Mike Davis News

The Steven Feifke Trio playing at Birdland is always worth catching. Look for them next time around, and read a review of their jaunty, joyous May 24 set.

Here are a few top picks to consider this week including jazz, a solo concert by Broadway star Lillias White (Hadestown), Lyrics and Lyricists celebrating the music of Alan and Marilyn Bergman, and more.

Birdland Jazz Club will present an encore of HOT COMBINATION, featuring Bryce Edwards and Mike Davis honoring 1920s jazz duo Red Nichols and Cliff Edwards, backed by an all-star traditional jazz band.

Birdland Jazz Club and Birdland Theater will present a wide-ranging lineup from February 16 through March 1, featuring established jazz icons, Broadway favorites, and rising stars across both venues.

Live at Birdland Jazz Club and Birdland Theater, programming from February 9 through February 22 will feature a wide range of jazz, cabaret, and Broadway artists.

Birdland Jazz Club will present the return of crooning troubadour and nouveau vaudevillian Bryce Edwards in “The Frivolity Hour”. Edwards leads a team of extraordinary jazzmen Scott Ricketts and more.

From his perch on the stage, McCartney had a lot to take in from the sold-out audience. You might expect the crowd would come from the same template of older fans trying to surf on a wave of 1960s nostalgia. And there were some of those. However, there were also teens, college students, and members of Generation X, Y, and Z soaking in the show.

Kean Stage will present The Soul of Burt Bacharach on November 8, 2025, at Enlow Recital Hall in Hillside, NJ. Conceived by bassist and festival producer Mike Griot, the concert celebrates the legacy of composer Burt Bacharach.

Vaudevillian troubadour Bryce Edwards (of Birdland’s critically acclaimed Frivolity Hour) and New York’s premiere “antimodernist” cornetist Mike Davis (of The New Wonders) came together on Monday at Birdland with “Hot Combination.'

This week's LINEUP featured Charles Busch, Dawn Derow and more. See highlights from the 8/26 edition of this variety show snapped by photographer Conor Weiss, and check out their next one on 9/9.

Bryce Edwards and Mike Davis are two of the music industry's most unique musical artists, and, now, they are the jazz duo to catch in the act.

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.

BIRDLAND JAZZ CLUB will present Vaudevillian troubadour Bryce Edwards of the venue’s acclaimed “Frivolity Hour” and celebrated New York cornetist Mike Davis of The New Wonders in their new show “Hot Combination”. Learn more!

Theatre Communications Group has revealed the 2025 Rising Leaders of Color cohort of three early-career journalists and critics of color. Learn more here!

The Anderson Brothers will play Artie Shaw at the Birdland Theater, NYC next month. Learn more about the upcoming performance and find out how to attend here!

Susie Mosher and her personal artistic family make a long-awaited debut at their new home, The Green Room 42

Entering its sixth year, the Back Deck concert series will return with a robust season of performances featuring a lively mix of outstanding talents in jazz, classical, and genres in-between. Learn more!

The 2/24 show features music of the early 20th century, as hot and alive as ever. presented by crooning troubadour and nouveau vaudevillian Bryce Edwards. This show is back by popular demand after several sold-out editions.

54 BELOW, Broadway's Supper Club, will present Charlie Roman and the Glad Rags Orchestra Celebrate the 1920s and 1930s on July 16 at 9:30pm.

Prohibition Productions and New York Hot Jazz Camp will once again co-present the GOTHAM JAZZ FESTIVAL, an annual all-day all ages music and dance festival featuring New York City's best classic jazz musicians at the stunning & exclusive private club from the Gilded-Age, The DTA.