As his personal style developed, so his reputation spread. Ted Hook, owner of Backstage, a piano bar in the midtown theatre district, hired him. The association was hugely successful and in 1979 Hook opened a new club, Onstage, especially to showcase Ross' talents. In 1981, Ross was booked into the Oak Room at the Algonquin Hotel where he played a considerable part in establishing the room as a perennial favorite of artists and customers. At some venues he would find himself accompanying leading entertainers who happened to be in the audience, among them Liza Minnelli and Ginger Rogers. Ross toured Australia in1986, one of his shows there being recorded at Don Burrows' Supper Club, and he returned to that country in the late 90s. He has played many festivals, including Perth in Australia, Spoleto in Italy, and Hong Kong. Other international venues include seasons at London's Ritz Hotel and Pizza On ThePark. In 1989, he hosted a live cabaret series for BBC Television, and back inAmerica was host of New York Cabaret Nights, a series for National PublicRadio. Ross maintained his popularity and high standards through the 90s and into the early 00s. In the winter of 1996/7, he appeared in a revival of Noel Coward's Present Laughter at the Walter Kerr Theatre; the show, which starred Frank Langella, ran for 175performances. At New York's Stanhope Park Hyatt Hotel in the winter of 2003/4 he presented a new cabaret show, My Manhattan, an elegant portrait of a hundred years of the city's life seen through song. Ross' repertoire draws from the work of songwriters past and present, such as George Gershwin, Cole Porter, with whose work he has a special affinity, Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart, and Stephen Sondheim. He has appeared with stride pianist Judy Carmichael, performing a show entitled Style Meets Stride that featured the music of Porter and Fats Waller. Ross sings in a light baritone voice, playing the piano with verve. For several years, he has been referred to as 'the Crown Prince of New York Cabaret," an unofficial but merited title. There is a $30-$40 cover plus a $10 food/drink minimum.
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