SAT | Michelle Collier Swingtet
2023-08-05 17:30 - 20:30, 2023-08-12 17:30 - 20:30, 2023-08-19 17:30 - 20:30 (America/New_York) | Swing 46, 349 W 46th Street, New York, NY, 10036, United States
Early Set | Jazz Quartet
5:30 – 8:30: Michelle Collier Swingtet
Michelle Collier is the songstress of Swing 46, captivating audiences from around the world with her powerful and melodic voice. Her shows keep everyone foot-tapping their way to the dance floor. So come join in and experience the magic of The Great American Songbook.
Michelle Collier has worked as a professional singer, dancer, choreographer and performer for live theater, orchestras and bands for the past 30 years. Performance venues range from jazz clubs and concert halls to regional theaters, outdoor amphitheaters and football stadiums. Michelle has performed at a variety of live performance venues in NYC, in Times Square and around the world. She enjoys collaborating with other creative artists and is very grateful to work with many gifted musicians over the years in live performances on stage, on the dance floor and in the recording studio.

SAT | Bill Malchow
2023-08-05 21:00 - 2023-08-06 01:00
Late Set | Jazz Quartet
9:00 – 1:00: Bill Malchow Band
Bill Malchow is a pianist and vocalist who plays New Orleans-influenced blues, jazz, funk and R&B at clubs and festivals in New York City and New Orleans, where you might also catch him jamming on the Hammond organ or his Hohner accordion. Whether performing solo or as the Bill Malchow Trio, or with his larger band, the Go Cup All Stars, Bill’s shows are fun. He mixes originals, standards and New Orleans classics with improvisation, great storytelling and a wicked sense of humor, which makes for a good time had by all.

SUN | Janice Friedman
2023-08-06 17:30 - 20:30, 2023-08-13 17:30 - 20:30, 2023-08-20 17:30 - 20:30
Early Set | Jazz Quartet
5:30 – 8:30: Janice Friedman
Born and based in New York City, Janice has done music here and all over the world for over three decades. She’s played in the most famous of concert halls and notable clubs from Carnegie Hall and the JFK Arts Center to the Blue Note, Birdland, Kitano, Smoke, Dizzy’s Jazz Club, Sweet Basil, Sweet Rhythm, Mezzrow, Smalls and Iridium. You can safely say she has wowed audiences from coast to coast and on practically every continent on the globe.

SUN | Sunny Side from New Orleans
2023-08-06 21:00 - 2023-08-07 00:00
Sunny Side is excited to have their debut performance in Manhattan at Swing 46! Sunny Side will be on tour promoting their new album “The Felicity Sessions”.
Sunny Side is a jazz band based out of New Orleans, Louisiana. They are heavily influenced by the music of Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Nat King Cole, Fats Waller, and many other jazz legends.
Sunny Side provides a full New Orleans style jazz band experience with 3-part harmonies, a solid rhythm section, and an energetic vocalist and dancer. Expect to become a part of the experience as Sunny Side engages with the energy and sound of what makes New Orleans such a special city.
Details on Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/events/280067321270456

TUE | Margot Sergent
2023-08-08 17:30 - 20:30
Early Set | Jazz Band
5:30 – 8:30: Margot Sergent
The So French Cabaret is a unique jazz ensemble (featuring the harp) which promotes French and American songs of the 1930s – 1940s. Based on a traditional swing ensemble, So French Cabaret’s rhythm section features a guitarist, and the centerpiece of the band being a full-sized harp which adds a fairy “je ne sais quoi” to the irresistible hot jazz groove.
Margot Sergent, the featured vocalist of So French Cabaret, is already mentioned as one of the most captivating artists of her generation.
“Margot’s live performances convey a physical delight in playing music as well as an artist’s sensitivity to the complicated harmonies and rhythms of jazz; her harp is a perfect instrument, attached to a musician of superb instincts, capable of expressing profound human experiences with a wholly original voice” – Archie Shepp, legendary jazz saxophonist
“Margot Varret’s technique and interpretative skills are at the pinnacle of the music industry; what she does is pure poetry.” – Kirk Lightsey, jazz pianist
“Margot’s charismatic presence and amazing musicality never fails to genuinely touch her audience whenever she performs; she is an “impressionistic” artist who can turn popular tunes into art.” – Pierre Boussaguet, bassist for award-winning jazz pianist and film composer Michel Legrand
https://margotsergent.com

TUE | Rob Edwards Big Band
2023-08-08 21:00 - 2023-08-09 00:00, 2023-08-15 21:00 - 2023-08-16 00:00, 2023-08-22 21:00 - 2023-08-23 00:00
Late Set | Jazz Band
9:00 – 12:00: Rob Edwards Big Band
Rob Edwards brings his powerhouse Big Band to Swing 46 and features marvelously talented special guest vocalists.
Born in West Palm Beach, FL, Robert completed his schooling at the Juilliard school and soon after joined the Roy Hargrove Big Band, Dizzy Gillespie All-Star Big Band and Jimmy Heath’s Big Band. John Lee, Leader of the Dizzy Gillespie All-Star Band, hails Robert as, “A future giant of jazz trombone.” His first record is titled “Sound Business.”

WED | Kevin Blancq Big Band
2023-08-09 17:30 - 20:30, 2023-08-16 17:30 - 20:30, 2023-08-23 17:30 - 20:30
Early Set | Jazz Quartet
5:30 – 8:30: KEVIN BLANCQ Trumpeter/Educator brings his fabulous swingin’ big band featuring tunes from the Great American songbook
A native of New Orleans, Kevin Blancq began musical studies with piano at age 9, trumpet at 10, and drums at 13. At the New Orleans Center for Creative Arts (NOCCA), Kevin studied both jazz (w/Ellis Marsalis) and classical styles while performing in a variety of musical settings

WED | Swingadelic Big Band
2023-08-09 21:00 - 2023-08-10 00:00, 2023-08-16 21:00 - 2023-08-17 00:00
Late Set | Jazz Band
9:00 – 12:00: Swingadelic Big Band. Swingadelic, hailed as “Hoboken’s greatest little big band”, is led by bassist Dave Post. This outfit plays a mix of Swing, Jump Blues, vintage rhythm & blues and much more.
Swingadelic has performed at Lincoln Center’s Midsummer Night Swing, NJPAC, and at many festivals, including Bele Chere (Ashville NC), MusikFest (Allentown PA), the CD 109 Jazz & Blues Festival (Red Bank, NJ) and the sanofi-aventis JazzFest (Madison NJ)…
The band plays about 100 dates per year and has traveled from Maine to Atlanta. Swingadelic has maintained a residency for eight years at Swing 46 in NYC where they perform weekly.

THU | Barbara Rosene
2023-08-10 17:30 - 20:30
Early Set | Jazz Quartet
5:30 – 8:30: Barbara Rosene quartet – Barbara Rosene has built an unequalled reputation for interpreting the great music of the 1920s and 30s and 40s. She is a passionate vocalist whose interpretations uncover the richness of jazz classics through the subtle, skilled delivery of one truly in love with the genre she sings.
Rosene gives voice to songs in ways that are both gracefully provocative and warmly welcoming. Few singers have her feel for classic material, from all eras of Jazz, interpreting the music with not only a full understanding and love of the original time period but with the rare ability to make the material sound fresh and emotionally relevant today.
Barbara has shared stages with jazz icons, performing internationally with The Harry James Orchestra, Vince Giordano and The Nighthawks, the late Les Paul at New York’s Iridium Jazz Club, The Woody Allen Band, at The Carlyle Hotel, as well as directing her own New Yorkers, and as guest artist with orchestras and in festivals across the world. She has played such venues as The Iridium, Lincoln Center’s Rose Hall, The Montreal Jazz Festival, Night Town (Cleveland), Blues Alley (DC), The Arizona Music Festival, Jazz Amarinois, and The Hotel Villa Flori, Lake Como.
Barbara has been featured on Judy Carmichael’s NPR program ”Jazz Inspired”, and recently on NPR’s “Hot Jazz Saturday Night.” She has been recognized by Backstage Magazine (Bistro Award, 2006), “Jazz Improv Magazine”, and is featured in Scott Yanow’s “Great Jazz Singers…..
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THU | Stan Rubin featuring Joe Politi
2023-08-10 21:00 - 2023-08-11 00:00
Late Set | Jazz Band
9:00 – 12:00: Stan Rubin Orchestra feat. Joe Politi
“Swing is a form of music that grew out of jazz,” explained Stan Rubin. “The beauty of big-band swing is that it combines musical structure with improvisation, the hallmark of jazz, but swing doesn’t abandon the melody like some modern jazz.” As ruler of his particular kingdom, Stan built over many decades in a library of swing, a collection of the arrangements played by the likes of Goodman, the Dorsey Brothers, Artie Shaw, Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Harry James and a half-dozen others who swung America from the 1930s into the early 50s. And he continues to keep this brand of music on the menu, through live appearances by the Stan Rubin Orchestra.

FRI | Bill Malchow
2023-08-11 17:30 - 20:30
Early Set | Jazz Quartet
5:30 – 8:30: Bill Malchow Band
Bill Malchow is a pianist and vocalist who plays New Orleans-influenced blues, jazz, funk and R&B at clubs and festivals in New York City and New Orleans, where you might also catch him jamming on the Hammond organ or his Hohner accordion. Whether performing solo or as the Bill Malchow Trio, or with his larger band, the Go Cup All Stars, Bill’s shows are fun. He mixes originals, standards and New Orleans classics with improvisation, great storytelling and a wicked sense of humor, which makes for a good time had by all.

FRI | Professor Cunningham
2023-08-11 21:00 - 2023-08-12 01:00
Late Set | Jazz Band
9:00 – 1:00: Professor Cunningham and His Old School
Professor Cunningham and His Old School is one of the most sought-after groups on the international scene, performing around the world at major events and festivals. This award-winning New York based band performs the most swinging and grooving repertoire ranging from the streets of New Orleans to the early dance halls of Harlem NYC.
Formed and fronted by in-demand vocalist and reedman Adrian Cunningham – an Australian native based in NYC, – Professor Cunningham and His Old School consists of some of the most energetic and accomplished musicians on the New York scene. They present, with unparalleled energy, repertoire ranging from early jazz and the birth of swing to soulful NOLA Rhythm and Blues. They have been a regular hit in the NYC underground party and swing dance scene since the band’s formation in 2012; performing at some of the world’s finest jazz and swing events.
https://www.professorcunninghamjazz.com

SAT | Swingadelic
2023-08-12 21:00 - 2023-08-13 01:00
Late Set | Jazz Band
9:00 – 1:00: Swingadelic Big Band
Swingadelic has performed at Lincoln Center’s Midsummer Night Swing, NJPAC, and at many festivals, including Bele Chere (Ashville NC), MusikFest (Allentown PA), the CD 109 Jazz & Blues Festival (Red Bank, NJ), and the sanofi-aventis JazzFest (Madison NJ)…The band plays about 100 dates per year and has traveled from Maine to Atlanta. Swingadelic has maintained a residency for eight years at Swing 46 in NYC where they perform weekly.

SUN | George Gee Swing Orchestra
2023-08-13 21:00 - 2023-08-14 00:00, 2023-08-20 21:00 - 2023-08-21 00:00
Late Set | Jazz Band
9:00 – 12:00: George Gee Swing Orchestra spearheaded the modern swing resurgence nearly four decades ago. Headlining regularly at Lincoln Center’s Midsummer Night Swing, the swing big band was a favorite of famed Savoy swing dancer Frankie Manning having performed a long series of dance events in his honor in New York City, Boston, Chicago, San Francisco and Tokyo! Lindy Hoppers around the country and world are big fans of the George Gee high-energy shows! Also catch them weekly at SWING46 Jazz & Supper in Times Square.

TUE | Victor Neufeld
2023-08-15 17:30 - 20:30
Early Set | Jazz Band
5:30 – 8:30: Victor Neufeld
Victor’s Vintage Vipers bring us “Hard driving swing, hard driving R&B, easy dancing ’cause you can’t sit still”
Victor Neufeld has been leading his Jazz Band of NYC Jazz musicians for a number of years, after a long and very successful career as an Executive Producer of many well-known network TV news programs. For twenty years, Victor was the Executive Producer of 20/20 at ABC News, winning 23 Emmy awards. He is a New York native, and a longtime neighbor of Arthouse Hotel, living on West End Ave….for over thirty years.

Salsa Thursday
2023-08-17 19:00 - 23:00
Late Set | Special Latin Salsa Night
7:00 – 11:00: Salsa Thursday
Join us for a HOT Salsa Night featuring PAPOTE JIMENEZ & FRIENDS with Host Alex Reyes, DJ Andy Rodriquez, En Controles EL DJ Woody EL Preferido De Los Bailadores.

FRI | Amy London
2023-08-18 17:30 - 20:30
Early Set | Jazz Quartet
5:30 – 8:30: Amy London
Amy London is known and loved in New York City jazz and Broadway circles for her effortless sound, impeccable musicianship and depth of emotion. Her most recent CD on Motema, The Royal Bopsters Project, features a vocal jazz quartet with Ms. London as the leader and soprano.

FRI | Bill Malchow
2023-08-18 21:00 - 2023-08-19 01:00
Late Set | Jazz Band
9:00 – 1:00: Bill Malchow
Bill Malchow is a pianist and vocalist who plays New Orleans-influenced blues, jazz, funk and R&B at clubs and festivals in New York City and New Orleans, where you might also catch him jamming on the Hammond organ or his Hohner accordion. Whether performing solo or as the Bill Malchow Trio, or with his larger band, the Go Cup All Stars, Bill’s shows are fun. He mixes originals, standards and New Orleans classics with improvisation, great storytelling and a wicked sense of humor, which makes for a good time had by all.

SAT | Ron Sunshine Swing Orchestra
2023-08-19 21:00 - 2023-08-20 01:00
Late Set | Live Music
9:00 – 1:00: Ron Sunshine Swing Orchestra
Ron Sunshine and his band have traveled the world, playing concerts, festivals and nightclubs, featured along the way on CNN, BET, NBC, Fox, BBC, and other international television, as well as numerous nationally released compilation CDs, books, films, hundreds of radio stations in the US and abroad, as well as in nationally televised advertisements. Popular with dancers as well as listeners, Ron Sunshine and his band continue to dazzle audiences from New York to Los Angeles, from Paris to Stockholm, from Bermuda to Red Bank. They also provide music for all kinds of special events, from corporate extravaganzas to intimate private soirees.

TUE | John David Simon
2023-08-22 17:30 - 20:30
Early Set | Jazz Quartet
5:30 – 8:30: John David Simon
Saxophonist and flutist, John David Simon, has performed extensively on the national and international jazz scene. Simon has worked with numerous luminaries including Ella Fitzgerald, Jason Marsalis, Chaka Khan, James Carter, T.S. Monk, Pat Martino, Clark Terry, Ray Charles, Charles Earland, J.J. Johnson, Shirley Scott, and Houston Person. John’s big band credits include Lionel Hampton, Illinois Jacquet, Artie Shaw, Jimmy Dorsey, Harlem Renaissance and Cotton Club orchestras. He has toured Japan, Europe, Scandinavia, Canada and the United States performing at major festivals including Monterey, Montreal, Playboy, North Sea, JVC, Pori, Grande Parade du Jazz (Nice, France), and Newport Jazz Festival. Some of the venues John has played include Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, Radio City Music Hall, The Kennedy Center, The Hollywood Bowl, Brooklyn Academy of Music, Ravinia, The Village Vanguard, The Blue Note, Dizzy’s Club Coca Cola, and Jazz Standard. Currently Simon appears on over ten CD albums, including three critically acclaimed as a leader, his debut on Muse Records, Legacy: The John Simon Trio Featuring Don Patterson, his second, John David Simon And Friends With Clark Terry & Etta Jones, and latest CD album, Phantasm, both on WarmGroove Records. As a sideman, Simon can be heard on Introducing The CJ Heptet with Cleave Guyton Jr. on Consolidated Artists Productions, The Joe Sudler Swing Machine & Clark Terry on TJA Records, Born to Swing with Buddy DeFranco on Satellite Records and The Ponderer with the Odean Pope Saxophone Choir on Soul Note Records. John also appears in the documentary film, Texas Tenor: the Illinois Jacquet Story, shown on the Bravo TV network.
