The Anderson Brothers Play Gershwin at Birdland Jazz Club Next Month
by Stephi Wild - Mar 24, 2023
Peter and Will Anderson present the life and music of George Gershwin, with an entertaining narrative and live sextet performance. One of the most striking geniuses of modern music, George Gershwin composed for Tin Pan Alley, Broadway, film, radio, and symphony orchestras, combining the sounds of jazz and European classical music.
NYC Jazz Artist Sweet Megg Releases New Single 'Trouble in Mind'
by Michael Major - Aug 1, 2022
“Trouble in Mind” (which preceded the 1955 off-Broadway play by the same name), is an early jazz standard born out of vaudeville, written as a blues-style song by jazz pianist Richard M. Jones in 1924. Megg recorded her My Window Faces the South album at The Studio Nashville under engineer Roger Moutenot. Listen to the new single now!
Peter & Will Anderson Presents THE ANDERSONS PLAY
by A.A. Cristi - Dec 4, 2021
Peter and Will Anderson – the identical twins and Juilliard graduates hailed as “virtuosos on clarinet and saxophone” by The New York Times – have announced a return engagement of their concert series at Symphony Space.
Bickford Theatre Hosts Annual Bix Beiderbecke Birthday Bash
by Julie Musbach - Feb 21, 2019
The legendary jazz musician Bix Beiderbecke will be celebrated by cornetist Mike Davis and a phenomenal ensemble at the Bickford Theatre's popular Bix Beiderbecke's Birthday Bash - a jazz concert, on Monday, March 11, 2019 at 7:30 p.m.
Bix Beiderbecke Birthday Bash Comes to The Bickford Theatre, 3/12
by A.A. Cristi - Mar 5, 2018
The legendary jazz musician Bix Beiderbecke will be celebrated by cornetist Mike Davis and his all-star group, the New Wonders, with the Bickford Theatre's popular Bix Beiderbecke Birthday Bash on Monday, March 12, at 7:30 p.m. Joining Davis will be Dan Levinson on clarinet, Joe McDonough on trombone, Jared Engel on banjo, Dalton Ridenhour on piano, Jay Rattman on bass saxophone, and Jay Lepley on drums.
A Celebration of the Trailblazers Of Jazz Comes To The Bickford Theatre, 2/26
by A.A. Cristi - Feb 15, 2018
Dan Levinson and his all-star band celebrate the music of those early days of jazz at the Bickford Theatre for one night only on Monday, February 26th at 7:30 pm. Entitled Dan Levinson's Jazz 101: The Trailblazers of America's Original Art Form, the concert features the music of King Oliver, Louis Armstrong, the Original Dixieland Jazz Band, Jelly Roll Morton, The New Orleans Rhythm Kings, Clarence Williams, Eddie Condon, Duke Ellington and more.