Jazz in NYC: Hiromi at Sony Hall in October 2019

Jazz in NYC: Hiromi at Sony Hall in October 2019

Hiromi’s explosive swirl of piano jazz is coming to New York City on October 19-20, 2019 and to Princeton, NJ on October 18, 2019

Pianist Hiromi
Hiromi; photo by Muga Muyaha

Well-known to audiences around the world for her charged improvisations and complex renditions of the jazz classics, Hiromi’s performances are always highly anticipated events. The release of her first album Another Mind in 2003 when she was in her early twenties announced to the jazz world the arrival of the unstoppable talent. From that time on, Hiromi released numerous albums, participated in all major jazz music festivals and won multiple awards. In 2006, she was named Jazzman of year, Pianist of the year and made an Album of the Year by Swing Journal’s Readers Poll. That same year she won Best Jazz Act at the Boston Music Awards and the Guinness Jazz Festival’s Rising Star Award.

With each new album and world tour, the intensity of her music is only going up in line with the immensely high expectations from the fans. Its an amazing journey for the pianist who takes the audience for a breathtaking musical ride. Pouring her emotions into each number on the program, Hiromi’s boundless energy and astounding technique keeps the audience on its feet. Hold your breath and enjoy an evening of great jazz!

Hiromi will be performing at McCarter Theater Center in Princeton, NJ on October 18, 2019, and Sony Hall in New York City on October 19-20, 2019. Click below to reserve your seat.

 

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Jazz in NYC: The Manhattan Transfer at Sony Hall

Jazz in NYC: The Manhattan Transfer at Sony Hall

Legendary New York vocal group brings back all that jazz in wide variety of styles to Sony Hall on June 20, 2018

Jazz Manhattan Transfer Vocal Sony Hall
The Manhattan Transfer; photo credit John Abbott / Image courtesy of EKA

Summer nights in June are the best time to reminiscence about your favorite melodies and performers, so the concert by venerable The Manhattan Transfer group is exactly that kind of jazz. In other words, it is what you call ” a cherry on top” to any night out in New York City.

Well known to the public by numerous hits right from its first performances in the 70th and via a multitude of acclaimed albums released with the major record houses, the four singers had stayed true to their original vision for the musical genre. They toured extensively incorporating the sounds of the places they visited with more colors and vibrancy at each and every turn.

The group’s performance on June 20, 2018 in the heart of Manhattan theater district at Sony Hall, made to deliver the most sophisticated audio experience, will delight every jazz connoisseurs. Click here for tickets.

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