Thu, July 25. The BRIAN SWARTZ QUARTET. Jazz trumpeter Brian Swartz has established himself as one of the most influential trumpeters on the West Coast, and has performed with or recorded with Michael Bublé, Patti Labelle, The Chicks, Oingo Boingo, Monk’estra, Big Bad Voodoo Daddy, and many more, as well as having released his own...
Sun., July 28. Show at 8 p.m. (Doors open for dinner service at 6 p.m.) JEROME PITTMAN. Founder and executive director of the JEXA Awards, which encourage and reward jazz excellence, Jerome Pittman has distinguished himself as a jazz performer himself, and although adept at the more familiar repertoire of the 1930’s and 40’s, has...
Tuesdays, July 2, 9, 16, 23, & 30. The Gardenia’s OPEN MIKE, with Keri Kelsey, host. Starting at 8:30 p.m., Keri Kelsey hosts a Singers’ Open Mike Night---the best in town, celebrating its twenty-fourth year anniversary this month. Sign-up, libations, and noshing begin at 7 p.m.
Fri., Aug. 2. STEVE (N.) BROCK. (The “N” is silent!) in “Around the Sun.” A return engagement for this multi-hyphenate singer/songwriter/film-writer/producer/director/voiceover artist. Although his voice has been compared to Kurt Reichenbach, Kurt Elling, and Michael Franks, Mr. Brock counts James Taylor, Carole King, Billy Joel, Elton John, Mel Tormé, and Harry Connick, Jr. among his...
Sun., Aug. 4 at 8 p.m. (Door opens and dinner service begins at 6 p.m.) ANDREA MARCOVICCI presents “A Jerry Herman Evening,” with guest, JASON GRAAE. This month Jerry Herman gets the Marcovicci treatment in this fifth in this series of monthly performances which echo the heady ‘80’s days of the weekly “Marcovicci at Midnight.”...
Tuesdays, Aug. 6, 13, 20, & 27. The Gardenia’s OPEN MIKE, with Keri Kelsey, host. Starting at 8:30 p.m., Keri Kelsey hosts a Singers’ Open Mike Night---the best in town, now beginning its twenty-fifth year. Sign-up, libations, and noshing begin at 7 p.m.
Fri., Aug. 9. TA3. This trombonist, songwriter, producer, poet, and rapper from Lumberton, New Jersey has been performing and crafting lyrics for over a decade. Having been chosen to participate in several “honors” bands in South Jersey led to his study at the Berklee School of Music, and he became a featured Carnegie Hall artist...
Sat., Aug. 10. MYRIAM (BLANKAERT.) Classically trained at the Conservatory of Dramatic Arts in France, and initially a voiceover artist, Myriam was cast in numerous U.S. and European film and TV productions after arriving in New York City in the late 1990’s, and worked alongside Sarah Jessica Parker in the finale of Sex & the...
Tuesdays, Aug. 6, 13, 20, & 27. The Gardenia’s OPEN MIKE, with Keri Kelsey, host. Starting at 8:30 p.m., Keri Kelsey hosts a Singers’ Open Mike Night---the best in town, now beginning its twenty-fifth year. Sign-up, libations, and noshing begin at 7 p.m.
Sat., Sept. 28. MIHO. Born and raised in Yokohama, Japan, Mihoko Kido, of Japanese and Korean ancestry, dreamt as a child to become a Broadway singer/dancer, but fealty to the desires of her parents led her to a career on Wall Street for 20 years…then to a drastic career change as an oncology RN. In...
Sat., Aug. 17. DOLORES SCOZZESI. Making her start “years ago, when Budd Friedman’s Improv sprinkled singers between its comedy acts,” Ms. Scozzesi studied with The Groundlings and with J.D. Lewis and Aaron Speiser. As “an actress who sings,” she was cast in Paul Horner’s award-winning musical revue, Suddenly This Summer, for which critics described her...
Tuesdays, Aug. 6, 13, 20, & 27. The Gardenia’s OPEN MIKE, with Keri Kelsey, host. Starting at 8:30 p.m., Keri Kelsey hosts a Singers’ Open Mike Night---the best in town, now beginning its twenty-fifth year. Sign-up, libations, and noshing begin at 7 p.m.