Daryl Sherman @ Birdland & The Seine Bar - New York City Article

Daryl Sherman

with Scott Robinson and Boots Maleson: "Satchmo The Singer"
Birdland Theater
315 W 44th St.
Thursday, November 21

The Seine Bar in the Plaza Athenee Hotel
37 East 64th St.
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Perhaps the only veteran artist to alternate between piano bars and the more traditional jazz clubs, Daryl Sherman is always worth seeing - which is why it’s pleasing to report that she has a relatively new regular gig (at a classy new midtown hostelry - we would nothing less) as well as a one-night show at Birdland. In an age when most hotels are phasing out their traditional piano rooms, kudos to The Plaza Athenee for not only instigating such a venue but for lining up three of New York’s most talented and distinguished ladies - the other two are Kathleen Landis and Nancy Winston - to be featured therein. Ms. Sherman’s Birdland show, which co-stars the steadfast bassist Boots Maleson and the unpredictable multi-instrument maverick Scott Robinson, addresses a highly worthy topic, the singing side of Satchmo. Ms. Sherman will surely demonstrate that the Mighty Louis Armstrong was no less valuable to American musical history as a vocalist than he was as a brassman, and that the Satchmo songbook is likewise comparable to that of Fred Astaire or Frank Sinatra or any other musical icon.

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