TOXIC
AUDIO CELEBRATES NEW CD AT BIRDLAND
The New Season, a series of concerts at BIRDLAND
(315 West 44th Street, NYC - 212-581-3080 - http://www.birdlandjazz.com/
) featuring top Broadway performers, continues on Monday, May 30th
at 7:00 pm with TOXIC AUDIO. The Birdland concert celebrates the
release of their new cd on the DRG label, entitled WORD OF MOUTH.
There is a $30 cover and $10 food/drink minimum.
Rated #1 in the Wall Street Journal/Zagat Theater
Survey, TOXIC AUDIO showcased their unique vocal, comedic and improvisational
skills at the John Houseman Theater in an Award-winning Off-Broadway
run last year. Within the first two months, the show had won the
2004 Drama Desk Award for "Outstanding Unique Theatrical Experience."
They have since performed as special guests at Gracie Mansion, for
the New York Mets at Shea Stadium, the Tribeca Film Festival, and
the Actor's Fund concert of Hair. TOXIC AUDIO won the 2003 CARA
Award for "Album of the Year" for their third cd entitled CHEMISTRY.
A World Tour begins in Tokyo, Japan in January 2006.
The five vocalists in TOXIC AUDIO use no instruments
other than the human voice to create complex sonic textures, rhythmic
drumbeats, thumping bass lines and searing guitar-like solos in
their performance of contemporary pop songs, timeless classics,
jazz scat and vocally-orchestrated original compositions. The group
features the varied talents of Jeremy James, Shalisa James, Rene
Ruiz, Paul Sperrazza and Michelle Mailhot-Valines. Sound design
is by John A. Valines III.
The New Season at Birdland is presented by Jim Caruso,
in association with TheaterMania.com, and will also include Malcolm
Gets in a benefit for The Songbook Project (June 13th at 7:00 pm),
Christine Ebersole and Billy Stritch (July 18th at 7:00 pm), vocal
group Monday Off (August 15th at 7:00 pm), Sally Mayes (August 22nd
at 7:00 pm) and Linda Lavin (August 29th at 7:00 pm).
Birdland has been a world-class music room on the
Manhattan nightclub scene since 1949. Jazz superstars Sarah Vaughan,
Count Basie, Dinah Washington, and more recently Ann Hampton Callaway,
Diana Krall, John Pizzarelli and Tito Puente have all performed
on the BIRDLAND stage. The room offers top-flight music in a world
class setting, good sight lines and acoustics, and a menu featuring
award-winning Southern cuisine, available until 1am. Most recently,
it's become the home of Jim Caruso's Cast Party, the weekly Monday
late night showbiz gathering featuring impromptu performances by
the Broadway, jazz and nightclub creme de la creme.
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