--Current News--

  • JUNE 11, 2020

    LAINIE COOKE RETURNS TO BIRDLAND JAZZ CLUB
    BUT
    CANCELLED – DUE TO COVID 19
    Didn’t even have a chance to book the band before it was cancelled
    but here is a photo from the last time
    Zaccai Curtis, (piano) Luques Curtis (bass), Ralph Peterson (drums) & Myron Walden (sax)

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--Past Performances--

  • APRIL 23, 2020

    CANCELLED DUE TO COVID-19
    Thursday April 23, 2020
    Cafe Bohemia

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  • NOVEMBER 25, 2019

    Shelly & Friends Revue
    Downstairs at Bond 45 Restaurant
    221 W. 46th Street
    New York, NY
    8:00 – 9:30pm
    Reservations: 212-869-4545

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  • OCTOBER 3, 2019

    “Unforgettable”: Celebrating the Songs of Nat and Natalie Cole
    City College Center for the Arts
    160 Convent Avenue at 135th
    New York, NY
    7PM

    WITH
    Nat Adderly, Jr, piano
    Neal Caine, bass
    Jongkuk Kim, drums

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  • FEBRUARY 14, 2019

    VALENTINES DAY
    NEW BRUNSWICK HYATT REGENCY
    NEW BRUNSWICK NEW JERSEY

    WITH
    Saul Rubin, guitar
    Vincent Dupont, bass
    Winard Harper, drums 

    Looking forward to sharing some love and songs about love.
    Hope you can join us

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  • November 6, 2018

    MEZZROW

    163 West 10th St.
    8PM & 9:30PM
    Reservations

     

    LAINIE COOKE
    WITH
    MIKI YAMANAKA & NEAL CAINE

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  • September 27, 2018

    VOZA RIVERS/NEW HERITAGE THEATRE GROUP
    CITY COLLEGE CENTER FOR THE ARTS
    IN ASSOCIATION WITH
    THE LOWER MANHATTAN CULTURAL COUNCIL
    PRESENT

    AARON DAVIS HALL – STUDIO B
    160 CONVENT AVENUE
    HARLEM, NEW YORK

    I am very grateful for this, my third grant from the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, and of course the support of Voza Rivers and his partners at New Heritage and City College Center for the Arts. Please SAVE THE DATE 

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  • June 11, 2018
    CORNELIA  STREET CAFE
    RESERVATIONS
    212 – 989 9319
    WITH
    MIKI YAMANAKA – PIANO
    LUQUES CURTIS – BASS
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  • April 5, 2018

    BIRDLAND
    314 West 44th St.
    New York, NY

    CELEBRATING THE SONGS OF BENNY CARTER
    with
    Zaccai Curtis, piano
    Luques Curtis, bass
    Ralph Peterson, drums
    Myron Walden, sax

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  • March 14, 2018

    Sylvia’s Restaurant
    328 Malcom X Boulevard
    New York, NY
    6:30-9:30

    Special  Guest of Janice Marie Robinson & Friends
    Lainie Cooke with Miki Yamanaka, piano

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  • NOVEMBER 17, 2017

    NY Society For Ethical Culture
    2 West 64th Street
    New York, NY
    FRIDAY MUSICAL CAFE 
    7pm
    (one set) 

    Lainie Cooke
    With
    John Wilmeth-piano
    Ron McClure – bass
    Dave Meade – drums

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  • NOVEMBER 9, 2017

    New Brunwick Jazz Project
    New Brunswick Hyatt Regency
    2 Albany Street
    New Brunswick, NJ
    8 TO 11 PM

    Lainie Cooke
    With
    Josh Richman – Piano
    Matthew Parrish – Bass
    Jerry Weldon – Sax

     

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  • OCTOBER 5, 2017

    Very pleased to be doing concert and fulfilling my second grant from the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council.

    7 PM
    City College Center For The Arts
    Studio B
    120 Convent Avenue @135th Street

    RSVP HERE

    Voza Rivers/New Heritage Theater Group
    City College Center For The Arts
    In Association With
    Lower Manhattan Cultural Council
    Present
    Lainie Cooke
    From Abbey Lincoln to Valerie Simpson
    The Music & Lyrics of Women
    With
    Miki Yamanaka – Piano
    Matthew Parrish – Bass
    Ralph Peterson – Drums
    Myron Walden – Sax

    This program is supported in part by public funds from Creative Engagement, supported by the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council and administered by Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, LMCC.net and the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council, New York City Council Speaker Melissa Mark Viverito, New York, City Council Member Bill Perkins, City Council Member Mark Levine,The New York City Council Committee on Cultural Affairs, Libraries and International Intergroup Relations, Jimmy Van Bramer, Chair, NY State Council on the Arts, with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo &  New York State Legislature, Assemblywoman Inez E. Dickens,The Greater Harlem Chamber of Commerce, CB 10 Arts & Culture Committee, Community Works, the Arlen Charitable Trust, Con Edison, Emmanuel Baptist Church, and the Ford Foundation.  

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  • July 31

    A return to CORNELIA STREET CAFE
    29 Cornelia Street

    $20 (includes one drink)
    Reservations suggested

    with Tedd Firth on piano
    and Matthew Parrish on bass
    and who knows perhaps a surprise or two 

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  • July 5

    Thrilled to be back at MEZZROW
    163 West 10th Street

    $20 Admission
    Reservations suggested

    with Josh Richman on piano 
    and Matthew Parrish on bass

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  • Monday March 27

    Zinc Bar

    82 W 3rd St, New York, NY
    7:30-9:30

    Admission $10

    with Peter Zak (piano) and Luques Curtis (bass)

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  • Monday April 3

    Zinc Bar

    82 W 3rd St, New York, NY
    7:30-9:30

    Admission $10

    Saul Rubin (guitar) Neal Caine (bass)

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  • For the second year running Lainie Cooke has been awarded a grant from the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council. Concert TBA.

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