See What's Coming Up At Birdland Jazz September 30th - October 13th
Learn more about the lineup below!
Birdland Jazz Club and Birdland Theater have announced all jazz programming running September 30th - October 13th.
Performers appearing at Birdland Jazz Club include Ron Carter's Golden Striker Trio, David DeJesus Quintet, Ron Carter's Foursight Quartet and Hyeseon Hong Jazz Orchestra.
Downstairs at Birdland Theater catch Duduka Da Fonseca and Quarteto, Universal Wayne's World: The Music of Wayne Shorter, Kelly Green Quartet, Caili O'Doherty Quartet and Thelonious Monk Birthday Celebration.
Repeat engagements for the rest of the period include Vince Giordano & the Nighthawks, The Anderson Brothers, David Ostwald's Louis Armstrong Eternity Band, Frank Vignola's Guitar Night, The High Society New Orleans Jazz Band, Birdland Big Band, The Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra and Ashley Pezzotti.
Jazz Programming at Birdland Jazz Club and Birdland Theater: September 30th - October 13th
September 30 (Monday) 5:30 & 8:30 PM – Birdland Theater
Vince Giordano & The Nighthawks
Catch Vince Giordano & The Nighthawks every Monday evening in January at Birdland Theater! Giordano, the recipient of a GRAMMY Award for his work scoring the HBO show Boardwalk Empire, is a master composer and arranger whose 11-piece band, The Nighthawks, recreate the jubilant 1920s jazz sound with amazing definition, using violins, tubas, banjos, and collector's item drum sets. The band has provided soundtracks for film and television productions including The Cotton Club, The Aviator, Finding Forrester, Revolutionary Road, Cafe Society, Boardwalk Empire, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, and many more. Not to be missed!
$40 tables / $30 bar + $20 food/drink minimum
October 1 (Tuesday) 5:30 PM - Birdland Theater
The Anderson Brothers Play Henry Mancini
Juilliard-trained identical twins Peter and Will Anderson have been hailed as “virtuosos on clarinet and saxophone” by The New York Times. Their passion for classic jazz shines through each time they perform. Having shared the stage with some of the music's biggest straight-ahead jazz acts—including Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, Vanguard Jazz Orchestra, Wycliffe Gordon, Cecile McLorin Salvant, Paquito D'Rivera, and Wynton Marsalis—the brothers constitute a formidable force. They've headlined shows at Carnegie Hall, The Blue Note, Jazz at Lincoln Center, the Kennedy Center, and live on Garrison Keillor's Prairie Home Companion Radio Program. Birdland welcomes them every Tuesday in October as they deliver their no-funny-business, straight-down-the-middle, jazz-lover's type of jazz: this month paying tribute to the great Henry Mancini—composer of such classics as “Moon River,” “Days of Wine and Roses,” “Pink Panther Theme,” and “Theme From Peter Gunn.”
$30 tables / $20 bar + $20 food/drink minimum
October 1-5 (Tuesday-Saturday) 7:00 & 9:30 PM (10/1-3); 8:30 & 10:30 PM (10/4-5) – Birdland Jazz Club
Ron Carter's New Jazz Trio with Donald Vega and Donald Harrison
This October, the legend Ron Carter—one of the music's greatest bassists whose credits on over 2,000 albums include recordings with the Miles Davis Quintet, Bill Evans, B.B. King, Dexter Gordon, Jacki Byard, Cannonball Adderly, and countless others—will perform four consecutive weeks at Birdland in Quartet, Trio, Big Band, and Duo formats. Following the untimely passing of the great Russell Malone this summer, Carter has assembled a new ensemble, which will be making its debut at Birdland. Featuring Carter alongside pianist Donald Vega, the New Jazz Trio features NEA Jazz Master saxophonist Donald Harrison. Harrison and Carter have played and recorded together many times over the past decades and the bandleader is happy to welcome Harrison to the bandstand in this new format.
*Also streaming live Thursday, October 3 @ 7pm: veeps.com/birdland
$50 tables / $40 bar + $20 food/drink minimum
October 2 (Wednesday) 5:30 PM - Birdland Theater
David Ostwald's Louis Armstrong Eternity Band
Inspired by the noble jazz pioneers Louis Armstrong, Bix Beiderbecke, Duke Ellington, Jelly Roll Morton and their colleagues, David Ostwald's Louis Armstrong Eternity Band breathes life and passion into America's own great art form. Now in its 18th year of residency at Birdland, the weekly post-workday engagement is the city's best musical bargain! Tuba player David Ostwald leads a rotating lineup that features talents such as clarinetist Anat Cohen, trombonist/vocalist Wycliffe Gordon, pianist Ehud Asherie, drummer Marion Felder and more!
$35 tables / $25 bar + $20 food/drink minimum
October 2 (Wednesday) 8:30 PM - Birdland Theater
Frank Vignola's Guitar Night with special guest Mike Stern
It's the best jazz guitar lover's show in the world. Frank Vignola's virtuosity has made him the guitarist of choice for many of the world's top musicians, including Ringo Starr, Madonna, Donald Fagen, Les Paul, the Boston and New York Pops, and more. Every Wednesday at 8:30pm in the Birdland Theater, Frank leads “Frank Vignola's Guitar Night at Birdland.” Inspired by journeyman jazz guitarist John Pisano's now famous Los Angeles Guitar Night, the Frank Vignola Quartet, featuring pianist Ted Rosenthal, bassist Gary Mazzaroppi, and drummer Alex Raderman, perform tunes from the standard repertoire, bringing in special guests weekly. Tonight, catch Mike Stern!
*Guitar night streams live every week at: YouTube.com/RadioFreeBirdland
$35 tables / $25 bar + $20 food/drink minimum
October 3 (Thursday) 5:30 PM – Birdland Theater
The High Society New Orleans Jazz Band
Led by veteran trumpeter Simon Wettenhall and Grammy-winning pianist Conal Fowkes, The High Society New Orleans Jazz Band are a New Orleans style Jazz band which for decades have been Woody Allen's band of choice for his movies, concert tours and weekly performances. The band have appeared on all the premiere concert stages of Europe and the United States. Band members have appeared in and provided music for Woody Allen movies including: Wild Man Blues, Sweet and Lowdown, Midnight in Paris, Blue Jasmine, Cafe Society, Magic In The Moonlight, and A Rainy Day In New York. With Conal Fowkes (piano/vocals co-leader), Simon Wettenhall (trumpet/vocals co-leader), Tom Abbott (clarinet), Harvey Tibbs (trombone), Josh Dunn (banjo), Brian Nalepka (bass/vocals), Kevin Dorn (drums).
$40 tables / $30 bar + $20 food/drink minimum
October 3 (Thursday) 8:30 PM – Birdland Theater
Duduka Da Fonseca and Quarteto Universal
Beloved for his work as a co-founder of the iconic Trio de Paz, which brought Brazilian music and jazz together in unprecedented ways, Duduka Da Fonseca is a legend of the international music scene. In his nearly six decades behind the drums, he has recorded and performed with Nancy Wilson, Phil Woods, Joe Henderson, Wayne Shorter, John Scofield, Paquito D'Rivera, Bill Charlap, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Astrud Gilberto, Toninho Horta, and Milton Nascimento, among countless other masters. Da Fonseca continues to make waves in the international music scene: in 2022, he enlisted a top-tier group of Vinicius Gomes (g), Helio Alves (p), and Gili Lopes (b) to record Quarteto Universal's “Yes!!!”, a record that met much critical acclaim. It is this group that performs at Birdland Theater for this one-night engagement. Don't miss!
$35 tables / $35 bar + $20 food/drink minimum
October 4 (Friday) 5:30 PM - Birdland Jazz Club
The Birdland Big Band
Every Friday, and for two headlining weeks a year, 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 why yelp.com proclaims, “If you hear one band in NYC make sure this is it… and prepare to be blown away!”
$40 tables / $30 bar + $20 food/drink minimum
October 4-6 (Friday-Sunday) 7:00 & 9:30 PM - Birdland Theater
Wayne's World: The Music of Wayne Shorter
The venerable Steve Smith presides at the drum set for four weekends across September and October. With these engagements, he honors four eccentric compositional geniuses of either saxophone or piano: first, pianist Bud Powell; second, saxophonist Wayne Shorter; third, pianist Thelonious Monk; and fourth, saxophonist Ornette Coleman. With “Wayne's World: The Music of Wayne Shorter,” Smith will celebrate the saxophonist's legendary ouvre. Expect Wayne's originals, such as “Noise In The Attic,” “Footprints,” “Indian Song,” “ESP,” “Tell It Like It Is,” and others which he recorded with Miles Davis, Weather Report, Art Blakey, and his own groups. Heavy-hitters Aaron Goldberg (piano), Lonnie Plaxico (bass), and Jimmy Greene (saxophone) join Smith for three unforgettable nights.
$35 tables / $25 bar + $20 food/drink minimum
October 5 (Saturday) 5:30 PM - Birdland Jazz Club
Ashley Pezzotti
Called a “performer to watch” by DownBeat Magazine, Queens-born Ashley Pezzotti takes an early set on the Birdland Jazz Club stage four consecutive Saturdays in October to deliver her trademark renditions of American standards. This 27-year-old rising star has performed with jazz icon Wynton Marsalis (on his 2020 recording The Ever Fonky Lowdown and on their latest national tour), country legend Keith Urban, and piano prodigy Joey Alexander. On her debut recording, We've Only Just Begun, she was backed by the Emmet Cohen Trio and other young lions. With vocals indebted to the great jazz singers like Sarah Vaughan, Ella Fitzgerald, and Carmen McRae, Pezzotti offers listeners a chance to relax into the music they know and love, while bringing a freshness of presence that enchants her audiences.
$30 tables / $20 bar + $20 food/drink minimum
October 6 (Sunday) 5:30 PM - Birdland Jazz Club
David DeJesus Quintet The Latin Side of Bird
Alto Saxophonist David DeJesus is a master saxophonist, fluent across Latin, jazz, and dozens of other styles. The director of the Birdland Big Band, he has been a fixture on the New York City music scene for three decades, performing with the best of the best: the Village Vanguard Jazz Orchestra, the Mingus Big Band, the Dizzy Gillespie Alumni All-Stars, Ron Carter's Great Big Band, and Jimmy Heath's Big Band; the Grammy-nominated Arturo O'Farrill Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra, Bobby Sanabria Big Band, Ruben Blades, Larry Harlow, and Gilberto Santa Rosa. DeJesus is a passionate educator and serves as Professor of Jazz Studies at SUNY Purchase and directs the conservatory's Latin Jazz Orchestra. He leads a quintet at Birdland for this Sunday evening engagement.
$35 tables / $25 bar + $20 food/drink minimum
October 6 (Sunday) 8:30 & 10:30 PM - Birdland Jazz Club
The Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra
The Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra (ALJO) brings together the drama of big band jazz, the culture of Latin music, and the virtuosity of eighteen of the world's most accomplished solo musicians. Thirteen years of critically-acclaimed performances internationally have firmly established the ALJO as the standard-bearer for creative interpretation of Latin jazz greats such as Tito Puente, Frank “Machito” Grillo, and Chico O'Farrill, as well as the driving force behind new commissions from Latin music's most talented composers and arrangers.
$40 + $30 food/drink minimum
October 7 (Monday) 5:30 & 8:30 PM – Birdland Theater
Vince Giordano & The Nighthawks
Catch Vince Giordano & The Nighthawks every Monday evening in January at Birdland Theater! Giordano, the recipient of a GRAMMY Award for his work scoring the HBO show Boardwalk Empire, is a master composer and arranger whose 11-piece band, The Nighthawks, recreate the jubilant 1920s jazz sound with amazing definition, using violins, tubas, banjos, and collector's item drum sets. The band has provided soundtracks for film and television productions including The Cotton Club, The Aviator, Finding Forrester, Revolutionary Road, Cafe Society, Boardwalk Empire, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, and many more. Not to be missed!
$40 tables / $30 bar / $20 partial view table seating + $20 food/drink minimum
October 8 (Tuesday) 5:30 PM - Birdland Theater
The Anderson Brothers Play Henry Mancini
Juilliard-trained identical twins Peter and Will Anderson have been hailed as “virtuosos on clarinet and saxophone” by The New York Times. Their passion for classic jazz shines through each time they perform. Having shared the stage with some of the music's biggest straight-ahead jazz acts—including Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, Vanguard Jazz Orchestra, Wycliffe Gordon, Cecile McLorin Salvant, Paquito D'Rivera, and Wynton Marsalis—the brothers constitute a formidable force. They've headlined shows at Carnegie Hall, The Blue Note, Jazz at Lincoln Center, the Kennedy Center, and live on Garrison Keillor's Prairie Home Companion Radio Program. Birdland welcomes them every Tuesday in October as they deliver their no-funny-business, straight-down-the-middle, jazz lover's type of jazz: this month paying tribute to the great Henry Mancini—composer of such classics as “Moon River,” “Days of Wine and Roses,” “Pink Panther Theme,” and “Theme From Peter Gunn.”
$30 tables / $20 bar + $20 food/drink minimum
October 8-12 (Tuesday-Saturday) 7:00 & 9:30 PM (10/8-10); 8:30 & 10:30 PM (10/11-12) – Birdland Jazz Club
Ron Carter's Foursight Quartet
It's Ron Carter month at Birdland this October! One of the most celebrated bassists in the history of American music, Ron Carter—who will perform four consecutive weeks at Birdland in Quartet, Trio, Big Band, and Duo formats—has performed on over 2,000 albums since starting his career in the 1960s. Besides an iconic five-year stint with the Miles Davis Quintet, Mr. Carter's appearances with Bill Evans, B.B. King, and Dexter Gordon, Jacki Byard, Cannonball Adderly, and countless others have cemented him as one of the music's greatest sidemen. As a leader, he has commanded inspiring ensembles large and small. With this engagement at Birdland Jazz Club, he brings his Foursight Quartet, featuring his longtime rhythm partner the drummer Payton Crossley, the brilliant saxophonist Jimmy Greene, and the incredible pianist Renee Rosnes.
*Also streaming live Thursday, October 10 @ 7pm: veeps.com/birdland
$50 tables / $40 bar + $20 food/drink minimum
October 8 (Tuesday) 8:30 PM – Birdland Theater
Kelly Green Quartet
Celebrating the 2024 release of her recording “Seems,” the remarkable Kelly Green brings her soulful quartet to the Theater stage for one night! Green–who Christian McBride has called “joyous and swingin”—is a triple-threat of pianist, composer, and vocalist, captivating audiences with a voice reminiscent of days past and a pianism that swims into the future. Performances with Christian McBride and George Coleman have marked her rise to success, as have engagements at Dizzy's Jazz Club, The Kennedy Center, Blue Note, Birdland, and tours across three continents. Her excellent group performs slick modernist arrangements of standards as well as personal gems penned during her years in New York City. She is accompanied by Evan Hyde (drums), Luca Soul Rosenfeld (bass) and Elijah J. Thomas (flute, alto flute, and piccolo). Writer and radio host Thierry De Clemensat calls “Seems” “…an album of incredible class with musicians you'll instantly adore.”
$35 tables / $25 bar + $20 food/drink minimum
October 9 (Wednesday) 5:30 PM - Birdland Theater
David Ostwald's Louis Armstrong Eternity Band
Inspired by the noble jazz pioneers Louis Armstrong, Bix Beiderbecke, Duke Ellington, Jelly Roll Morton, and their colleagues, David Ostwald's Louis Armstrong Eternity Band breathes life and passion into America's own great art form. Now in its 18th year of residency at Birdland, the weekly post-workday engagement is the city's best musical bargain! Tuba player David Ostwald leads a rotating lineup that features talents such as clarinetist Anat Cohen, trombonist/vocalist Wycliffe Gordon, pianist Ehud Asherie, drummer Marion Felder, and more!
$35 tables / $25 bar + $20 food/drink minimum
October 9 (Wednesday) 8:30 PM - Birdland Theater
Frank Vignola's Guitar Night with special guest James Chirillo
It's the best jazz guitar lover's show in the world. Frank Vignola's virtuosity has made him the guitarist of choice for many of the world's top musicians, including Ringo Starr, Madonna, Donald Fagen, Les Paul, the Boston and New York Pops, and more. Every Wednesday at 8:30 pm in the Birdland Theater, Frank leads “Frank Vignola's Guitar Night at Birdland.” Inspired by journeyman jazz guitarist John Pisano's now famous Los Angeles Guitar Night, the Frank Vignola Quartet, featuring pianist Ted Rosenthal, bassist Gary Mazzaroppi, and drummer Alex Raderman, perform tunes from the standard repertoire, bringing in special guests weekly. Tonight, catch James Chirillo!
*Guitar night streams live every week at: YouTube.com/RadioFreeBirdland
$35 tables / $25 bar + $20 food/drink minimum
October 10 (Thursday) 5:30 PM – Birdland Theater
The High Society New Orleans Jazz Band
Led by veteran trumpeter Simon Wettenhall and Grammy-winning pianist Conal Fowkes, The High Society New Orleans Jazz Band is a New Orleans-style Jazz band that for decades has been Woody Allen's band of choice for his movies, concert tours, and weekly performances. The band has appeared on all the premiere concert stages of Europe and the United States. Band members have appeared in and provided music for Woody Allen movies including Wild Man Blues, Sweet and Lowdown, Midnight in Paris, Blue Jasmine, Cafe Society, Magic In The Moonlight, and A Rainy Day In New York. With Conal Fowkes (piano/vocals co-leader), Simon Wettenhall (trumpet/vocals co-leader), Tom Abbott (clarinet), Harvey Tibbs (trombone), Josh Dunn (banjo), Brian Nalepka (bass/vocals), Kevin Dorn (drums).
$40 tables / $30 bar + $20 food/drink minimum
October 10 (Thursday) 8:30 PM – Birdland Theater
Caili O'Doherty Quartet: “Suite for Gearoidin”
Through her mature quartet, award-winning pianist Caili O'Doherty delivers a wide range of styles with an exploratory sensitivity and a tendency toward narrative and melody. Her debut recording, “Padme” was a Downbeat Editor's pick, receiving a 4-start review in All About Jazz which praised its “exquisitely forged, dramatic and darkly hued pieces.” O'Doherty's writing conveys a spoken, natural approach; in 2022 she released “Quarantine Dream” (Posi-Tone Records) which she toured on a prestigious South Arts Jazz Road grant; her new album “Suite for Gearoidin,” made possible by the Doris Duke Foundation and Chamber Music America New Works grants, features thirteen new O'Doherty compositions and honors her mother. She performs that suite on this single-night engagement at the Theater—do not miss this exciting group!
$35 tables / $25 bar + $20 food/drink minimum
October 11 (Friday) 5:30 PM - Birdland Jazz Club
The Birdland Big Band
Every Friday, and for two headlining weeks a year, 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 why yelp.com proclaims, “If you hear one band in NYC make sure this is it… and prepare to be blown away!”
$40 tables / $30 bar + $20 food/drink minimum
October 11-13 (Friday-Sunday) 7:00 & 9:30 PM - Birdland Theater
Thelonious Monk Birthday Celebration
The venerable Steve Smith presides at the drum set for four weekends across September and October. With these engagements, he honors four eccentric compositional geniuses of either saxophone or piano: first, pianist Bud Powell; second, saxophonist Wayne Shorter; third, pianist Thelonious Monk; and fourth, saxophonist Ornette Coleman. With “Thelonious Monk Birthday Celebration,” Smith will celebrate the pianist's legendary oeuvre. Expect Monk's beloved originals, such as “Blue Monk,” “Evidence,” “Trinkle Tinkle,” “Let's Cool One,” “Bolivar Blues,” “Rhythm-A- Ning” and other classics. Heavy hitters Uri Caine (piano), Ben Allison (bass), Jon Irabagon (saxophone) and Greg Osby (saxophone) join Smith for three unforgettable nights.
$35 tables / $25 bar + $20 food/drink minimum
October 12 (Saturday) 5:30 PM - Birdland Jazz Club
Ashley Pezzotti
Called a “performer to watch” by DownBeat Magazine, Queens-born Ashley Pezzotti takes an early set on the Birdland Jazz Club stage four consecutive Saturdays in October to deliver her trademark renditions of American standards. This 27-year-old rising star has performed with jazz icon Wynton Marsalis (on his 2020 recording The Ever Fonky Lowdown and on their latest national tour), country legend Keith Urban, and piano prodigy Joey Alexander. On her debut recording, We've Only Just Begun, she was backed by the Emmet Cohen Trio and other young lions. With vocals indebted to the great jazz singers like Sarah Vaughan, Ella Fitzgerald, and Carmen McRae, Pezzotti offers listeners a chance to relax into the music they know and love while bringing a freshness of presence that enchants her audiences.
$30 tables / $20 bar + $20 food/drink minimum
October 13 (Sunday) 5:30 PM – Birdland Jazz Club
Hyeseon Hong Jazz Orchestra
The Korean jazz composer/arranger Hyeseon Hong (hay-son · hong) splits her time between New York City and Seoul. Mixing classical music, contemporary jazz, Korean traditional music, and the big band sound, Hong — who also trained as a painter for many years — has created a unique corner wherein lush harmonies and impressionistic backgrounds set the scene for Korean rhythms and clear melodies, painting rich sonic portraits of the natural world. Her most recent release, “Things Will Pass” (2022) featured Maria Schneider alums Rich Perry and Ingrid Jensen, and her 2017 recording EE-YA-GI (Summit Records), which means “stories” in Korean, was met with critical acclaim—including Hong's naming as an awardee of the prestigious Copland Fund for Music composers' grant. To Birdland she brings a 17-person band full of New York heavy-hitters including Rich Perry, Jonathan Saraga, Andrew Hadro and Jeremy Powell.
$35 tables / $25 bar + $20 food/drink minimum
October 13 (Sunday) 8:30 & 10:30 PM - Birdland Jazz Club
The Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra
The Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra (ALJO) brings together the drama of big band jazz, the culture of Latin music, and the virtuosity of eighteen of the world's most accomplished solo musicians. Thirteen years of critically acclaimed performances internationally have firmly established the ALJO as the standard-bearer for creative interpretation of Latin jazz greats such as Tito Puente, Frank “Machito” Grillo, and Chico O'Farrill, as well as the driving force behind new commissions from Latin music's most talented composers and arrangers.
$40 + $30 food/drink minimum
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