Texas Jazz Crooner Ken Slavin to Return to the Met Room with 'A SALOON JAZZ MIXOLOGY', 1/7

The number-one male jazz singer in the home of the Alamo will return to the Big Apple the first week of the New Year for his fourth headline appearance at the popular Metropolitan Room, 34 W. 22nd Street.

Ken Slavin's new show, "Cocktails With Ken: A Saloon Jazz Mixology" is slated for Thursday, January 7, at 9:30 p.m. EST. Doors open at 9 p.m. EST. Tickets are $25, $85 and $115 and are available online at Metropolitan Room.com or by calling 212-206-0440.

There is a $5 discount for members of the Manhattan Association of Cabarets and Clubs (MAC) and members of Cabaret Hotline Online. Special discount coupons will also be given to patrons attending Marilyn Maye's sold-out Metropolitan Room performance at 7 p.m. the same evening.

Slavin will be accompanied by a classic New York City jazz trio: star pianist John Colianni, who was Mel Torme's pianist for six years and has worked with such legends as Cleo Laine and Bucky Pizzarelli; guitarist Paul Bollenback, an internationally acclaimed solo artist who also tours with Joey DeFrancesco and has worked with such stars as Della Reese; and veteran bassist Frank Tate, who worked with Bobby Short for the last ten years of his legendary run at New York's Cafe Carlyle.

Slavin's January 7 performance will feature an elegant and eclectic program of great saloon and torch songs - all served up with swingin' jazz touches.

"He brings to the Metropolitan Room a level of class and a classic approach to his performance and presentation that I have difficulty finding these days," says Bernie Furshpan, managing partner of the Metropolitan Room. "His choice of music and songs and his entire approach to a jazz cabaret production should be the envy of many an artist. I'm looking forward to his next performance and many more after that!"

Though based in San Antonio, Slavin has made significant in-roads in New York after his Big Apple debut at the Metropolitan Room on Halloween Night 2013. His latest CD, recorded on that special night and produced by Tony Award-winner Paul Boskind (co-producer of the revival of "The Normal Heart" in 2011), is heard on jazz radio stations coast to coast and has received excellent media reviews. He also recently became a voting member of The Recording Academy, which produces the annual GRAMMY Awards.

For more information, visit MetropolitanRoom.com or KenSlavin.com.

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