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315 W. 44th St. New York, NY 10036

212-581-3080

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Cuisine(s): American, Soul Food, Southern

Hours: Sun-Thu 5pm-1am, Fri-Sat 5pm-2am
Features: Coat Check

Entertainment: Live Entertainment
Reservations: Accepted

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The place jazz lovers love to talk about, perhaps because the very name takes them back to a time they loved or a time imagined as the most exciting NYC has ever seen.

Birdland Big Band

5:00 p.m. every Fri.
Joe Lovano US Five

8:30 p.m. daily from May 23 until May 26

Lovano’s blustery sax lines continue to woo audiences in part because even in the most wayward moments, lyricism still defines the action. During a...
The Arturo O'Farrill Quintet

11:00 p.m. every Sun.
'Jim Caruso's Cast Party'

10:00 p.m. every Mon.

A cabaret institution with one of two greats, Billy Stritch or Tedd Firth, usually at the piano.
Ravi Coltrane

8:30 p.m. May 29

Sprung from the loins of giants (Long Island's late John and Alice Coltrane), the tenor saxophonist has constructed a jazz identity more Blue Note ...

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Steve Kuhn Trio

By Jim Macnie | Wed, May 09, 2012

The pianist's hard bop roots always give his late-in-life reflections a little extra oomph, one thing that makes Kuhn so singular. That and his choice of colleagues: On the new Wisteria he connects with bassist Steve Swallow and drummer Joey Baron... More »
Vijay Iyer Trio

By Jim Macnie | Wed, April 11, 2012

Tonight, the celebrated pianist leads a band that generates marvelous moments as a matter of course. Iyer’s unique design sense always finds novel ways for their interactions to be rendered, so flourishes may be whispered and hip-hop beats may swi... More »
Jim Hall

By Jim Macnie | Wed, April 11, 2012

This 81-year-old guitar virtuoso is an architectural master who constructs whispery solos that occasionally allow room for a surprising kerrang to keep audiences on their toes: Lyricism may be central to Hall’s art, but he never relinquishes the p... More »
Billy Hart Quartet

By Jim Macnie | Wed, April 04, 2012

The veteran drummer builds an elliptical world on his new All Our Reasons, challenging his younger colleagues to meet his poetic flourishes on a playing field where drama is valued and whimsy always gets to speak its mind. Those colleagues—Bad Pl... More »
Enrico Rava Quintet

By Jim Macnie | Wed, February 15, 2012

The Italian trumpeter comes through town whenever a new disc drops, and Tribe offers a program that brings out Rava’s strength, the ability to to sound steely and dreamy at the same time. It’s a singular approach and its heart is always up front. ... More »
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