In a few hours the Birdland Big Band orchestra will step up onto the stage of the legendary jazz club for the second time in nearly two years. This is where they have been, every week, for over two ...

In a one-night-only event at the Hylton Performing Arts Center, the Birdland Big Band, on a maiden tour outside of its New York City digs, presents “Live at Birdland,” a spectacular presentation of ...

The city of New York hosts plenty of theatres and a wealth of cafes, restaurants, pubs, and clubs but it is the jazz clubs there that have been an enduring beacon of musical genius in this city. Any ...

Birdland Jazz Club and Birdland Theater have announced jazz programming running February 7 through February 19. Performers appearing at Birdland Jazz Club include Gunhild Carling, Ben Markley Big Band ...

The Birdland Big Band directed by Tommy IgoeBirdlandNew York, NYDecember 28, 2011 On a chilly Wednesday night in December, drummer and bandleader Tommy Igoe directed the fifteen-piece Birdland Big ...

Saxophonists John Coltrane and Lou Donaldson, drummer Max Roach and pianist Thelonious Monk left their childhood homes in North Carolina for New York City, where they would become instrumental is the ...

Welcome to Birdland, the jazz corner of the world,” said Kurt Elling as he swung into Bob Dylan’s “A Hard Rain’s Gonna Fall.” The performance was taking place in the upstairs Birdland Theatre where ...

This is the debut CD from New York City’s Birdland Big Band, led by Tommy Igoe, a young drummer who’s recently moved to Mill Valley. Igoe and his 20-piece group give lie to the conventional wisdom ...