George Gee News

Each year since 1976, the New Jersey Jazz Society has presented Jazzfest, one of the best mainstream jazz festivals in the entire metropolitan New York City area. This year is no exception as this popular jazz picnic pays tribute to recent New Jersey Hall of Fame inductees Count Basie and Les Paul, plus Django Reinhart and Woody Herman. Jazzfest will take place on the campus of Drew University in Madison, New Jersey on Saturday, June 5th from Noon to 10:00 p.m. with a free concert on Friday evening, June 4th.

Each year since 1976, the New Jersey Jazz Society has presented Jazzfest, one of the best mainstream jazz festivals in the entire metropolitan New York City area. This year is no exception as this popular jazz picnic pays tribute to recent New Jersey Hall of Fame inductees Count Basie and Les Paul.

Marsha Heydt and the Project of Love Perform at The Garage (99 Seventh Ave. South) on Sunday, June 6th from 11:30 PM to 2:30 AM. There is no cover or minimum. While Marsha Heydt will play the saxophone and flute, the rest of the band consist of Norman Pors on keyboard, John DeCesare on electric and acoustic Bass, Rossen Nedelchev on drums, and Renato Thoms on percussio.

From tango to two-step, swing to salsa, Week One of 2010's Midsummer Night Swing has something for everyone - everyone who likes to dance, that is. Starting on Tuesday evening, June 29th and running through Saturday evening, July 3rd -Week One kicks off with a Battle of the Bands between East Coast swing-meisters The George Gee Orchestra versus West Coast swingers The Bill Elliott Swing Orchestra.

Marsha Heydt and the Project of Love perform at The Garage (99 Seventh Ave. South) on Sunday, June 6 from noon to 4pm. Marsha Heydt Alto, Soprano Saxophone and Flute is joined by Norman Pors, Keyboard; John DeCesare, Electric and Acoustic Bass; Rossen Nedelchev, Drums; and Renato Thoms, Percussion. For information visit http://www.garagerest.com/

Beginning May 24, The George Gee 17-piece Big Band will begin a weekly Monday night engagement at Harlem's newest hotspot - Gospel Uptown/GU LIVE! (Located at 2110 Seventh Avenue @ 125th Street). Featuring jazz and blues vocalist John Dokes (in the style of Joe Williams and Billy Eckstine), George Gee and his big band orchestra pay tribute to the swingin' music of Count Basie, Fletcher Henderson, Duke Ellington, Lionel Hampton, Benny Goodman, Chick Webb and many other Savoy Ballroom jazz icons. This marks the return of regular Big Band Jazz to Uptown NYC after a long hiatus.

Beginning May 24, The George Gee 17-piece Big Band will begin a weekly Monday night engagement at Harlem's newest hotspot - Gospel Uptown/GU LIVE! (Located at 2110 Seventh Avenue @ 125th Street). Featuring jazz and blues vocalist John Dokes (in the style of Joe Williams and Billy Eckstine), George Gee and his big band orchestra pay tribute to the swingin' music of Count Basie, Fletcher Henderson, Duke Ellington, Lionel Hampton, Benny Goodman, Chick Webb and many other Savoy Ballroom jazz icons. This marks the return of regular Big Band Jazz to Uptown NYC after a long hiatus.

Each year since 1976, the New Jersey Jazz Society has presented Jazzfest, one of the best mainstream jazz festivals in the entire metropolitan New York City area. This year is no exception as this popular jazz picnic pays tribute to recent New Jersey Hall of Fame inductees Count Basie and Les Paul.

Beginning May 24, The George Gee 17-piece Big Band will begin a weekly Monday night engagement at Harlem's newest hotspot - Gospel Uptown/GU LIVE! (Located at 2110 Seventh Avenue @ 125th Street). Featuring jazz and blues vocalist John Dokes (in the style of Joe Williams and Billy Eckstine), George Gee and his big band orchestra pay tribute to the swingin' music of Count Basie, Fletcher Henderson, Duke Ellington, Lionel Hampton, Benny Goodman, Chick Webb and many other Savoy Ballroom jazz icons. This marks the return of regular Big Band Jazz to Uptown NYC after a long hiatus.

Swing 46 Jazz & Supper Club, located at 349 West 46th Street, New York, NY, announces its 13th anniversary special. Swing 46 remains committed to the tradition of a 'great American legacy.' Their style, product, and catalogue of music is specialized in the swing era. One will find New York bandleaders and musicians live on stage nightly. The concept of dinner and dancing at Swing 46 is the norm and not the exception.

Tickets are on sale now for Lincoln Center's 22nd season of Midsummer Night Swing which will take place every Tuesday through Saturday, June 29-July 17 (except July 13, which will be replaced with a night of dancing on Monday, July 12th). The program will take place in Swing's home, Lincoln Center's Damrosch Park, on West 62nd Street between Columbus and Amsterdam Avenues.

Marsha Heydt and the Project of Love will be performing at The Garage on April 15, at 10:30pm and 2:30am, and June 6, at 12:00pm and 4:00pm during brunch.

Marsha Heydt and the Project of Love will be performing at The Garage on April 15, at 10:30pm and 2:30am, and June 6, at 12:00pm and 4:00pm during brunch.

The 17pc. George Gee Swing orchestra (with vocalist John Dokes) debuts at The Gospel Uptown in Harlem, NYC for a Jazzmobile concert.

Make room on your calendar... there's more from Jazzmobile. Jazzmobile has commissioned Wycliffe Gordon to create a new work inspired by Oscar Michaeux's 'Within Our Gates.'

Make room on your calendar... there's more from Jazzmobile. Jazzmobile has commissioned Wycliffe Gordon to create a new work inspired by Oscar Michaeux's 'Within Our Gates.'

Tony Award-winner Frances Ruffelle took the stage of the Supper Club on July 10th, and BroadwayWorld was there for the first of two exciting concerts!

In 1987, a British actress in a shabby brown trenchcoat, newsboy cap and with a dirt-smudged face, sang of her solitude. Breaking all but the stoniest hearts of the Imperial Theatre's audiences, she scored numerous awards--including the Tony--before returning to the UK. Two decades later, Frances Ruffelle has come back to New York to perform a cabaret show

Due to a commitment in the UK, Frances Ruffelle will no longer be performing on Monday, June 26th at the Supper Club; instead, she will take the stage of the midtown venue on July 10th and then for an encore performance on July 17th

Tony Award-winning Les Miserables star Frances Ruffelle will perform at the Supper Club on Monday, July 17th, and BroadwayWorld TV has an exciting video preview!