Marilyn Maye, Sarah Gazarek & More Set for Birdland, Week of 2/9

Birdland Jazz Club has announced its schedule for February 9 - February 15, featuring Marilyn Maye, Sarah Gazarek, Jazz Party with Natalie Douglas and more!

Birdland will kick-off their great week of programming with the following acts:

Feb 9 (Monday) at 7:00PM
Eric Comstock & Barbara Fasano
"Only in New York: A Big Apple Valentine"

Married musical partners Eric Comstock & Barbara Fasano ("Exhilarating" -The New YorkTimes) are as entertaining as they are musically savvy. These award-winning artists swing into Valentine's week, celebrating rhythm &romance in New York. Their set is a free-wheeling mash-up of contemporary theater songwriters Jeanine Tesori, Scott Frankel & Michael Korie, and Steven Lutvak, along with classics by Cole Porter, Joni Mitchell, Billy Strayhorn and Paul Simon.
All tickets $30, $10 food/drink minimum

Feb 9 (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

Feb 10-14 (Tuesday-Saturday) at 7:00PM
Marilyn Maye

Referred by Ella Fitzgerald as "the greatest white female singer in the world", by Johnny Carson as the "Super Singer" and said to have a voice that is "...robust and steady, her stamina seemingly inexhaustible..." by the NY Times, Marilyn is a jazz legend known and loved by all. In the years since Marilyn Maye first appeared in the spotlight as a tiny pre-teen vocalist in a series of amateur contests in Topeka, Kansas, she has received an endless stream of kudos. The Houston Chronicle termed her "A National Treasure." Marilyn has had an illustrious singing career that is still going strong after a life-time spent entertaining audiences who are now amazed to discover she still exudes the vocal strength and stamina of a singer half her age.
All tickets $30, $10 food/drink minimum

Feb 10-14 (Tuesday-Saturday) at 9:00PM & 11:00PM
Sara Gazarek

Amongst a community teaming with startlingly gifted young singers, Sara Gazarek stands out as a particularly extravagant artist. Her first two albums introduced her singular sound and vision, steeped in the tradition of jazz but deeply informed by contemporary songwriters and performers. With Blossom & Bee, her highly anticipated debut release on the respected indie label Palmetto, Gazarek turns over an exciting, glistening new leaf.
All tickets $30, $10 food/drink minimum

Feb 15 (Sunday) at 6:00PM
Jazz Party with Natalie Douglas

Joelle Lurie and her talented band, the Pinehurst Trio, perform regularly in NYC at clubs and at high-profile events. Originally from Boston, the New Yorker studied jazz and opera and brings that training to her distinctive "jazzed up pop/popped up jazz" modern style on "Take Me There," her debut self-release of standards, originals and pop covers.
All tickets $30, $10 food/drink minimum

Feb 15 (Sunday) 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