Jazz at Lincoln Center's A TRIBUTE TO BOBBY SHORT Will Feature Ed Howard, Mark McLean and More

Jazz at Lincoln Center pays tribute to cabaret icon Bobby Short, with host James Naughton on May 15, and Michael Feinstein on May 16. Music Director Tedd Firth will exhibit Short's signature songs alongside some of today's brightest stars of cabaret and Broadway, including guest vocalists Paula West, T. Oliver Reid, and Barbara Carroll.

"The lyric is my Bible," Bobby Short once said, describing the aesthetic stance to which he developed through a seven-decade career as a professional entertainer. Short spent consequential time during his last four decades as resident singer-pianist at the Café Carlyle on the Upper East Side, where his "gravelly baritone and perfect diction" demonstrated the triumph of character over beauty.

A Tribute to Bobby Short
May 15 at 7pm with host James Naughton and guest Billy Stritch
May 16 at 7pm and 9pm with host Michael Feinstein

Both Shows featuring Tedd Firth, Ed Howard, Mark McLean
Guest Vocalists Paula West, T. Oliver Reid and Barbara Carroll

The Allen Room
Tickets Start at $55 - On Sale Now

Tickets for Rose Theater and The Allen Room can be purchased online through
jalc.org, by phone through CenterCharge at 212-721-6500 (open daily from 10:00am to 9:00pm), or in person at the Jazz at Lincoln Center Box Office, located on Broadway at 60th Street on the ground floor. The JALC box office is open Monday through Saturday from 10:00am to 6:00pm (or 30 minutes past curtain) and Sunday from noon to 6:00pm (or 30 minutes past curtain).

Note: Hot Seats, $10 seats for each Rose Theater performance (excluding Jazz for Young People concerts and other performances as specified) and select 9:30pm performances in The Allen Room (excluding Jazz & Popular Song concerts), are available for purchase to the general public on the Wednesday prior to each performance. Subject to availability. Available only for select Allen Room shows; please call 212-258-9800 for available Hot Seats performance dates. Hot Seats are available only by walk up at the Box Office.

Jazz at Lincoln Center's 25th Anniversary Season celebrates the organization's range and depth of programming, as well as education initiatives that have reached millions of people around the world over the past 25 years. The 2012-13 season continues with Swinging with The Big Bands featuring Michael Feinstein,Vince Giordano and the Nighthawks, The Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis alongside special guest vocalists Nellie McKay, Connie Evingson and Sachal Vasandani on June 12 and 13.