| BIRDLAND presents the return of JEFF HARNAR - celebrating his new SAMMY CAHN album "THE SECOND TIME AROUND" - with guests MOIPEI, NICOLAS KING and GABRIELLE STRAVELLI, 10/7 | |
| Posted by: Official_Press_Release 03:32 pm EDT 09/12/24 | |
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| BIRDLAND JAZZ CLUB PRESENTS THE RETURN OF AWARD-WINNING CONCERT ARTIST JEFF HARNAR CELEBRATING HIS NEW ALBUM "JEFF HARNAR SINGS SAMMY CAHN: THE SECOND TIME AROUND" THE CONCERT FEATURES SPECIAL GUESTS MOIPEI, NICOLAS KING AND GABRIELLE STRAVELLI MONDAY, OCTOBER 7 "Jeff Harnar channels the great songwriter and storyteller, our Uncle Sammy Cahn. His original arrangements are terrific. Thank you Jeff, for keeping his legacy alive." – The Sammy Cahn Family BIRDLAND JAZZ CLUB will present the return of MAC and Bistro Award-winning concert artist Jeff Harnar – celebrating his new album Jeff Harnar Sings Sammy Cahn: The Second Time Around – on Monday, October 7 at 7:00 PM. The evening will feature special guests performing duets from the album, including Moipei, the triplets from Kenya; Nicolas King; and Gabrielle Stravelli. The show is directed by Barry Kleinbort, with Alex Rybeck serving as music director. There is a $30-5o music charge. Birdland is located at 315 West 44th Street in New York. The Second Time Around shines a spotlight on Sammy Cahn's lyrics for Frank Sinatra and The Rat Pack, Broadway and World War II. Selections will include "Come Fly with Me," "All the Way," "Teach Me Tonight," "Call Me Irresponsible," "I Fall in Love Too Easily," "Saturday Night (Is the Loneliest Night of the Week)," "Bei Mir Bist Du Schon," and "Time After Time." Cahn was a lyricist with 30 Academy Award nominations, more than any other songwriter. He won 4 Oscars, an Emmy, wrote a string of hits for Frank Sinatra, Doris Day and Dean Martin, wrote High Button Shoes and more for Broadway, and during World War II wrote a catalog of songs that captured the emotional climate of the nation. The New York Sun raved "there are other excellent songbooks out there, but I haven't seen one this good, well, let's just say it's been a long, long time." Nitelife Exchange called the show "a fitting tribute to the witty and wise lyricist and a showcase for the talents of one of New York's finest vocalists." Broadway Radio hailed it as "a really fabulous evening with amazing arrangements by Alex Rybeck and directed beautifully by Barry Kleinbort." Jeff Harnar is a multi-award-winning concert and recording artist. This July PS Classics released his album Jeff Harnar Sings Sammy Cahn: The Second Time Around, featuring duets with Clint Holmes, Grammy winner Nicole Zuraitis, and the triplets from Kenya, Moipei. Other recent albums are the MAC Award winning Cy Coleman tribute A Collective Cy (2023), orchestrated and conducted by Alex Rybeck, and I Know Things Now: My Life in Sondheim's Words (2022), orchestrated and conducted by Jon Weber (both on PS Classics). His Carnegie Hall appearances include both the Cole Porter and Noel Coward Centennial Galas. Harnar's PBS concerts include "The 1959 Broadway Songbook" with Alex Rybeck and "American Songbook: Sondheim" with KT Sullivan. Awards include multiple MAC, Bistro and BroadwayWorld Awards, the 2022 Chicago Cabaret Professionals National Honoree Award and The Noel Coward Foundation Cabaret Award. Jeff is also a BroadwayWorld, MAC and Bistro Award winning Director (Tovah Feldshuh, Rita Gardner and more). BIRDLAND JAZZ CLUB will present Jeff Harnar Sings Sammy Cahn: The Second Time Around on Monday, October 7 at 7:00 PM. There is a $30-5o music charge and a $20 food and beverage minimum. Birdland is located at 315 West 44th Street (between 8th and 9th Avenues) in Manhattan. For reservations, please call (212) 581-3080 or visit www.BirdlandJazz.com. ---- UPCOMING HIGHLIGHTS AT BIRDLAND THEATER AND BIRDLAND JAZZ CLUB Every Monday at 9:30 PM – Birdland Jazz Club Jim Caruso's Cast Party "Jim Caruso's Cast Party," a New York institution for two decades, is a wildly popular weekly open mic night/variety show that has brought a sprinkling of Broadway glitz and urbane wit to Birdland since 2003. Called "show-business heaven" by The New York Times and "the gold-standard of open mic nights" by The Wall Street Journal, "Cast Party" presents a potent mix of Broadway stars, jazz swingers and cabaret legends, in addition to new faces and rising talent from every genre. The buoyant, sharp and charming Caruso guides the entire affair, while musical genius Billy Stritch (Liza Minnelli, Tony Bennett) holds court at the ivories and leads the Cast Party Symphony Orchestra (Steve Doyle on bass and Daniel Glass on drums). Eric Adams, the Mayor of the City of New York, recently proclaimed, "Whereas, I am enormously proud to lead a city renowned as a global capital of the arts, 'Jim Caruso's Cast Party' has enriched our dynamic cultural landscape since 2003, and on the occasion of its 20th anniversary, I am pleased to recognize the weekly show's tremendous contributions to our performing arts and nightlife sectors." $30 + $20 food/drink minimum September 16 (Monday) 7:00 PM – Birdland Jazz Club Karen Mason – "Just in Styne: Karen Sings Jule" In an encore performance of her celebrated show, Broadway and nightclub star Karen Mason honors Jule Styne with Christopher Denny on piano and Tom Hubbard on bass. The evening is directed by Barry Kleinbort. From the first time she sang for Mr. Styne in NY to singing a concert honoring him at Gran Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona, Mason has made the music of Jule Styne a part of her musical life. This concert includes Broadway tunes "Just in Time" and "Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend," and pop standards "It's Magic" and "Every Street's a Boulevard in Old New York." Mason is the star of Broadway's Mamma Mia!, Wonderland, Hairspray, and Sunset Boulevard, as well as the first US tour of Andrew Lloyd Webber and Glenn Slater's Love Never Dies. She is the recipient of the 2019 MAC Lifetime Achievement Award. She has graced the stages of Carnegie Hall, The Kennedy Center, Lincoln Center, and The Drury Lane Oakbrook, as well as Royal Albert Hall in London. She has eight albums, including her latest release Let the Music Play, featuring the title song from Paul Rolnick and David Friedman. $40 tables / $30 bar + $20 food/drink minimum September 23 (Monday) 7:00 PM – Birdland Jazz Club Amanda McBroom – "Wintersong" Amanda McBroom returns to her favorite Manhattan boite to celebrate the release of her brand-new recording, Wintersong, a collection of songs to mark ALL the winter holidays. There will be cherished holiday standards, musical classics by Dan Fogelberg, Joni Mitchell, Ken Hirsch, and of course, Amanda's own collaborations with her beloved writing pals Michele Brourman and Ann Hampton Callaway. McBroom has been composing music since her teens, and her songwriting and concert careers were launched by her Golden Globe-winning song "The Rose" – the mega-hit recorded by Bette Midler for the 1979 film of the same name, about a Janis Joplin-esque character. Since then, McBroom has appeared all over the world in concert, and her music has been recorded for TV, films and by major recording artists including LeAnn Rimes, Betty Buckley, Barbara Cook and The Manhattan Transfer. $40 tables / $40 bar + $20 food/drink minimum September 24 (Tuesday) 8:30 PM – Birdland Theater Phillip Officer – "You Fascinate Me So" Acclaimed vocalist Phillip Officer's new show "You Fascinate Me So" is an homage to cabaret legend Mabel Mercer. "You Fascinate Me So" explores the evolution of American popular music, and a creative coterie of songwriters crafting a contemporary style of song in the early 20thCentury. Phillip will be joined by Mark Hartman on piano, Jonathan Michel on bass, Kevin Kuhn on guitar, and Molly Rose on violin. Officer built a commanding reputation for his arresting commitment to lyrics. The New York Times complimented him as "a master of lyric interpretation...a textbook example of pop understatement." Phillip made his Broadway debut in the Tony-nominated musical Side Show. He was featured in the original cast of Elegies for Angels, Punks and Raging Queens, and is the recipient of multiple New York Nightlife, Manhattan Association of Cabarets & Clubs, and Backstage Bistro Awards. Rex Reed proclaimed, "In a world often devoid of authenticity, the engaging performer, Phillip Officer, is the real deal." $30 tables / $30 bar + $20 food/drink minimum September 30 (Monday) 7:00 PM – Birdland Jazz Club Bill Russell – "Divas I Love Singing Lyrics I Wrote" Tony Award-nominated writer Bill Russell will host Lillias White, Alice Ripley, Erin Davie, and Charity Angél Dawson in this special evening. The Broadway veterans will perform songs from Side Show; Elegies for Angels, Punks and Raging Queens; Pageant and other musicals with Mr. Russell talking about how those songs came to be. Music director Mark Hartman, drummer Jeff Potter, and bassist John Loehrke will provide accompaniment. Bill Russell is an internationally produced librettist who received Tony nominations for the book and lyrics for Side Show. Lillias White won the Tony for Best Actress in a Musical for The Life and recently completed a long run as Hermes in Hadestown. Alice Ripley won the same award for Next to Normal and starred as Violet Hilton in the original production of Side Show. Erin Davie and Charity Angél Dawson both have multiple Broadway credits, and both appeared in the revival of Side Show in 2014. $40 tables / $40 bar + $20 food/drink minimum |
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