Through the dim and smoky atmosphere of the Manhattan jazz den called Birdland came some old and ... were absorbed into the jazz idiom as a whole. Big-band music began to appear more often on ...

There’s a certain irony to this, as big bands many years ago were regarded as the most commercial form of the music. Today they’re viewed as ... “we haven’t been here at Birdland in quite a while.” My ...

She is the vocalist for the world famous Birdland Big Band and the Dan Pugach Nonet, the winner of the New York Coffee Music Project Songwriting Competition, ASCAP Herb Alpert Young Jazz Composers ...

Their music makes one point abundantly clear ... since becoming a familiar face at Cast Party and with the Birdland Big Band, she’s gone on to win the Grammy for best jazz vocal album. She started her ...

That bundle of Broadway-centric bubbliness, Klea Blackhurst banished the winter blues at Birdland. Her thrillingly big voice ...

BIRDLAND JAZZ CLUB presented the return of MAC and Bistro Award-winning concert artist Jeff Harnar – celebrating Manhattan in ...