Interview: Bryce Edwards & Mike Davis on HOT COMBINATION at Birdland
by Rebecca Kaplan - Aug 27, 2025
On 9/1, vaudevillian troubadour Bryce Edwards (Frivolity Hour) and New York’s premiere “antimodernist” cornetist Mike Davis (The New Wonders) will celebrate the centennial of one of jazz’s hottest overlooked duos! We chatted with them about the show.
Centenary Stage Company's Annual January Thaw Music Festival Melts Away Winter Blues
by A.A. Cristi - Dec 10, 2018
Centenary Stage Company's annual January Thaw Music Festival heats things up through the month of January with three exciting musical guests in the Lackland Performing Arts Center. The festival features Michael Davis and the New Wonder on Saturday, January 12 at 8PM; the Harry James Orchestra on Sunday, January 20 at 2PM; and finally Michael Cleveland and Flamekeeper on Saturday, January 26 at 8PM. All performances will be held in the Sitnik Theatre of the Lackland Performing Arts Center at 715 Grand Ave. Hackettstown, NJ.
Cent. Stage Co. Announces 2018/19 Season
by Julie Musbach - Jun 25, 2018
Music and dance fill the Lackland Performing Arts Center as the Centenary Stage Company announces its 2018 - 19 full season line up of events. In addition to CSC's professional theatrical productions, the 2018 - 19 season will see the return of the January Thaw Music Festival alongside a plethora of new concerts and dance performances.
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.