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NEXT LIVE PERFORMANCE:
TUESDAY, JUNE 18, 2013 @ 10 PM ET
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1650 BROADWAY @ 51st Street, New York City
The longest-running nightclub act on Broadway!
Now in its 5th year!
Call 212.582.2121 to reserve your table now!
The Little Big Band is:
Barry Levitt on piano
Tom Hubbard on bass
Ray Marchica on drums
Mayra Casales on Latin percussion
Sean Harkness on guitar
Kenny Lavender on trumpet
Cliff Lyons on sax
Mark Miller on trombone
Terese Genecco & Her Little Big Band at 54 Below in Manhattan; November 2012 Photo by Robert Hicks
WHAT THE CRITICS ARE SAYING...
"There were no 'mice' in the Ratpack - it was strictly an all-boy's club. But if Frank, Dean and Sammy ever returned from the Great Casino in the Sky, the first youngish female singer that I'd recommend to join their clan is this high-voltage entertainer. Ms. Genecco is deeply rooted in the early 1960s, the colorful last gasp of the era of swingin' lovers, and, as such, draws equally from Louis Prima and Sammy Davis on one hand and Ray Charles and Elvis on the other. She and her three horns and five rhythm put on an unstoppable juggernaut of a set at the Iridium, with one hard-hitting swinger after another, pausing only for what she describes as a mandatory 'two-ballad maximum.' The calendar may say Dec. 28, but Ms. Genecco makes every show seem like New Year's Eve."
~Will Friedwald for The Wall Street Journal
"The wild party continues at the Iridium, where the singer and bandleader Terese Genecco recently celebrated her third anniversary of once-a-month Tuesday-evening performances with her raucous eight-piece Little Big Band... a natural extrovert whose combined roles of performer, bandleader and M.C. make her a gregarious cheerleader for the brassy ’50s and ’60s Las Vegas lounge music she adores...Unfailingly friendly and welcoming...the band performs with a freewheeling playfulness...You might call Ms. Genecco a maestro of campy nostalgia, except there isn't a knowing wink behind it all. Her attitude is one of respect and good-humored affection."
~Stephen Holden for The New York Times
"There's a monthly party going on in New York and you're all invited! Don't be crying in your beer if you miss your chance to see Terese Genecco at Iridium while the ticket is still reasonably priced and before she moves on to the world's great halls! The irrepressible Genecco - an old-school, world class entertainer the likes of which many decry that they don't make anymore - bounds onto the stage with her eight piece band... this dynamo - like many of the greats before her - is short in stature but gigantic in talent and charisma! Someone should be writing a show for this woman. If the powers that be think there are no new big stars to be found, they aren't looking hard enough. My suggestion? Get yourself down to the Iridium on the last Tuesday of the month. Pronto. This kind of comet doesn't pass our way nearly often enough!"
~ Kevin Scott Hall for EDGE New York
"A dynamo! Infectious energy would be putting it mildly... Infused with quicksilver jazz and swing... Packed with Rat Pack punch! Saucy and bossy - in a winking way. The addiction grows. Check it out. Come to a meeting. My name is Rob and I am a Geneccoholic!"
~Rob Lester for www.NiteLifeExchange.com
"Terese Genecco & Her Little Big Band make the Iridium Jazz Club their living room, filling the close space with hep cat Rat Pack tunes, plenty of sass and 50's style conga rhythms...Jokes and music with charm and ring-a-ding-ding pizazz...Yesteryear brazenness and breezy showmanship... It's easy to see why she's Broadway's longest running nightclub act. Iridium is definitely one of the best jazz/blues/rock clubs in the city and is the perfect venue to catch a retro cool act like Terese Genecco's."
~Sonya Alexander for www.Examiner.com NYC
"If you don't know Terese Genecco, you should. She's a pint-sized dynamo...neither precious nor twee...but rather vivacious, funny and gifted with the need to swing in a big, bold way... It's a gloomy world out there, but with Terese Genecco and her Little Big Band in the house, it's a whole lot brighter!"
~Chad Jones for www.Examiner.com SF
"This super fun singer swings! San Francisco's marvelous 'Entertainer of the Year' - Terese Genecco - whose previous two sets ranked among TONY's top ten in both 2006 and 2007 - returns to NYC. Goosed by a cooking [eight-piece] band, Genecco's snappy, zippy swing leaves you feeling happily woven into an inner circle of frisky retro fun!"
~Adam Feldman for Time Out New York Magazine
"The 'love child' of Dean Martin and Judy Garland!"
~Leslie Katz for The San Francisco Examiner (print newspaper)
"Genecco throws a high-energy musical party with a swingin' band, a hip crowd, and lots of cocktails!"
~Pat Craig for The Contra Costa Times
"Powerhouse vocalist Terese Genecco is back on stage once a month for two sets at The Iridium and she’s shaking the rafters! Having moved to the Big Apple from California, she’s on her way to becoming a mainstay on the jazz/cabaret circuit here in New York. She brings strength, energy and joy to the stage and to her songs and her band clearly responds in kind. New songs and new arrangements. You don’t want to miss her!"
~Sandy Durrell for Cabaret Scenes Magazine NYC
Terese Genecco swings SF like it's Vegas! Genecco’s sheer personality lights up the stage as much as her vocals in a Las Vegas-style performance that amusingly has a two-drink minimum and a two-ballad maximum. Cabaret lovers won't want to miss her!"
~ Leslie Katz for The San Francisco Examiner
"Genecco sings like Keely Smith with the energy of Louis Prima!"
~Platinum Selling Jazz Singer/Composer/Lyricist Mark Winkler
GENECCO'S STATS:
2013 MAC AWARD DOUBLE NOMINEE
Major Artist & CD/Recording (LaMott/Friedman Award)
2012 BROADWAY WORLD NYC TRIPLE NOMINEE
Best female vocalist, Show of the Year & Best Recording/CD
2012 BISTRO AWARD WINNER
With Shaynee Rainbolt & Billy Stritch for The 95th Birthday Tribute Concert
To Russ Garcia @ The Iridium NYC, November 6, 2011
2012 MAJOR ARTIST (female or duo) AWARD WINNER
Manhattan Association of Cabarets & Clubs (MAC AWARD)
2012 SHOW OF THE YEAR AWARD WINNER
Manhattan Association of Cabarets & Clubs (MAC AWARD)
2011 OUT MUSIC AWARD TRIPLE NOMINEE
(Outstanding Jazz Vocalist * Single Of The Year * Love Song Of The Year)
2010 MAJOR ARTIST (NOMINEE)
Manhattan Association of Cabarets & Clubs (MAC AWARD)
2009 FEMALE VOCALIST WINNER
Manhattan Association of Cabarets & Clubs (MAC AWARD)
2009 OUT MUSIC AWARD WINNER
Outstanding Cabaret/Comedy/Theater Song (LGBT Academy of Recording Arts)
2008 BEST RECORDING WINNER!
for The Live CD "Drunk With Love: A Tribute To Frances Faye!"
by the Manhattan Association of Cabarets & Clubs, NYC (MAC AWARD)
2008 BEST FEMALE VOCALIST (NOMINEE)
by the Manhattan Association of Cabarets & Clubs, NYC (MAC AWARD)
2007 BISTRO AWARD WINNER
for Best Tribute Show by BistroAwards.com, NYC
2007 TOP TEN BEST CABARET PERFORMERS
Cabaret Hotline Online Members Choice Awards
2007 TOP TEN BEST CD
Cabaret Hotline Online Members Choice Awards
TOP TEN BEST CABARET SHOWS of 2007 and 2006
Time Out New York Magazine, NYC
TOP TEN BEST VOCAL ALBUM of 2007
from www.TalkinBroadway.com
2007 OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING VOCALIST IN A CABARET SHOW OR SERIES (starring the legendary Julie Wilson and Steve Ross)
Desert Theater League Awards, Palm Springs, CA
2006 OUTSTANDING FEMALE DEBUT VOCALIST (NOMINEE)
Manhattan Association of Cabarets & Clubs (MAC AWARD)
2003 ENTERTAINER OF THE YEAR (overall winner) and BEST DEBUT VOCALIST WINNER
from the San Francisco/Bay Area Cabaret Competition
"Fifty years from now, someone will be doing
a tribute show to Terese Genecco!"
~Les Michaels, LA Cabaret
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