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Steve Ross at Birdland

by Mark Edelman
May 31, 2025

Steve Ross Birdland New York, NY May 19, 2025 The food was great and the service fine, so you'd be forgiven for confusing Birdland with the cozy confines of the Oak Room at the Algonquin, circa 1981. Nevertheless, there we were (or weren't) as cabaret great Steve Ross took the Birdland ...

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Dee Dee Bridgewater and Bill Charlap at Kennedy Center

by Mark Edelman
May 28, 2025

Dee Dee Bridgewater and Bill Charlap Kennedy Center Washington, DC May 5, 2025 In advance of the much anticipated release of her forthcoming album “Elemental" on Mack Avenue Records, three-time Grammy ® Award winner Dee Dee Bridgewater gave a powerful performance to open this year's Mary Lou Williams (previously “Women In ...

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Joanne Halev at Birdland

by Mark Edelman
May 11, 2025

Joanne Halev BirdlandNew York, NY April 21, 2025 Backed by everybody's favorite musical director Alex Rybeck and bassist Tom Hubbard, chanteuse Joanne Halev made her long-anticipated move upstairs to Birdland's main room for an elegant, thoughtful set of music and mirth. Drawing on life, love and the shifting tides ...

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Vince Giordano and the Nighthawks at Birdland

by Mark Edelman
April 12, 2025

Vince Giordano and the Nighthawks Birdland New York, NYMarch 18, 2025 The sign on the door reads “Birdland Jazz Club," but when Vince Giordano and the Nighthawks take the Intimate downstairs stage on 44th Street, append the words “and College of Fine Music" to that moniker. For when Giordano hits that ...

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Karen Akers at Birdland

by Mark Edelman
March 29, 2025

Karen AkersBirdland New York, NYMarch 17, 2025 The two blocks between Birdland and Broadway melted away on a recent Monday eve when chanteuse Karen Akers brought her classy cabaret act to the 44th Street jazz mecca. Elegantly assisted by musical directing stalwart Alex Rybeck and bassist Ritt Henn, the Tony Award ...

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Freda Payne at Blues Alley

by Mark Edelman
February 11, 2025

Freda Payne Blues Alley Freda Payne Washington, DC January 26, 2025 Blues Alley kicked off its 60th anniversary celebration with a special treat: multi-gold-record performing artist Freda Payne, the “Band of Gold" gal who captivated the pop charts back in the early '70s with her soulful serenade to lost love. ...

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David Ostwald's Louis Armstrong Eternity Band at Birdland

by Mark Edelman
January 4, 2025

David Ostwald's Louis Armstrong Eternity Band Birdland Theater New York, NY December 24, 2024 Christmas came a day early in the cozy confines of downstairs' Birdland Theater on 44th Street just west of 8th Avenue. The holiday-bedecked elves in David Ostwald's Louis Armstrong Eternity Band provided the kind of Yuletide cheer ...

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John Pizzarelli at Blues Alley

by Mark Edelman
December 19, 2024

John Pizzarelli Blues AlleyWashington, DC December 8, 2024 When you're part of a jazz dynasty--son of guitar-great Bucky Pizzarelli, husband of chanteuse Jessica Molaskey--it's only natural that you'd ring in the holiday season for us peasants with a Christmas carol or two. John Pizzarelli warmed up the crowd at DC's ...

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Larry Carlton at Blues Alley

by Mark Edelman
November 2, 2024

Larry Carlton Blues Alley Washington, DCOctober 27, 2024 When you've recorded with everyone from Sammy Davis, Jr, Dolly Parton and the Partridge Family to Joni Mitchell, Linda Ronstadt and Steely Dan, the term “eclectic' may not be expansive enough. In a tight set at Blues Alley, Washington, DC's premier jazz club, ...

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Nicole Henry at Blues Alley

by Mark Edelman
October 8, 2024

Nicole Henry Blues Alley Washington, DC October 3, 2024 Got a chance to see this accomplished vocalist at DC's premier jazz club, Blues Alley in Georgetown. Dressed fetchingly in crimson lace, Ms. Henry gave a master class in the kind of song interpretation that made Nancy Wilson, Carmen McRae and Sarah ...