Birdland Jazz Club and Birdland Theater are proudly open this June with a full slate of nightly performances! Come celebrate the holidays with us!
At Birdland Jazz Club, catch The Bean Tones, Stacey Kent, The Michelle Lordi & Matthew Parrish Trio, Bryce Edwards & Mike Davis: HOT COMBINATION, Jeff Harnar, The Legendary Count Basie Orchestra directed by Scotty Barnhart, Brandon Goldberg Trio, A Marvelous Party with Duchess – Album Release Show, Natalie Douglas in: A Juneteenth Jubilee – Tributes: ‘70’s Soul, Volume 2, Ravi Coltrane Quartet, Anderson Brothers Play Duke at Newport, Gabrielle Stravelli and Billy Stritch: “Bossa & Beyond”, Cyrille Aimée, ERIC COMSTOCK and BARBARA FASANO QUARTET “SUMMER STANDARD TIME”, Ray Marchica with Eddy’s Chemistry Set, and Christian Sands Quartet.
Birdland Theater will present Scott Robinson Quartet, Harry Allen Quartet, Melissa Aldana Quartet, and Lucy Yeghiazaryan Sextet.
Repeat engagements include Vince Giordano & The Nighthawks, Jim Caruso’s Cast Party with Billy Stritch at the piano, David Ostwald’s Louis Armstrong Eternity Band, Frank Vignola’s Guitar Night, The High Society New Orleans Jazz Band, The Birdland Big Band, Brandon Goldberg Trio, and The Birdland Latin Jazz Orchestra.
See below for the full schedule! More information can be found at www.birdlandjazz.com
June 1 (Monday) 7:00 PM – Birdland Jazz Club
The Bean Tones
Rising star vocal group The Bean Tones return to the city after their highly-successful New York debut this Monday, June 1st at 7 PM! Founded in 2018 at Berklee College of Music, the dynamic Los Angeles-based quartet began as a barbershop group and has since evolved into a forward-looking vocal jazz ensemble, with each member playing an instrument (brushes, guitar, trumpet, and bass) while delivering brilliant harmony. Their inventive arrangements, flawless blend, and infectious energy have drawn comparisons to legendary harmony groups like The Hi-Lo’s, The Four Freshmen, and even The Beach Boys. Riding a wave of viral success — including millions of views for their playful arrangement “A Trout No Doubt” — The Bean Tones have opened for the Four Freshmen at their annual convention and toured internationally, with stops including the Mt. Fuji Five Lakes Jazz Festival in Japan. With roots in tradition and eyes on the future, they’ve captivated global audiences and caught the attention of viral star Laufey—a fellow Berklee alum who shares their vision of making vocal jazz thrillingly modern and irresistibly cool. Sophisticated as it is fun, The Bean Tones’ music appeals to die-hard jazz aficionados and casual listeners alike. Don’t miss this chance to catch the band live!
$40 tables / $30 bar + $20 food/drink minimum
June 2-6 (Tuesday-Saturday) 7:00 & 9:30 PM (6/2-4); 8:30 & 10:30 PM (6/5-6) – Birdland Jazz Club
Stacey Kent
Beloved vocalist Stacey Kent’s new recording, A Time For Love (naïve 2026), finds her revisiting the intimacy of duo performance—after the unique grandiosity of her last project, the critically-acclaimed The Summer We Crossed Europe in the Rain, a highly unique collaboration with Booker and Nobel Prize-winning author Kazuo Ishiguro and Kent’s partner, the saxophonist and arranger Jim Tomlinson. A singer of marvelous talent, Stacey Kent’s beautiful voice and natural musicality have been the feature of nearly 20 studio albums, including Platinum, Double-Gold and Gold records that have garnered her a much-deserved worldwide audience clocking over 500 million streams. With performances in over 55 countries during her stellar career, Kent’s global fandom makes perfect sense: over the course of two decades as a recording artist, her miraculous fluency singing in French, Italian, German, Portuguese and English allows her to relate to audiences across cultural borders. Naturally, Kent’s vision has broadened beyond the Great American Songbook: French and Brazilian classics also feature prominently in her contemporary work. Her September 2021 album, Songs From Other Places, was released to critical acclaim; she released studio album Summer Me, Winter Me (naïve) in 2023. For this special week of shows, Kent is backed by her working group of veteran collaborators.
$50 tables / $40 bar + $20 food/drink minimum
June 5-7 (Friday-Sunday) 7:00 & 9:30 PM – Birdland Theater
Scott Robinson Quartet
Virtuoso multi-instrumentalist Scott Robinson is widely hailed for his unique, eccentric approach and his powerful improvisations. The top call man for baritone saxophone, Robinson has worked with orchestras led by Maria Schneider, Frank Mantooth, Bob Mintzer and John Fedchock, but his skills on tenor sax, trumpet, clarinets, and even the mysterious sarrusophone are well-known. Having appeared on nearly 300 recordings to date—20 as a leader—Robinson’s music draws from a wide range of traditions. His works range from solo performance pieces to chamber and symphonic works; he’s written essays and liner notes, delivered invited speeches before the Congressional Black Caucus, and served as a Jazz Ambassador for the State Department. At once wry, humorous, magnetic, and profound, this is the rare musician from whom you don’t know what to expect—and it’s precisely that joy of surprise which makes Robinson so assuredly a wonder to watch perform, why The Boston Globe called his “the most quirky and delightful set” of the 2015 Newport Jazz Festival, and why his 2019 recording Tenormore was judged “Best New Release” by JazzTimes. He brings a quartet to Birdland for this engagement. With Scott Robinson (reeds/trumpet), Jim Ridl (piano), Dennis Mackrel (drums), Boris Kozlov (bass 6/5), Bar Filipowicz (bass 6/6), Russell Hall (bass 6/7)
$40 tables / $30 bar + $20 food/drink minimum
June 6 (Saturday) 5:30 PM – Birdland Jazz Club
The Michelle Lordi & Matthew Parrish Trio
Called “flawless” by DownBeat and “mesmerizing” by JazzTimes, vocalist Michelle Lordi has dazzled audiences across the United States with her captivating voice and contemporary vision. On 2019’s Break Up With the Sound, 2017’s Dream a Little Dream, and 2015’s Drive, Lordi creates moving sonic portraits that blend traditional songbook classics, pastoral folk soundscapes, and modern jazz sensibilities. For years she has performed this music at some of the nation’s top venues, including The Kimmel Center, Mann Music Center, The Deer Head Inn, Chris’ Jazz Cafe, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Cornelia Street Cafe, Jazz Forum, Maureen’s, Mezzrow, Minton’s, Smoke Jazz & Supper Club, Dazzle, BluJazz, Bop Stop, Cliff Bell’s, Dirty Dog Jazz Cafe, Pinelands Jazz Festival and Birdland. Hot House nominated her for three categories of their 2019 Readers Jazz Awards: Best Band, Rising Star and Female Jazz Vocalist. She performs for one night at the Birdland Theater with life partner Matthew Parrish, a sought-after bassist and composer who has provided the low end for such masters as Al Grey, Harry “Sweets” Edison, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Stefon Harris, Regina Carter, Freddy Cole, Houston Person, Wynton Marsalis, Orrin Evans, Marion McPartland, and many others. Lordi and Parrish’s latest co-leader outing is Live at Dirty Dog. “It is thrilling to make music and a life with Matthew,” says the vocalist. “Living together, raising children together, touring together, teaching together at Princeton University—you can feel this shared rhythm in the music we create.”
$40 tables / $30 bar + $20 food/drink minimum
June 7 (Sunday) 5:30 PM – Birdland Jazz Club
Bryce Edwards & Mike Davis: HOT COMBINATION
Vaudevillian troubadour Bryce Edwards (of Birdland’s critically acclaimed Frivolity Hour) and New York’s premiere “antimodernist” cornetist Mike Davis (of The New Wonders) are coming together to celebrate the centennial of one of jazz’s hottest overlooked duos! A one-night-only event. In the 1920s, Red Nichols—the mainstay of New York studio groups, beloved for his cool tone, inventive cornet language, and avant-garde arrangements—seemed, with his musical partner Cliff Edwards, to set up an alternate jazz future that never was. The ukulele-toting, mouth-trumpeting Edwards (who would later voice Jiminy Cricket in Pinocchio) may seem like a jazz age oddity at first blush, but he was one of the era’s most innovative and jazz-forward pop vocalists and an early pioneer of scat singing (in his own inimitably bizarre way). In 1925, these two singular musical voices combined forces to make some of the most infectious records of the 20s, and now, one hundred years later, Mike Davis and Bryce Edwards are joining forces to pay tribute. Davis has lovingly transcribed selections from these hot sessions and has recruited Birdland favorite and unique vocalist Bryce Edwards to embody the bygone Edward’s signature humor, heart, and driving ukulele. At the helm of an all-star band of traditional jazz specialists, including Ricky Alexander on reeds, Josh Holcomb on trombone, Felix Lemerle on guitar, Dalton Ridenhour on piano, Jay Rattman on bass saxophone, and Colin Hancock on drums, this team will most certainly be a “Hot Combination.”
$40 tables / $30 bar + $20 food/drink minimum
June 8 (Monday) 7:00 PM – Birdland Jazz Club
Jeff Harnar Sings The 1959 Broadway Songbook
On Monday, June 8 at 7pm, Birdland will present “Jeff Harnar Sings The 1959 Broadway Songbook.” The 1959 Broadway Songbook is a musical collage of the 21 musicals that were playing in New York in 1959. Gypsy, The Sound of Music, Fiorello, West Side Story, My Fair Lady, The Music Man, Flower Drum Song, Bells are Ringing, and Once Upon a Mattress are among the shows in this tribute to an era some have called the twilight of The Golden Age of Broadway. Harnar—a multi-award-winning cabaret, concert and recording artist whose Carnegie Hall appearances include both the Cole Porter and Noel Coward Centennial Galas, and whose PBS televised concerts include “The 1959 Broadway Songbook” with Alex Rybeck; “American Songbook Live” from NJPAC: Stephen Sondheim; and “Remember: Songs of the Holidays” with KT Sullivan—first performed “The 1959 Broadway Songbook” as a one-man show for his 1991 debut at The Algonquin Hotel’s fabled Oak Room. The show was recorded live, televised (PBS) and has toured nationally and internationally. In it, you’ll hear the greatest of songwriters Jule Styne, Stephen Sondheim, Rodgers & Hammerstein, Harold Arlen & Yip Harburgh, Leonard Bernstein, Comden & Green, and Lerner & Loewe, all woven together: “Tonight,” “On The Street Where You Live,” “Climb Ev’ry Mountain,” “Til There Was You,” “The Party’s Over,” and “Everything’s Coming Up Roses.”
$60 VIP tables / $40 tables / $30 bar + $20 food/drink minimum
June 9-13 (Tuesday-Saturday) 7:00 & 9:30 PM (6/9-11); 8:30 & 10:30 PM (6/12-13) – Birdland Jazz Club
The Legendary Count Basie Orchestra directed by Scotty Barnhart
Pianist and bandleader William James “Count” Basie was and still is an American institution that personifies the grandeur and excellence of Jazz. The Legendary Count Basie Orchestra, today directed by Scotty Barnhart, has won every respected jazz poll in the world at least once, won 19 Grammy Awards (including 2024’s Best Large Jazz Ensemble), performed for kings, queens, and other world royalty, appeared in several movies, television shows, at every major jazz festival and major concert hall in the world. Jazz greats like Lester Young, Billie Holiday, Frank Foster, Thad Jones, Sonny Payne, and more became international stars once they began working with the legendary Count Basie Orchestra. This 18-member orchestra, many hand-picked by the Count himself, is still continuing the excellent history started by Basie of stomping and shouting the blues, as well as refining those musical particulars that allow for the deepest and most moving of swing.
$50 tables / $40 bar + $20 food/drink minimum
June 12-14 (Friday-Sunday) 7:00 & 9:30 PM – Birdland Theater
Harry Allen Quartet
The saxophonist that John Pizzarelli has called “Nothing less than perfect,” Harry Allen is the consummate swinger. A veteran of jazz music, Allen was inducted into the Rhode Island Music Hall of Fame in 2024 and, in 2020, into the Jazz Monsters Hall of Fame at SOKA University of America. He has recorded over 70 discs as a leader—three of which winning Gold Disc Awards from Japan’s Swing Journal, and his album Tenors Anyone? winning both the Gold Disc and the New Star Award. Allen’s work with Rosemary Clooney, Tony Bennett, Ray Brown, Hank Jones, Frank Wess, Flip Phillips, Harry “Sweets” Edison, Kenny Burrell, Herb Ellis, John Pizzarelli, Bucky Pizzarelli, Gus Johnson, Jeff Hamilton, Johnny Mandel, James Taylor, and Sheryl Crow—to name a few—places him in an elite class, but he is no snob: in fact, what makes Harry Allen so great is his down-to-earth playing, his love of the music. His off-the-cuff style needs no set-lists. For these three nights at Birdland, he is sure to start and end swinging. What happens along the way will undoubtedly be pure magic.
$40 tables / $30 bar + $20 food/drink minimum
June 14 (Sunday) 5:30 PM – Birdland Jazz Club
A Marvelous Party with Duchess – Album Release Show
Celebrate A Marvelous Party—the new album from acclaimed vocal trio Duchess! Named Vocal Group of the Year in both 2022 and 2021’s Jazz Journalists Association Awards, Duchess—the extraordinary vocal trio comprised of Amy Cervini, Hilary Gardner, and Melissa Stylianou—has brought jazz cheer and swinging fun to audiences around the world since 2015. Each accomplished vocalists in their own right, the women of Duchess connect over their love of the 1930s New Orleans vocal group the Boswell Sisters. This adventurous group serves as their inspiration, and with these pioneers in mind, Duchess brings the close-harmony vocal trio concept squarely into the modern day. They are by no means derivative: these ladies perform original music and swing authentically with vibrant personality. 2017’s Laughing At Life (Anzic), 2018s EP Harmony for the Holidays, and 2020’s Live at Jazz Standard (Anzic) have been met with critical acclaim, including The New Yorker’s praise for their “fresh-voiced” and “straight from the heart” delivery—and Downbeat’s instruction that, “For a good time, call Duchess.” With their swinging band behind them, Duchess will have Birdland audiences in delight. The night will feature songs like “This Could Be the Start of Something Big,” “Ain’t That a Kick in the Head,” “It’s All Right With Me,” “Danke Schoen,” and “Is That All There Is.”
$40 tables / $30 bar + $20 food/drink minimum
June 15 (Monday) 7:00 PM – Birdland Jazz Club
Natalie Douglas in: A Juneteenth Jubilee – Tributes: ‘70’s Soul, Volume 2
Fourteen-time MAC Award, two-time Backstage Bistro Award, and Nightlife Award Winner Natalie Douglas returns to the Birdland spotlight with her fifth annual Juneteenth concert, “A Juneteenth Jubilee – Tributes: ‘70s Soul, Volume 2”. This one-night-only event will take place on Monday, June 15 at 7pm. Natalie is thrilled to celebrate this national holiday with music director, Brian Nash (Audra McDonald, Jennifer Holliday, John Cameron Mitchell), and band as they revisit and expand upon her recent smash hit concert exploring the soul music of this singular decade. One of the great indigenous American art forms, soul music blends traditions from jazz, gospel, rock, and R & B to create a unique expression of emotion from a particularly Black American perspective. Through this lens, Natalie and musicians, will travel the decade from bell bottoms to “Dyn O-Mite!” to sky-high Afros to hot pants to disco and Watergate – these symbols of the “Me” generation heralded great musical, cultural and social transformation, including iconic tunes by artists such as Roberta Flack, Marvin Gaye, Stevie Wonder, The Fifth Dimension, The Commodores, and of course, a few unforgettable “one-hit wonders.” In his second five-star review bestowed upon one of Natalie’s London appearances at The Crazy Coqs, Clive Davis of The Times (UK), said, “(Natalie Douglas) For pure energy, playfulness and heart-on-sleeve emotion, she is in a league of her own. Her latest show…turns out to be even more exhilarating.” Natalie Douglas has performed throughout the U.S. and internationally as well as having produced 85 concerts at her NYC musical home, Birdland Jazz Club.
$65 VIP tables / $45 tables / $35 bar + $20 food/drink minimum
June 16-20 (Tuesday-Saturday) 7:00 & 9:30 PM (6/16-18); 8:30 & 10:30 PM (6/19-20) – Birdland Jazz Club
Ravi Coltrane Quartet
The son of jazz’s greatest trailblazers, beloved saxophonist Ravi Coltrane honors the legacy of his parents John and Alice Coltrane with his powerful, free-thinking musical projects. With six albums as a leader, seven as a co-leader, and over 100 more as a sideman with jazz music’s greatest innovators—including Elvin Jones, McCoy Tyner, Jack DeJohnette, Geri Allen, Terence Blanchard, Kenny Barron, Steve Coleman, Joanne Brackeen, and others—the GRAMMY-nominated saxophonist has made a powerful mark on contemporary jazz. His recent quartet has featured Gadi Lehavi (piano), Dezron Douglas (bass), and Johnathan Blake (drums).
$50 tables / $40 bar + $20 food/drink minimum
June 19-21 (Friday-Sunday) 7:00 & 9:30 PM – Birdland Theater
Melissa Aldana Quartet
Born in Santiago, Chile and long based in New York, Melissa Aldana is a Grammy-nominated saxophonist, named one of Downbeat Magazine’s 25 for the Future and Rising Star Artist of the Year. 1st prize winner of the 2013 Thelonious Monk International Jazz Competition and recipient of the Altazor National Arts Aware of Chile, Aldana has released seven albums to her own name and has been featured in The New York Times and by NPR. Her latest recording, Filin, was just released in 2026, her third offering on Blue Note Records. Enlisting the legendary Cuban pianist Gonzalo Rubalcaba and American jazz bass master Peter Washington along with long-time bandmember Kush Abadey, as well as the producing talents of Blue Note’s Don Was, Aldana explores the world of Cuban folkloric balladry, the genre called “filin” music. Catch her group—consistently one of contemporary jazz’s premier bands—decidely masterful, highly subtle, and always deeply searching—at the Theater for this weekend in June.
$40 tables / $30 bar + $20 food/drink minimum
June 21 (Sunday) 5:30 PM – Birdland Jazz Club
Anderson Brothers Play Duke at Newport
Grammy-winning, 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, Feinstein’s 54 Below and live on Garrison Keillor’s Prairie Home Companion Radio Program. Birdland welcomes them this Sunday in June as they deliver their no-funny-business, straight-down-the-middle, jazz-lover’s type of jazz: this time honoring America’s most prolific composer, the giant Duke Ellington. The twins will perform Duke’s legendary 1956 Newport Jazz Festival set with a 15-piece all-start orchestra, featuring recorded gems “Take the ‘A’ Train,” “Black and Tan Fantasy,” “Sophisticated Lady,” and “Mood Indigo.” Don’t miss!
$40 tables / $30 bar + $20 food/drink minimum
June 22 (Monday) 7:00 PM – Birdland Jazz Club
Gabrielle Stravelli & Billy Stritch: Bossa & Beyond
Birdland Jazz Club is proud to present Gabrielle Stravelli & Billy Stritch: Bossa & Beyond on Monday, June 22. This highly anticipated concert pairs the legendary singer/pianist Billy Stritch with acclaimed jazz vocalist Gabrielle Stravelli in an inspired musical collaboration that transcends genres and celebrates the art of song. In Bossa & Beyond, Stritch and Stravelli will take a deep dive into the Brazilian and South American songbooks, sharing bossa novas, boleros, and fresh interpretations of timeless jazz standards. The program will feature music by iconic Brazilian composers including Antonio Carlos Jobim and Milton Nascimento, alongside works by lesser-known masters such as Pixinguinha and Hermeto Pascoal — all brought to life with extraordinary artistry, improvisation, and heart. Over the course of more than a dozen years of performing together, Stritch and Stravelli have cultivated a profound musical connection, one rooted in deep respect for melody, lyric, and story. While both are widely celebrated for their interpretations of jazz and the American Songbook, this collaboration showcases their shared passion for the lush harmonies, rich rhythms, and expressive melodies of Brazilian music. Gabrielle Stravelli is an internationally acclaimed vocalist praised for her swinging style, emotional depth, and inventive interpretations of jazz standards and contemporary material alike. Billy Stritch is one of the leading singer-pianists in jazz and cabaret, renowned for his sophisticated musicianship, vocal artistry, and longtime collaborations with many of the genre’s greatest performers. Expect pure delight!
$35 tables / $25 bar + $20 food/drink minimum
June 23-27 (Tuesday-Saturday) 7:00 & 9:30 PM (6/23-25); 8:30 & 10:30 PM (6/26-27) – Birdland Jazz Club
Cyrille Aimée
Grammy-nominated Cyrille Aimee spent over 10 years in NYC wowing audiences with her joyful improvisations, effortless swing, and wild spirit. Having relocated to New Orleans to enter the vibrant musical community of that storied city, Aimee loves to return to Birdland—where she spent years with a weekly residency. From her native France to the USA, from jazz festivals to Broadway, from a longtime working band to new adventures in new sonic landscapes, Cyrille Aimee is never content to stay in one place too long. Recent releases include 2018’s Cyrille Aimee Live (Mack Avenue); 2019’s Move On: A Sondheim Adventure; 2021’s I’ll Be Seeing You; 2021’s Petite Fleur, as a featured guest of drummer Adonis Rose and the New Orleans Jazz Orchestra; 2024’s Grammy-nominated à Fleur de Peau; and 2025’s 4 . 24 (Live). Hailed as “one of the most promising jazz singers of her generation” by The Wall Street Journal, Aimee will certainly bring something new to her old city.
$50 tables / $40 bar + $20 food/drink minimum
June 26-28 (Friday-Sunday) 7:00 & 9:30 PM – Birdland Theater
Lucy Yeghiazaryan Sextet
One of the finest vocalists to emerge from New York City in recent times, the Armenian-born Lucy Yeghiazaryan has received the ringing endorsement of her peers and elders. Master pianist Johnny O’Neal is effusive: “Lucy possesses an engaging tone with a warm flair of musical diplomacy. As smooth as maple syrup on pancakes!” and trumpet great Joe Magnarelli calls her “A breath of fresh air.” A finalist in the 2015 Thelonious Monk Vocal Competition, Yeghiazaryan has gone on to release five critically-appraised albums under her name: Blue Heaven (2019), In Her Words with Vanisha Gould (2021), Lonely House (duo with Michael Kanan) (2023), Some Other Spring (with Grant Stewart) (2023), and Beside the Golden Door (2024). The La Reserve artist is a frequent guest in the trio of Birdland favorite, Emmet Cohen, and performs regularly at Jazz at Lincoln Center, Birdland, Mezzrow, Symphony Space, and other venues across the country.
$40 tables / $30 bar + $20 food/drink minimum
June 27 (Saturday) 5:30 PM – Birdland Jazz Club
ERIC COMSTOCK and BARBARA FASANO QUARTET “SUMMER STANDARD TIME”
Hailed as “smart, funny, and utterly delightful” and “a hotbed of pleasure” by The New York Times, Eric Comstock (piano/voice) and Barbara Fasano (voice) bring their singular, soulful showmanship home to Birdland for one Saturday night in June. Drawing from an ever-evolving American Songbook – jazz and pop classics by Ellington, Arlen, and Porter to singer-songwriters like Joni Mitchell, Carole King, and Bruce Springsteen, plus surprising gems – the married musical couple’s electrifying combination of warmth, wit, swing, and sensuality have made them the nightclub world’s most celebrated team. Their performances have taken them from Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center to Saratoga Jazz Festival, Music Mountain Twilight Jazz, London’s Pizza Express, Italy’s Monteverdi Tuscany, and nightclubs and music festivals across the country. Their latest CD, Painting The Town, featuring tenor saxophone legend Houston Person, dropped in 2025. Joining them will be eminent bassist Sean Smith, known for his collaborations with Jacky Terrasson, Bill Charlap, Benny Carter, and Gerry Mulligan. Barbara, Eric, and Sean have been performing together for 15 years, and their connection with each other and their audiences makes for an exhilarating blend of passion and joy.
$40 tables / $30 bar + $20 food/drink minimum
June 28 (Sunday) 5:30 PM – Birdland Jazz Club
Ray Marchica with Eddy’s Chemistry Set
One of New York City’s top call drummers for the last thirty years, Ray Marchica has powered the groups of such legendary artists as James Brown and Barbra Streisand, backed icons like Liza Minnelli, Bette Midler, Cher, and Marc Anthony, and played the rhythm for productions of A Chorus Line, Mamma Mia!, and Damn Yankees. He’s also served for three decades as the drummer in the acclaimed Ed Palermo Big Band, and for this special engagement, he has assembled a condensed version of the ensemble, lovingly rebranded as “Eddy’s Chemistry Set.” Jazz Times has said of Marchica: “His chops are impressive, but so is his taste in working toward a group and groove.” And bass legend Christian McBride has called Palermo “One of the greatest musicians and arrangers in the world.” The band will feature Ed Palermo (saxophone); Phil Chester (saxophone, flute); Paul Adamy (bass); Bob Quaranta (piano); Ted Kooshian (keyboards); Ray Marchica (drums); Nina Hennessey vocals); and Maddy Ruff (vocals). Don’t miss this special group for one night only!
$40 tables / $30 bar + $20 food/drink minimum
June 30 – July 4 (Tuesday-Saturday) 7:00 & 9:30 PM (6/30-7/2); 8:30 & 10:30 PM (7/3-4) – Birdland Jazz Club
Christian Sands Quartet
Since his early career as a breathtaking piano prodigy employed in the great Christian McBride’s trio and Inside Straight band, the consummate Christian Sands blossomed into a mature and established voice in jazz. With his 2020 release Be Water, Sands garnered an NAACP Image Award win and a Grammy nomination. His next recording, Christmas Stories, offered fresh takes on classics featuring modern jazz greats Stefon Harris, Marvin Sewell, Keita Ogawa, and Jimmy Greene—and his most recent effort, Embracing Dawn (Mack Avenue, 2024) sees the pianist in finer and finer form. Sands is a Steinway Artist and an American Pianists Association Jazz Fellowship Awards Finalist. He brings his 4-piece group for the week at the jazz club.
$50 tables / $40 bar + $20 food/drink minimum
Monthly Engagements:
June 1-2, 8-9, 15-16, 22-23, 29 (Mondays and Tuesdays) 5:30 & 8:30 PM – Birdland Theater
Vince Giordano & The Nighthawks
Catch Vince Giordano & The Nighthawks every Monday and Tuesday evening 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
June 1, 8, 15, 22, 29 (Mondays) 9:30 PM – Birdland Jazz Club
Jim Caruso’s Cast Party
Step into the glittering world of Jim Caruso’s Cast Party, the legendary weekly open mic night that turns Birdland into the ultimate showbiz playground! Every Monday, the iconic venue transforms into a raucous, star-studded celebration of music, comedy, and jaw-dropping talent, where seasoned pros and up-and-coming performers share the stage in an unforgettable, high-energy variety show. Leading the charge is the ever-dapper Jim Caruso. With his signature charm and boundless enthusiasm, Caruso keeps the night moving at a thrilling pace, welcoming Broadway belters, jazz virtuosos, master tappers, and the occasional surprise megastar drop-in! Fueling the musical magic is the incomparable trio of powerhouse musicians: the dazzling Billy Stritch at the piano, the rock-solid Steve Doyle on bass, and the dynamic Daniel Glass on drums. Together, they create a swinging, electrifying sound that transforms every performance into a showstopping moment. From Tony and Oscar winners to hopeful newcomers, Cast Party is where talent shines, friendships are forged, and the spirit of live performance is alive and thriving. Whether you’re gracing the stage or cheering from the audience, one thing’s for sure—you never know who might take the mic next! Join the party every Monday night at Birdland and witness why Jim Caruso’s Cast Party remains a can’t-miss New York City tradition.
$35 tables / $25 bar + $20 food/drink minimum
June 3, 10, 17, 24 (Wednesdays) 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 26th 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!
$40 tables / $30 bar + $20 food/drink minimum
June 3, 10, 17, 24 (Wednesdays) 8:30 PM – Birdland Theater
Frank Vignola’s Guitar Night
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 guitarist Pasquale Grasso, bassist Gary Mazzaroppi, and drummer Alex Raderman, perform tunes from the standard repertoire, bringing in an assortment of special guests. This month, catch talented friends Dave Stryker (guitar, 6/3), Bill Wurtzell (guitar, 6/10), Vinny Raniolo (guitar, 6/17), and Sara Caswell (violin, 6/24). **Guitar night streams live every week at: YouTube.com/RadioFreeBirdland
$40 tables / $30 bar + $20 food/drink minimum
June 4, 11, 18, 25 (Thursdays) 5:30 PM & 8:30 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 group which for decades has served as Woody Allen’s band of choice in his movies, concert tours and other performances—including, on the silver screen, the celebrated Wild Man Blues, Sweet and Lowdown, Midnight in Paris, Blue Jasmine, Cafe Society, Magic In The Moonlight, and A Rainy Day In New York. Appearing on all the premiere concert stages of Europe and the United States, the group features Conal Fowkes (piano/vocals co-leader), Simon Wettenhall (trumpet/vocals co-leader), Tom Abbott (clarinet), Harvey Tibbs (trombone), Josh Dunn (banjo/guitar), Brian Nalepka (bass/vocals), and Kevin Dorn (drums). Catch them each Thursday at Birdland Theater.
$40 tables / $30 bar + $20 food/drink minimum
June 5, 12, 19, 26 (Fridays) 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
June 13, 20 (Saturdays except 6/6 & 6/27) 5:30 PM – Birdland Jazz Club
Brandon Goldberg Trio
Award-winning pianist and composer Brandon Goldberg has been a remarkable talent since his early youth. He became the youngest recipient of the Herb Alpert Young Jazz Composers Award in 2022 at age 16; the youngest semifinalist a year later in the 2023 Herbie Hancock Institute of Jazz International Piano Competition; and he has released three albums with the music’s heavy-hitters, including Brandon Goldberg Trio: Live at Dizzy’s (2024), In Good Time (2021), and LET’S PLAY! (2019), the last two of which received 4-star reviews in Downbeat. (The magazine praises his “unassailable technique, advanced harmonic understanding, deep sense of swing and…a clarity and plethora of ideas executed to near-perfection.”) Brandon has performed festivals worldwide including Newport Jazz, SFJazz, PDX Jazz, Twin Cities, Caramoor, Litchfield, NCPA Mumbai, Santander, and Ystad—as well as in New York’s best rooms including Dizzy’s Club, Smoke Jazz Club, Mezzrow, and Birdland. As a young child, Brandon appeared on national television in Seasons 1 and 2 of NBC’s Little Big Shots, The Steve Harvey Show, and the Harry Connick, Jr. show Harry—now he shares the company of masters. His trio performs American Songbook classics as well as Brandon’s smartly-conceived, sensitively-felt originals. Catch them at this Saturday early evening performance!
$40 tables / $30 bar + $20 food/drink minimum
June 7, 14, 21, 28 (Sundays) 8:30 & 10:30 PM – Birdland Jazz Club
The Birdland Latin Jazz Orchestra
Birdland presents the debut of its Latin Jazz Orchestra, directed by master saxophonist David DeJesus. A fixture on the New York City music scene for three decades, DeJesus brings his deep expertise in both jazz and Latin music to this exciting new ensemble. Composed of a rotating cast of New York’s top talent, the orchestra will perform classics of the Latin jazz big band repertoire, showcasing the vibrant rhythms and sophisticated arrangements that define this legendary style—lifting spirits with their dancing beats, their buoyant harmonies, and the deep traditions they represent.
$40 tables / $30 bar + $20 food/drink minimum