Michael Winther & Dan Tepfer

"Songs and Variations"

“First-rate singing actor” (The New York Times), Michael Winther  (Mamma Mia, 1776, Songs From An Unmade Bed -- 2006 Drama Desk Nominee) teams up with the dynamic, acclaimed, jazz pianist, Dan Tepfer (2006 Montreux Jazz Festival Solo Piano Competition Winner and American Pianist’s Association 2007-2009 Cole Porter Fellow in Jazz) for a  unique set of well-known standards, as well as contemporary popular songs that explores the intersection between jazz improvisation, musical theatre and popular music. “Mr. Winther stakes out the most fertile artistic territory in American music: the high ground where  show tunes, art songs and the singer-songwriter tradition merge. Mr.Winther has both the voice and the intelligence for the job.” (Stephen Holden, The New York Times)“

Michael Winther's singing is strong but refined, with perfect intonation and a warm sound that becomes incandescent when he raises the volume. He has none of the blustery, flowery mannerisms of the typical theatrical baritone. Discreet understatement is his method, a  raised eyebrow, a playful grin and an insinuating hesitation substituting for fist-shaking declamation and sobbing histrionics.”

– Stephen Holden, The New York Times (June 20,2008)

“Winther makes it look all so easy and relaxed. Never cloying or cute, he offers just the right tone. That he sings like a dream helps, too.”  -- Frank Rizzo, VarietyMichael Winther is “an exciting voice doing exciting new voices. Like Audra McDonald, he loves plucking selections from the new writer’s bumper crop.” -- Village Voice"At once familiar and new, the music of the Dan Tepfer Trio has unusual but inviting grooves, based largely around Tepfer's way with a piano. He is clearly willing to play with familiar formulas and take new approaches, even as he incorporates strokes from the masters.  Together they have created a true jazz album, but it is cutting-edge jazz that pricks the mind and ears...an enjoyable but novel sound." --  Jeffrey Epstein, Jazzreview.com"A discovery...Dan Tepfer embodies a resolutely fresh approach to the piano, somewhere between classical music and jazz." -- La Terrace (Paris, France)  "Dan Tepfer, with his unique creativity and individual spirit, just might be a phoenix on a mission to transform the jazz world. The Dan Tepfer Trio had it all together with the kind of trust and adventure in the air that solidifies a great jazz performance...their music was  refreshingly different..."  BostonLive

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Monday, January 4th @ 7:00pm

Monday, January 11th @ 9:30pm

Sunday, January 17th @ 7:00pm

Monday, January 18th @ 9:30pm

  20.00 Cover + 2 Beverage Minimum