Capathia Jenkins, Alton Fitzgerald White & More Set for Birdland, Week of 6/27

Birdland Jazz Club has announced its schedule for June 27-July 3, featuring Ravi Coltrane, Capathia Jenkins and Alton Fitzgerald White in "Dream Suite: Songs In Jazz and Blues", Matt Baker Quartet, and more!

Birdland will kick-off their great week of programming with the following acts:
June 27 (Monday) at 6:00PM
Dream Suite: Songs in Jazz and Blues

Capathia Jenkins (Newsies, Caroline or Change, Martin Short: Fame Becomes Me) and Alton Fitzgerald White (The Color Purple, Ragtime, The Lion King) come to the Broadway at Birdland concert series on Monday, June 27 at 7pm to celebrate the Di-tone Records™ release of the acclaimed song cycle, "Dream Suite: Songs in Jazz and Blues", by award-winning composer Louis Rosen, on poems by Langston Hughes. Jenkins and White will be accompanied by Broadway conductor/pianist Kimberly Grigsby (Spider-Man:Turn Off the Dark, Spring Awakening). Louis, too, will be on hand to offer a brief sneak preview of songs from his upcoming solo album.

All tickets $30, $10 food/drink minimum

June 27 (Monday) at 9:30PM
Jim Caruso's Cast Party

Jim Caruso's Cast Party is a wildly popular weekly soiree that brings a sprinkling of Broadway glitz and urbane wit to the legendary Birdland in New York City every Monday night. It's a cool cabaret night-out enlivened by a hilariously impromptu variety show. Showbiz superstars, backed by Steve Doyle on bass, Billy Stritch on piano and Daniel Glass on drums, hit the stage alongside up-and-comers, serving up jaw-dropping music and general razzle-dazzle.

All tickets $25, $10 food/drink minimum

June 28-July 2 (Tuesday-Saturday) at 8:30PM & 11:00PM
Ravi Coltrane

Ravi Coltrane is a critically acclaimed Grammy™ nominated saxophonist, bandleader, and composer. In the course of a twenty plus year career, Mr. Coltrane has worked as a sideman to many, recorded noteworthy albums for himself and others and founded a prominent independent record label, RKM.

All tickets $40, $10 food/drink minimum

June 29 (Wednesday) at 5:30PM
David Ostwald's Louis Armstrong Eternity Band

Inspired by the noble jazz pioneers Louis Armstrong, Bix Beiderbecke, Duke Ellington, Jelly Roll Morton and their colleagues, David Ostwald's Louis Armstrong Eternity Band breathes life and passion into America's own great art form. Now in its 14th year of residency at Birdland, the weekly post-workday engagement is the city's best musical bargain! Tuba player David Ostwald leads a rotating lineup that features talents such as clarinetist Anat Cohen, trombonist/vocalist Wycliffe Gordon, pianist Ehud Asherie, drummer Marion Felder and more!

All tickets $30, $10 food/drink minimum

June 30 (Thursday) at 6:00PM
Matt Baker Quartet

Aside from being a solo artist, Jazz Pianist and Vocal Coach Matt Baker, is one of the most sought after accompanists and Musical Directors on the New York scene. He specializes in preparing singers for jazz performances, shows, recordings and open mics. A lot of this vital 'behind the scenes' work includes helping vocalists with chart writing and arrangements, phrasing and lyric interpretation, how to groove and lock in with the band, finding the perfect key, and learning how to communicate correctly with the band with intro's, outros, trading, scatting and counting off songs.

All tickets $25, $10 food/drink minimum

July 1 (Friday) at 5:15PM
The Birdland Big Band
With Guest Conductor Rob Middleton?

Founded by drummer and musical director Tommy Igoe, the Birdland Big Band features the finest musicians in New York! Coming up on 10 years at the club, the BBB roars into action every Friday, playing the finest Jazz, Latin and Brazilian music from the world's best arrangers. After work or before a show, drinks or a great dinner, come hear one of the world's best drummers driving the hardest swinging band in New York. Experience why the BBB is the must-see weekly jazz event in New York and kick off your weekend with what critics are calling "the best live music bargain in all of NYC!"

All tickets $30, $10 food/drink minimum

July 2 (Saturday) at 6:00PM
Barbara Carroll

Barbara is an elegant jazz pianist, composer and vocalist, long recognized as one of the premier players of swinging jazz piano and expressive vocals.

All tickets $30, $10 food/drink minimum

July 3 (Sundays) at 9PM & 11PM
Arturo O'Farrill Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra

Grammy Award winning pianist, composer and educator Arturo O'Farrill -- leader of the "first family of Afro-Cuban Jazz" (NY Times) -- was born in Mexico and grew up in New York City. Son of the late, great composer Chico O'Farrill, Arturo was Educated at Manhattan School of Music, Brooklyn College Conservatory and the Aaron Copland School of Music at Queens College. He played piano in Carla Bley's Big Band from 1979 through 1983 and earned a reputation as a soloist in groups led by Dizzy Gillespie, Steve Turre, Freddy Cole, Lester Bowie, Wynton Marsalis and Harry Belafonte.

All tickets $30, $10 food/drink minimum