Billy Strayhorn News

Student representatives from two New York City youth organizations--the Young People's Chorus of New York City under Artistic Director/Founder Francisco J. Núñez, and the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History--will be presented with a 2011 National Arts and Humanities Youth Program Award by First Lady Michelle Obama at a White House ceremony today.

Cover charges vary by performer. Most shows range from $15 to $35, with some exceptions. Each show's cover charge is listed in the show information on the calendar page. Feel free to call the Metropolitan Room with any questions regarding cover charges.

The RRazz Room, San Francisco's premier nightclub, offers world-class Classic Soul, R&B, Traditional Pop, Jazz, Comedy, Revue and Cabaret entertainment.

Cover charges vary by performer. Most shows range from $15 to $35, with some exceptions. Each show's cover charge is listed in the show information on the calendar page. Feel free to call the Metropolitan Room with any questions regarding cover charges.

The RRazz Room, San Francisco's premier nightclub, offers the finest in world-class Classic Soul, R&B, Traditional Pop, Jazz, Comedy, Revue and Cabaret entertainment.

The RRazz Room, San Francisco's premier nightclub, offers world-class Classic Soul, R&B, Traditional Pop, Jazz, Comedy, Revue and Cabaret entertainment.

Point Park University's Conservatory Dance Company is presenting six shows this season, which opens Sept. 30, 2011 and runs through April 29, 2012.

The Chicago Jazz Orchestra Association (CJOA) announces the appointment of Travis Rosenthal as the new Executive Director of the Chicago Jazz Orchestra Association (CJOA), effective August 1, 2011.

There are singers...and then there are great singers, the best singers...like soul, R&B legend Freda Payne. This lady is not only a sensational vocalist but on top of that, intelligent, warm and beautiful. Her 'Band of Gold' was a # 1 Bestseller and gold record back in 1970, but what many do not realize is that Freda Payne can scat and sing Ella...Fitzgerald, that is, Sarah Vaughn, Dinah Washington...and Lena Horne. Payne's a great pop vocalist, yes, but it is in these areas of jazz and the unforgettable standards of the Great American Songbook where she truly excels. In her hour, forty-five minute set at the Catalina Jazz Club on Sunday evening July 17, she payed a glowing tribute to Ella, Sarah and Lena, showing the way Freda is now, wisely leaving her own hit tunes as encores and memories of what she used to be.

FEINSTEIN'S AT LOEWS REGENCY, the nightclub proclaimed "Best of New York" by New York Magazine and "an invaluable New York institution" by The New York Post will continue its Spring 2011 season with the debut of six time Grammy Award nominee NNENNA FREELON from May 10 through 14.

FEINSTEIN'S AT LOEWS REGENCY, the nightclub proclaimed "Best of New York" by New York Magazine and "an invaluable New York institution" by The New York Post will continue its Spring 2011 season with the debut of six time Grammy Award nominee NNENNA FREELON from May 10 through 14.

LEE SUMMERS (2010 Bistro Award Winner, Dreamgirls Original Company) stars in COLE: REVISITED - A Retelling of the songs made famous by the great Nat 'King' Cole - Featuring ALVA NELSON as Arranger, Musical Director and Pianist. COLE: REVISITED is directed by Broadway's Leslie Dockery (Eubie, Sophisticated Ladies). This premiere performance will launch Monday, March 14th @ 7:pm with the possibility of an ongoing monthly run.

LEE SUMMERS (2010 Bistro Award Winner, Dreamgirls Original Company) stars in COLE: REVISITED - A Retelling of the songs made famous by the great Nat 'King' Cole - Featuring ALVA NELSON as Arranger, Musical Director and Pianist. COLE: REVISITED is directed by Broadway's Leslie Dockery (Eubie, Sophisticated Ladies). This premiere performance will launch Monday, March 14th @ 7:pm with the possibility of an ongoing monthly run.

The 50th anniversary of Aretha Franklin's arrival on the popular music scene is set for a major celebration in 2011.

Lincoln Center's acclaimed series American Songbook, which explores the best of the golden age of musical standards through to the best in current songwriting, will bring to the stage some of today's most gifted interpreters of song.

SPIDER SALOFF IN CONCERT at The M Bar Hollywood - Thursday, February 3rd @ 10pm

America's oldest continuing summer chamber music festival, Music Mountain will celebrate its 82nd anniversary season starting June 19th. The season will feature sixteen Chamber music concerts, a series of Jazz and Country Music concerts, and a number of special events slated through September 4th. 'This summer is about two things - great music and extraordinary quality of performance' stated Music Mountain's board president Nicholas Gordon. 'The concerts will feature memorable works that range from those never before played at our yearly festival to audience favorites, heard many times over the years.' Located in the northwest corner of Connecticut in the town of Falls Village, Gordon has again arranged for some of the most exciting talent from around the world to grace the Music Mountain stage-prompting The New Yorker Magazine to acknowledge Music Mountain as 'The summer shrine of the String Quartet.'

Lincoln Center's acclaimed series American Songbook, which explores the best of the golden age of musical standards through to the best in current songwriting, will bring to the stage some of today's most gifted interpreters of song. Week Three is a Grammy Awards fest, as three of the four acts are current and past nominees. On February 2nd one can experience life in the Piedmont hills of the Carolinas via the vibrant sound of the Carolina Chocolate Drops. This three-piece string band plays old-time roots music with virtuoso playing of the banjo, fiddle, guitar, harmonica, jug and more. Next up is the crown princess of bossa nova, Bebel Gilberto. Gilberto has taken classic bossa nova rhythms and mixed them with modern pop - for a sound that is up for a Grammy this year. On February 4th perennial Grammy nominee Joan Osborne will perform an emotionally-charged work she has written with Jack Petruzzelli: Love and Hate - A Song Cycle. On February 5th, actress/singer Anika Noni Rose, a Tony winner for Caroline, Or Change, will make her eagerly-anticipated solo concert debut.