Wayne Tucker News

Birdland Jazz Club and Birdland Theater are open this February with a full slate of nightly performances! 

Birdland Jazz Club and Birdland Theater are open this November with a full slate of nightly performances!  At Birdland Jazz Club, catch Bill Charlap Duets with Houston Person, Jon Faddis, Chris Potter and Ron Carter, Peter Cincotti, Jihye Lee Big Band, The Hot Sardines, and more.

Birdland Jazz Club and Birdland Theater has announced its upcoming jazz programming, running September 6 through September 19.

Today Juliana releases the introspective title track which was recorded live and highlights her soulful powerhouse vocals over a blend of trumpets, scuzzy guitar, and soft drums as she answers the age-old question of do you view life as a glass full or empty?

Next week, Johnson’s debut one-hour stand-up special, Trevor Noah Presents Josh Johnson: # (Hashtag) will premiere Friday, June 18th at 11:00 PM ET/PT on Comedy Central.

If you love looking back at Ella, Lady Day, Sassy and The Queen then consider how much you will love looking forward with Norm, Natalie, Latrice and La Tanya. This time history pays it forward.

It's an art form admired by many who approach it with such passion that out of towners are known to come to New York City just to hear the musicians of the industry play live. Here are some of the jazz greats who keep NYC nightlife jumpin'.

Rising young pianist/composer Ben Rosenblum will join Patrick Bartley in a concert presented by Jazz at Lincoln Center, Dizzy's Club Jazz from Home. The livestream takes place on Thursday, August 20 at 7:30 p.m. For information visit the Jazz at Lincoln Center  website or see the Facebook event #JazzFromHome.

Stephen Mosher looks back at the cabaret scene, as captured by his camera in 2019

A talented trumpeter, Wayne Tucker brought a series of favorites from his earlier CDs along with new numbers from upcoming recordings to Birdland Theater. In his element, Tucker, alongside his solid band, the Bad Motha's, had the crowd settling in for a serene evening of delectable jazz numbers.

The French jazz virtuoso has taken on Sondheim and impressed everyone... including Sondheim himself.

Birdland will kick-off their great week of programming with week two of the a?oeThird Annual Celebration of Ron Cartera?? with Ron Carter's Golden Striker Trio, Anita Gillette, An Evening with Garrison Keillor and Heather Masse, and more!

Birdland will kick-off their exciting month of programming with the following acts:

Award-winning, Brooklyn-based 'silly jazz' singer Camille Harris returns for her fourth release with a team of brilliant jazz players who are in perfect sync with her own blazing vocal and instrumental talents. Camille's wildly creative new album, Baby on the Subway, is set for release on September 13, 2019.

Birdland will kick-off their great week of programming with the following acts:

Birdland will kick-off their exciting month of programming with Benny Green, The James Carter Organ Trio, Joao Bosco, Kurt Rosenwinkel, Frank Catalano Quartet, Clint Holmes, Joe Alterman, Aubrey Logan, Sheila Jordan, Dena DeRose, The Jive Aces, Michael Wolff, Jason Kravits, Jim Caruso's Cast Party, and more!

OneTrickDog* Records is pleased to announce the release of No Mind, jazz bassist and composerCurtis Ostle's debut album.  No Mind, Ostle's first CD as bandleader, is comprised of all original music written as reflections on the years he spent living and traveling Asia and the Eastern United States.  Ostle views this time as a period of great change and musical growth, the most dramatic change coming with the birth of his daughter, Lia, the inspiration for the hard-swinging 'Lia's Song.'  The tracks exploit Ostle's rich sonic textures, mixing acoustic instruments with synths and vocals. His expressive style features “intoxicating, hummable melodic phrases” (Mike West Washington DC City Paper) and his signature plush grooves.  The music channels such greats as Charles Mingus and Thad Jones, but tracks like 'Ruminations' and 'No Mind'  also follow a darker, more modern, through-composed approach. 

Queens Library will celebrate the 5th anniversary of its increasingly popular Culture Connection program with five concerts at five library locations, featuring a number of Broadway and jazz artists, and showcasing various flavors of the genres, from Broadway standards to Afro-Cuban jazz. Performers will include stars like Alton Fitzgerald White, best known for his role of King Mustafa in 'The Lion King,' and internationally acclaimed Cuban pianist Dayramir Gonzalez, as well as rising artists, who have already become strong and recognizable voices in the New York City jazz scene.

Throughout the season, New York City teens will come together to write, produce, and perform original music with their peers and learn from leading artists through Future Music Project, a vibrant, growing creative community based out of Carnegie Hall's Resnick Education Wing. 2018 - 2019 programming will highlight Carnegie Hall's Migrations: The Making of America festival, with young people reflecting on the impact of migration on their past, present, and future and creating new works responding to those themes. Select songs written by teens will be showcased on Sunday, May 19, 2019 at 7:30 p.m. as part of Soul Mechanisms, a special concert in Zankel Hall led by celebrated performer Toshi Reagon.

Jazz saxophonist and composer, Elijah Shiffer & his band The Robber Crabs will celebrate the release of his debut album, Unhinged, with a performance at Freddy's Bar & Backroom in Park Slope, Brooklyn.  Showtime is at 8:30 pm and will feature Elijah Shiffer on alto sax; Brian Simontacchi on trombone; Jeff McLaughlin on guitar; Brandon Davis on bass and Tim Rachbach on drums.  Unhinged will be released on on May 15 on OneTrickDog* Records.