By Marilyn Lester After 22 years gigging at downtown club The Blue Note, jazz pianist, vocalist and two-time Grammy Award winner, Diane Schuur (known affectionately as “Deedles”) flew into Birdland with humor intact. Pretending to forget where she was, Schuur launched...
Jazz In July: Week Two
by Marilyn Lester America’s own music, jazz, receives a swinging tribute every July at the 92nd St. Y, thanks to the keen artistic direction of pianist Bill Charlap. Charlap is an educator and brilliant musician as well as an affable host. In the second week of the six-day...
