Cheyenne Jackson and Christine Ebersole to Play Birdland Next Week

Birdland Jazz Club has announce their line-up of impressive talent for November 25-December 1, including Cheyenne Jackson with special guest Christine Ebersole, David Holland, and more. Below, check out the details.

November 25 (Monday) at 7PM
Jonathan Brielle
I Saw Broadway
Also Starring Deborah Cox, Matt Bogart, Veanne Cox, Rose Hemingway and Ken Prymus

Composer Jonathan Brielle's I Saw Broadway features songs and stars from three of his new musicals, including Himself and Nora, which, after a run at The American Theatre Group's Hamilton Stage, is rounding the corner for Broadway; 40 Naked Women, a Monkey & Me, recently seen in a staged reading, and Nightmare Alley a hit at this summer's New York Musical Theater Festival. Songs will be performed by a group of Broadway's brightest stars including Deborah Cox, Matt Bogart, Veanne Cox, Rose Hemingway and Ken Pyrmus, solidly backed by Brielle and his NY hard swinging extraordinary group of musicians who have among them scores of Broadway show credits and hit records.
$25 all seats, $10 minimum

November 25 (Monday) at 9:30PM
Mentor Mondays at
Jim Caruso's Cast Party
With Lisa Lambert & Julia Johanos

Jim Caruso's Cast Party, Birdland's 'extreme' open mic, is proud to announce the upcoming MENTOR MONDAYS segment, which takes place on the last Monday of every month. MENTOR MONDAYS pairs up-and-coming singers and composers with established artists to create a featured performance for the historic Birdland stage. The upcoming "Mentor Mondays" segment will take place at 10pm, during the first hour of Cast Party on Monday, November 25. Lisa Lambert, the Tony-winning lyricist of The Drowsy Chaperone will be paired with Julia Johanos, a recent Musical Theater graduate from Cincinnatti College of Music. Matt Aument will accompany at the piano. MENTOR MONDAYS is presented by Trevor McQueen, a recent graduate of Carnegie Mellon University. For the past ten years, Jim Caruso's Cast Party has been the spot for the Broadway, jazz and cabaret communities to celebrate each other with impromptu performances. Every Monday night at 9:30, Caruso, along with Billy Stritch and the Cast Party Symphony Orchestra, host a three-hour open mic/variety show at Birdland that has been called "musical come-what-mayhem!"
$20 all seats, $10 minimum

November 26-30 (Tuesday-Saturday) at 8:30PM and 11PM
Dave Holland's Prism
with Dave Holland (bass) Kevin Eubanks (guitar) Craig Taborn (piano) Eric Harland (drums)

Multiple Grammy winner Dave Holland -- "a master bassist and bandleader, one of the most sophisticated composers and arrangers in the jazz world" (Boston Globe) -- reunites with three past associates in "Prism." Notably, guitarist Kevin Eubanks appeared on Holland's now classic "Extensions" (ECM, 1989) before leading the Tonight Show band for 15 years. While the band is electrified, perhaps a little louder, the members -- also including drummer Eric Harland and piano/keyboardist Craig Taborn -- revel in Holland's signature interlocking rhythms and cohesive group interplay. All About Jazz says the members of Prism, "...form the most exciting and awe-inspiring quartet to debut on record this year."
$40 all seats, $10 minimum

November 27 (Wednesday) at 5:30PM
David Ostwald's Louis Armstrong Centennial Band

"Tubaist David Ostwald's fabulous early-swing band is about as good as it gets. Known for their energetic treatment of Louis Armstrong's repertoire, these cats like to entertain as much as they like to swing." (Time Out NY)
$25 all seats, $10 minimum

November 29 (Friday) at 5PM
The Birdland Big Band
Every Friday the "BBB" roars into action playing a thrilling and original mix of jazz, funk, Brazilian, Latin and world music for sold-out audiences. Featured weekly guest artists drop-in from television bands (David Letterman, Saturday Night Live) and pop music touring bands (Rob Thomas, Rod Stewart). Come see for yourself why Time Out New York called the BBB, "a completely unique experience... there isn't another band like this anywhere," and yelp.com proclaims, "if you hear one band in NYC make sure this is it... and prepare to be blown away!"
$30 all seats, $10 minimum

November 30 (Saturday) at 6PM
Barbara Carroll Duo with Jay Leonhart

Her "jazz pianism is the subtlest and most intricate New York has to offer." (New Yorker) Barbara Carroll's inventive piano playing and unique vocal sound transforms any composition into something hip and urbane. In a sixty-year career she has gone from being dubbed "the first girl ever to play bebop piano" by Leonard Feather in 1947, to today being dubbed a "singer who turns song lyrics into personal dramatic monologues." (Stephen Holden, New York Times).
$35 all seats, $10 minimum

December 1 (Sunday) at 6PM
Cheyenne Jackson
with special guest Christine Ebersole

The Broadway at Birdland concert series is pleased to announce Broadway, film and television leading man Cheyenne Jackson will make his debut in concert at the historic music room for two shows only on Sunday, December 1 at 6pm and Monday, December 2 at 9:15pm. These concerts are the New York celebration for his recently-released album, "I'm Blue, Skies". Cheyenne is thrilled to be performing this brand new show at Birdland, along with long-time musical director Ben Toth. The show will include original songs from his new album, "I'm Blue, Skies," as well as classics from his acclaimed one-man show "Music of the Mad Men Era," which sold out Carnegie Hall and Kennedy Center.

$45 all seats, $10 minimum

December 1 (Sunday) at 9PM and 11PM
Arturo O'Farrill Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra

Grammy Award winning pianist, composer and educator Arturo O'Farrill -- leader of the "first family of Afro-Cuban Jazz" (NY Times) -- was born in Mexico and grew up in New York City. Son of the late, great composer Chico O'Farrill, Arturo was Educated at Manhattan School of Music, Brooklyn College Conservatory and the Aaron Copland School of Music at Queens College. He played piano in Carla Bley's Big Band from 1979 through 1983 and earned a reputation as a soloist in groups led by Dizzy Gillespie, Steve Turre, Freddy Cole, Lester Bowie, Wynton Marsalis and Harry Belafonte. After leading his late father's orchestra for many years, Arturo formed his own groups, from trio through orchestra, in order to explore his and other compositions in the panoply of Afro Latin music.
$30 all seats, $10 minimum

Purchase tickets at: www.BirdlandJazz.com.