Holiday Trio at Parker's
Holiday Trio at Parker's
Wednesday, December 6, 2023
7:00 PM
Parker's at Thompson Central Park
Lee Musiker, Piano
Jeffrey Carney, Principal Bassist
James Saporito, Principal Percussionist
Join members of The New York Pops for a night of seasonal favorites and holiday cheer at Parker's! Come for the music and stay for the cocktails, including the specialty “Pops Peppermint Mocha”, and Wagyu Sausage and Truffle Puff Pastry.
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About the Artists
Grammy, Emmy and Platinum Award winning Pianist, Conductor, Music Director, Arranger/Orchestrator Lee Musiker has established a distinguished and multifaceted career as both soloist and collaborator in the Classical, Operatic, Broadway, Jazz and Pop music genres.
"The brilliant pianist and arranger LEE MUSIKER…a remarkably empathetic and inventive virtuoso...exceptionally rich harmonies and propulsive rhythms" (Stephen Holden- The New York Times)
A Steinway Artist, Lee Musiker has performed with the New York Philharmonic and Principal Brass Quintet, Metropolitan Opera, Mostly Mozart, American Symphony Orchestra, Orpheus, New York City Ballet, American Ballet Theater, the Atlanta, Cleveland, Philadelphia, San Francisco and London Symphony Orchestras, the New York, Boston, Cincinnati and Philly Pops and Hollywood Bowl Orchestra.
Mr. Musiker has guest conducted The New York Philharmonic, the Baltimore, Chicago, Dallas, Denver, Detroit, Houston, Milwaukee, Pittsburgh, National and St. Louis Symphony Orchestras, Jazz @ Lincoln Center, Count Basie, Duke Ellington, Henry Mancini Institute Orchestras and was Music Director/Principal Conductor of the Jerry Lewis MDA Telethon and the Palm Beach Pops.
From 2001-2013 Lee was Music Director/Pianist for the legendary Tony Bennett. Recordings include the award-winning albums "Duets- An American Classic", "Duets 2", Tony Bennett/Lady Gaga "Cheek to Cheek" and their triumphant 2021 Radio City Music Hall concerts and CBS-TV special.
A native New Yorker and fourth-generation musician, Lee received degrees from the Manhattan School of Music and Eastman School of Music, further studies at the Juilliard School and Bard College, and has given Masterclasses at the Metropolitan Opera Young Artists Program, Indiana University and was a visiting Guest Artist-in-residence at the Tanglewood and Ravinia Institutes.
Lee Musiker has performed and/or recorded with this platinum roster of artists;
Classical: Joshua Bell, Kathleen Battle, Harolyn Blackwell, Stephanie Blythe, Andrea Bocelli, Renée Fleming, Susan Graham, Denyce Graves, Josh Groban, Nathan Gunn, Marilyn Horne, Sylvia McNair, Julia Migenes, Dawn Upshaw, Deborah Voigt.
Jazz/Pop: Tony Bennett, Michael Bublé, Natalie Cole, Judy Collins, Michael Feinstein, Aretha Franklin, Lady Gaga, Michael Jackson, Jewel, Billy Joel, Elton John, Norah Jones, Diana Krall, kd Lang, Seth MacFarlane, Manhattan Transfer, John Mayer, Paul McCartney, Sting, Barbra Streisand, James Taylor, Mel Tormé, George Benson, Chris Botti, Eddie Daniels, Wynton Marsalis, John Pizzarelli, Buddy Rich, Doc Severinson.
Broadway: Kristin Chenoweth, Barbara Cook, Sutton Foster, Joel Grey, Leslie Odom Jr., Kelli O'Hara, Audra McDonald, Maureen McGovern, Brian Stokes Mitchell, Rita Moreno, Mandy Patinkin, Bernadette Peters.
Jeffrey Carney is touring bassist for Barbra Streisand and jazz great Bobby McFerrin. He has performed with such jazz artists as Stan Getz, Freddie Hubbard and Joe Henderson, as well as pop icons Sting, James Taylor, Elton John and Andrea Bocelli.
Jeff is principal bassist of the New York Pops Orchestra at Carnegie Hall.
On Broadway, he has played first chair for many productions including The Secret Garden, Cyrano, Beauty and the Beast, Anything Goes, and Les Misérables.
Studio/Film credits include Gemini Man, The Greatest Showman, Hail Caesar!, Carol, Mr. Holmes, True Grit, Julie & Julia, The Good Shepherd, Secret Window, Shaft 2, and The Producers.
Jeff was a member of Garrison Keillor's NPR radio band for Prairie Home Companion. For over 15 years he has been professor of double bass and electric bass at The New School University.
James Saporito is currently Principal Percussionist with The New York Pops orchestra and Associate Principal Percussion with the New York City Ballet Orchestra. He has played on over 150 records and 70 movie scores, from Billy Joel and Tony Bennett to Fargo and Chicago. He currently teaches percussion at New York University.
Header photo by Natalie Powers.