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Cabaret singer Suzanne Carrico presents her newest show The Friendliest Thing. It's an alluring collection of songs by songwriters ranging from Jerome Kern, George Gershwin, and Harold Arlen to Jimmy Roberts, Carole Bayer Sager, and Melissa Manchester. Cabaret legend Mary Cleere Haran directs. Learn more...

The Metropolitan Room hosts Tim Draxl's return to new York cabaret. The Australian singer launched his career in New York a decade ago at the age of 17. Meteoric success, a MAC Award, and a successful recording career followed. A decade after his first successes, he's now a rising film star; he returns to the city where it all started for a much-anticipated engagement. Learn more...

Grammy-winning bassist Dave Holland is one of the best and most respected bandleaders performing today. His latest project is a octet featuring some of the modern era's top musicians: saxophonist Antonio Hart, drummer Eric Harland, trumpeter Alex Sipiagin, pianist Mulgrew Miller and trombonist Robin Eubanks. The impressively versatile group's repertoire ranges from bebop to free jazz. Learn more...

Birdland welcomes Monty Alexander. The acclaimed pianist blends American styles with the musical legacy of his native Jamaica, drawing on jazz, ska, big band, swing and reggae influences. He's worked with a diverse range of artists, from Frank Sinatra and Sonny Rollins to Quincy Jones and Robbie Shakespeare. He also leads a variety of ensembles. Learn more...

Contemporary jazz saxophonist David Liebman brings his five-piece band to the midtown jazz hot spot Birdland. The current David Liebman Group has been a fixture on the jazz scene since 1991, and Liebman has been performing since the late 1960s, including stints in the studio and touring with the likes of Miles Davis, Chick Corea, and Elvin Jones. Learn more...

B.B. King Blues Club welcomes the duo of Strunz and Farah. Jorge Strunz and Ardeshir Farah, originally from Costa Rica and Iran respectively, have pioneered new directions in the art of the acoustic guitar since 1979. Their Grammy-nominated music fuses jazz with flamenco, Latin, and Middle Eastern influences. Learn more...

Jazz at Lincoln Center's Swing University presents a four-week class on Ornette Coleman. Grammy-nominated jazz historian and WKCR Director Ben Young will teach students about the life and works of Coleman, the legendary alto saxophonist who pioneered free jazz in the 1950s. Learn more...

One of the world's most acclaimed young jazz musicians, saxophonist Joshua Redman, performs at HighLine Ballroom. Redman has been nominated for 2 Grammys, and has garnered top honors in critics and readers polls of DownBeat, Jazz Times, The Village Voice and Rolling Stone. In this CD release show, he performs alongside Brian Blade, Larry Grenadier, Gregory Hutchinson and Reuben Rogers. Learn more...

The music of legendary Cuban composer, arranger and trumpeter Chico O'Farrill lives on in his 18-piece Afro-Cuban jazz band directed by Chico's son, pianist Arturo O'Farrill. This month marks the band's ninth anniversary in residence at Birdland. Learn more...

Jazz at Lincoln Center's Swing University presents Jazz 101. This eight-week class, taught by renowned jazz scholar and WKCR disc jockey Phil Schaap, is an introduction to the complete history of jazz, from its pioneers through the big band era, swing, hard bop, free jazz, and much more. Learn more...

B.B. King Blues Club is proud to welcome the Harlem Gospel Choir in a special Martin Luther King Day performance. The legendary ensemble, which features New York's finest gospel singers, will present a joyous and inspirational show in honor of the great civil rights leader. Learn more...

In a new Tuesday night Birdland residency, David Berger and his sixteen-piece big band the Sultans of Swing swing out in a celebration of all things Ellington! Birdland dances the night away to authentic, swinging arrangements by Ellington, Count Basie, and other big band icons in a nostalgic and fun-filled evening. Learn more...

Annie Ross is one of the pioneers of vocalese and the composer of "Twisted," one of the most well known examples of vocalese, as well as "Farmers Market," "Jackie" and many others. She is a founding member of Lambert, Hendricks and Ross, considered one of the greatest jazz vocal ensembles of all time. Learn more...

Award winning composer/arranger and saxophonist Andy Farber leads his 17-piece jazz orchestra through a program of original compositions and new arrangements of standards. They'll be joined by up-and-coming vocalist Hilary Kole, who the New York Observer calls "hip and lovely...a musical marvel... sexy, charming and funny." Learn more...

Keith "Wonderboy" Johnson performs a mix of traditional gospel, soul, R&B, and jazz to accompany a gourmet brunch at Kingsborough's waterfront venue The Rotunda. Along with his quartet The Spiritual Voices, Johnson has performed at the Apollo Theater, Carnegie Hall, and Madison Square Garden. Learn more...