JEFF HARNAR

I KNOW THINGS NOW: MY LIFE IN SONDHEIM’S WORDS

Jeff Harnar is an award-winning cabaret, concert and recording artist. His Carnegie Hall appearances include both the Cole Porter and Noel Coward Centennial Galas. Jeff’s televised PBS concerts include “The 1959 Broadway Songbook” with Music Director Alex Rybeck and “American Songbook: Stephen Sondheim” co-starring KT Sullivan. Jeff tours with Broadway’s Shauna Hicks in their Symphony Pops Concert “I Got Rhythm: Mickey & Judy’s Hollywood.” Jeff has won multiple MAC, Bistro and BroadwayWorld Cabaret Awards and The Noel Coward Foundation Cabaret Award. Together with Music Director Alex Rybeck he has released four solo albums. This month marks 38 years since Jeff and Alex made their New York cabaret debut together. Their musical partnership has taken them across the country, aboard cruise ships across the high seas and to London, Paris, Oslo. Most recently they won the 2020 BroadwayWorld Cabaret Award for Best Show for the 30th Anniversary encore engagement of “Carried Away,” their tribute to Betty Comden & Adolph Green.

Together with Music Director Jazz virtuoso Jon Weber and Broadway legend Sondra Lee, Jeff has been performing “I Know Things Now” in New York, LA, Chicago, St. Louis and London. PS Classics has recorded the music along with a 20 piece orchestra for a June 17, 2022 release worldwide.

Jeff recently received The Chicago Cabaret Professionals National Honoree Award and The Mabel Mercer Award at The Annual Mabel Mercer Foundation Cabaret Convention at Lincoln Center.

BAND MEMBERS
Jon Weber – Piano/Conductor
Paul Shewchuk – Bass
George Mazzeo – Drums

 

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LAUREN HENDERSON

Described as “somewhere between a comforting whisper and a cogent declaration” by The New York Times, Lauren Henderson’s music resonates with listeners around the world.

Recently featured in the Financial Times, breaking the Jazz Charts Top 5, and the Year End Jazz Week Top 50 (2020), Henderson’s eclectic vocal influences spread across genres producing a distinct yet versatile sound.

Her music is featured in the Netflix hit series, Sky Rojo, The Drowning, starring Julia Stiles, Avan Jogia, and Josh Charles, El Juego de Las Llaves, starring Ela Velden, Maite Perroni, and Marimar Vega, and Romeo y Julieta starring Lupita Nyong’o and Juan Castano, scored by one of Lauren’s musical partners, Michael Thurber.

Henderson uncovers the layers of her diverse background in English and Spanish. Her compositions paint stories reflecting journeys imposed through the African Diaspora in connection to Henderson’s Panamanian, Montserratian, and vast Caribbean roots as they interplay with her North American upbringing.

Jazz, Latin jazz, flamenco, R&B and soul roots aid in an exploration of culture, society, race relations and the complexities encountered as we navigate life’s obstacles.

BAND MEMBERS:
Lauren Henderson – Vocals
Nick Tannura – Guitar
TBA – Bass
TBA – Drums

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ANDERSON BROTHERS PLAY BENNY GOODMAN

Hailed as “virtuosos on clarinet and saxophone” by the New York Times, Peter & Will Anderson have performed concerts together since the age of 9. They’re Juilliard graduates, and have performed on Broadway, Carnegie Hall, The Kennedy Center, the New Orleans Jazz Festival, can be heard on the Grammy winning soundtrack to HBO’s Boardwalk Empire with Vince Giordano’s Nighthawks, and received a Drama Desk Nomination for their Off-Broadway Production “Le Jazz Hot” in 2012. They can be seen and heard as saxophonists in the upcoming Martin Scorsese film, “Killers of the Flower Moon.” Aside from leading performances in over 45 U.S. States, Japan, Brazil, Canada, and the United Kingdom, they’ve lectured at over a dozen Universities across the country.

BAND MEMBERS:
Peter Anderson – Tenor Saxophone, Clarinet
Will Anderson – Alto Saxophone, Clarinet, Flute

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THE JEFF RUPERT QUARTET WITH LUCY YEGHIAZARYAN

Jeff Rupert’s performing and recording credits include over 50 albums, and associations with Diane Schuur, Mel Tormé, Kevin Mahogany, Ernestine Anderson, and Benny Carter’s Grammy winning Harlem Renaissance. Jeff Rupert toured for fifteen years with Sam Rivers; four albums ensued, and from 1997- 2002 he toured and recorded with Maynard Ferguson. Jeff Rupert’s eleven recordings as a leader all charted on JazzWeek.

Performance venues include the Blue Note, Birdland, Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, the Kennedy Center, the Tokyo Forum, the National Concert Hall of Taipei, Taiwan, and jazz festivals in Europe, Israel, Australia, New Zealand and Japan. Rupert’s release Let’s Sail Away with Veronica Swift, Richard Drexler and Marty Morell was #1 on the jazz charts, and his most current album The Ripple with George Garzone has been on the JazzWeek chart for 35 weeks.

As a composer and arranger, Rupert has arranged for Bob Berg, James Moody, Maynard Ferguson, Judy Carmichael, Kenny Drew jr, and Kevin Mahogany. Rupert has produced 6 big band albums for the Flying Horse Big Band, all featuring original compositions and Arrangements.

Jeff Rupert is Pegasus Distinguished Professor, Trustee Endowed Chair, and Director of Jazz Studies at the University of Central Florida (UCF), and founder of Flying Horse Records. The Bat Swings!, music from the 60’s T.V Show, Batman, charted on RMR, JazzWeek, and NACC, and was the #1 album of the week in the U.S. on two of these charts, simultaneously. The Flying Horse Big band’s latest release is Good News! and was #1 on the RMR charts. Rupert’s most recent album as producer is The Flying Horse Big Band album Florida Rays celebrating the music of Ray Charles.

BAND MEMBERS:
Jeff Rupert – Tenor Sax
Lucy Yeghiazaryan – Vocalist
Richard Drexler – Piano
Marty Morell – Drums
Ben Kramer – Bass

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TAL COHEN TRIO

SONGS FROM A CHILDHOOD IN ISRAEL

Tal Cohen is a Grammy Award winning jazz pianist currently located in Miami. He has received much acclaim during his young career including winning the Barry Harris National Piano Competition and was the recipient of the prestigious Freedman Fellowship performed to a sold out crowd at the Sydney Opera House.

Recently, Tal Cohen has been playing around the Globe with Terence Blanchard, Greg Osby, Ignacio Berroa, Joe Lovano and others. He currently leads his own ensemble, which has performed at Iconic jazz festivals and venues that include Jazzbez Jazz Festival (Ukraine), Detroit Jazz Festival, Melbourne Jazz Festival (Australia), and a three-week residency at the Black Cat (San Francisco).

His most recent album- “Gentle Giants” has received international acclaim including a 4 star review from the historic Downbeat Magazine.

Cohen’s become one of the most in demand pianists around as he continues to tour the globe with his unique blend of Jewish melodies, traditional jazz Harmony and an impeccable rhythmic palette forging a path to be remembered.

BAND MEMBERS
David Chiverton
Tal Cohen
DIon Kerr

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