Photo Coverage: Devin Bing and The Secret Service Play The Metropolitan Room
by Stephen Sorokoff - Jan 17, 2014
Crooner and composer, piano man and performer, Devin Bing moves audiences with a combination of vintage flare and contemporary showmanship. Whether he's seated behind the grand piano or swinging at the head of his dynamic 8-piece band, Bing captivates the eyes and ears of every person in the room. Every evening with Devin Bing promises a scintillating journey of smooth vocals, elegant beats and a seductive air of elegance that leaves his audience spellbound. Check out photos from his latest gig at the Metropolitan Room below!
Matt White to Release THE SUPER VILLAIN JAZZ BAND, 10/1
by Tyler Peterson - Aug 23, 2013
The brilliant young trumpeter, composer, and educator Matt White steps out with a lively and compelling debut titled 'The Super Villain Jazz Band,' to be released October 1 by Artists Recording Collective. A quintet/sextet effort recorded in Nashville, the album is a postbop update that goes beyond the usual formulas with its restless sense of invention in through-composed settings.
BWW Reviews: Bada BING! New Kid On the Jazz Block Shakes and Stirs the Metropolitan Room
by Stephen Hanks - Jul 21, 2013
Devin Bing's show last Thursday night (the fourth of five dates at the Metropolitan Room over this spring and summer, with the next one on August 15) may have been performed in a cabaret club, but it was more a contemporary jazz/pop concert than it was a 'cabaret show.' The story theme on this occasion was 'Devin Bing,' as the ambitious young crooner strives to establish himself as the second coming of his musical hero Harry Connick, Jr., but with Justin Timberlake, Robin Thicke, and Michael Buble colors in his cooly-delivered vocals of original tunes and covers of jazz and Great American Songbook classics. On stage, Bing conveys a confidence that verges on cockiness, but he sprinkles just enough self-deprecation on his swagger to avoid a flavor of smarminess.
Jimmy Cobb, Jeff 'Tain' Watts, and More to Headline GENERATIONS OF THE BEAT Festival 3/23-24
by Sally Henry Fuller - Mar 12, 2013
A star-studded two-day drum performance presented by Revive Music is coming to Drom (85 Ave A, NYC) March 23-24. Generations of the Beat Festival celebrates the old art form of drumming and particularly the work of Elvin Jones, sideman to Miles Davis (Blue Moods, Sketches of Spain), John Coltrane (A Love Supreme, Africa/Brass), and even more!
Michel Camilo Replaces Gato Barbieri at Blue Note Performances, 12/3 & 4
by BWW News Desk - Dec 3, 2012
Gato Barbieri has had to cancel tonight's and tomorrow's performances at the Blue Note. In his place will be the Michel Camilo Trio featuring Cliff Almond (drums) and Lincoln Goines (bass). The performances will take place today & Tuesday, December 3 & 4, 8 pm & 10:30 pm at The Blue Note located at 131 West 3rd Street, New York, NY 10012. Tickets are priced at $45 table seats, $30 at the bar.