chronology - 1981 |
JAN 2-3,1981
MOSE ALLISON
SIPPIE WALLACE
All seats - $7.50
JAN 8 - 10,1981
An Evening With
HARRY CHAPIN:
Celebrating his 2000 career performance
Seats $10.00
JAN 14-17, 1981
An Evening With TOM SCOTT
With Steve Gadd, Eric Gale, Hugh McCracken, Ralph McDonald,
Marcus Miller, Richard Tee and Dr. John
All seats $7.50
JAN 18, 1981
Plays in Progress Series-
The second in a series of staged readings of new plays:
"Slane" a drama by Tom Grainger
Featuring: Patsy Moss, Zeljko Ivanek, William Cain, Jane Cronin
Directed by David Jueire
All seats $3.00
JAN 23-24, 1981
STEVE GOODMAN
RIDERS IN THE SKY
*DAVID AMRAM sits in with STEVE GOODMAN on Jan 24
JAN 29, 1981
UNCLE FLOYD'S
Eighth Birthday party Show
All seats $7.50
JAN 30-31, 1981
An EveningWith
McCOY TYNER
All seats $7.50
FEB 4, 1981
THE BLACKBIRDS
CHARLES EARLAND
FEB 5, 1981
SKY
CHARLES EARLAND
FEB 6-7, 1981
STAN GETZ
NAT ADDERLEY QUINTET
FEB 9, 1981
SAVOY BROWN
SHABOO ALLSTARS
Featuring: Matt "Guitar"Murphy
All seats $7.50
FEB 10-11, 1981
McGUINN - HILLMAN BAND
BOB GIBSON
FEB 12, 1981
The Seventh Annual DAVID BROMBERG
Bottom Line Anniversary Celebration
An Acoustic Evening With
DAVID BROMBERG
All seats $8.00
FEB 13, 1981
An Evening of "Stand Up" featuring the comedy of:
Elayne Boosler, Steve Mittlemen, Chris Rush and Mark Schiff
All seats $7.50
FEB 14, 1981
THE JAMES COTTON BAND
THE PERSUASIONS
All seats $7.50
FEB 20-21, 1981
MONTEITH AND RAND
TOM PAXTON
All seats $8.00
FEB 23,1981
JOHN HALL
JUDY CASTELLI
FEB 26 - 28, 1981
KATE AND ANNA McGARRIGLE
THE SONG PROJECT
MARCH 3, 1981
LARRY CORYELL
DAN SIEGEL
MARCH 6-7,1981
BEAVER BROWN
GARY YUDMAN
MARCH 10,1981
JOHNNY AVERAGE BAND
THE YORKVILLE SAINTS
MARCH 11-12,1981
RANDY MEISNER
ROSEANN CASH
*Randy's show on March 12 broadcast on WNEW F.M.
MARCH 13-14, 1981
LOUDON WAINWRIGHT III
SHIFFMAN AND VANCE
MARCH 15,1981
TRACY NELSON
ROOMFUL OF BLUES
MARCH 16,1981
BLOTTO
DOUG AND THE SLUGS
MARCH 20-21,1981
JOHN HAMMOND
AL KOOPER
MARCH 25,1981
The Birdland Series
Featuring:
The Pepper Adams Quartet
The Roy Haynes Ensemble
Melba Liston and Company
Hosted by: Ed Williams
All seats $6.00
MARCH 27-28,1981
RAY, GOODMAN AND BROWN
DEFUNCT
MARCH 31, 1981
THE GOOD RATS
All Seats $7.50
APRIL 3-4, 1981
THE MINGUS DYNASTY BAND
Featuring Randy Brecker, Sir Roland Hanna, Billy Hart
Clifford Jordan, Mike Richmond
THE ARTHUR BLYTHE QUINTET
All sets $7.50
APRIL 5, 1981
ROOMFUL OF BLUES
CHRIS RUSH
APRIL 6,1981
T.S. MONK
CHRIS RUSH
APRIL 8, 1981
THE BIRDLAND SERIES
Featuring:
Walter Bishop Jr.s 4th Cycle with:
Gary Bartz, Curtis Fuller, Michael Garvin
The Lou Donaldson Quartet
The New York Four featuring:
Kenny Barron, Roy Haynes, Michael Urbaniak,
Buster Williams
Hosted by Ed Williams
All seats $6.00
APRIL 9.1981
SPIRIT
CHRIS RUSH
All Seats $7.50
APRIL 10-12, 1981
DR JOHN
April 10 - Chris Rush
April 11-12 - 14 Karat Soul
APRIL 13, 1981
CARL WILSON
BOB DUNCAN
APRIL 14, 1981
ALIVE!
NANETTE NATAL
APRIL 16, 1981
THE BIRDLAND SERIES
Featuring:
Al Cohn Quartet
David "Fathead" Newman Quartet with special guest Hank Crawford
Dakota Staton and her trio
Hosted by Ed Williams
All seats $6.00
APRIL 17-18,1981
"Bottoms - Up" with GENYA RAVAN
OTTO AND GEORGE
All seats $7.50
APRIL 20-21,1981
An Evening With
BILLY COBHAM'S GLASS MENAGERIE
All seats $10.00
APRIL 23,1981
J.J.CALE
APRIL 24,1981
MONTEITH AND RAND
GEORGE FISHOFF
All seats $8.00
APRIL 25,1981
JOOLS HOLLAND and his MILLIONAIRES
DOC PITTMAN'S INKSPOTS
APRIL 26,1981
THE PLIMSOULS
THE BLASTERS
APRIL 27,1981
CLARK TERRY AND HIS NEW BIG BAND
DAKOTA STATON AND HER TRIO
APRIL 28,1981
LOUIE BELLSON BIG BAND EXPLOSION
SHIFFMAN AND VANCE
All seats $8.00
APRIL 29,1981
THE BIRDLAND SERIES
Featuring:
Slide Hampton Quintet with George Coleman
Bill Hardman-Junior Cook Quintet with Walter Bishop, Jr.
Joe Morello Quintet
Hosted by Ed Williams
All seats$ 6.00
APRIL 30,1981
HARRY JAMES AND HIS SWINGIN' BAND
SHIFFMAN AND VANCE
All seats $8.00
MAY 1,1981
An Evening With
RALPH TOWNER AND JOHN ABERCROMBIE
MAY 2,1981
THE BUDDY RICH BIG BAND
RICK OVERTON
All seats $8.00
MAY 5,1981
An Evening With
TONY BENNETT
All Seats $15.00
MAY 7,1981
JOE ELY
BUZZ AND THE FLYERS
MAY 8-9,1981
ART BLAKEY AND THE JAZZ MESSENGERS
THE HEATH BROTHERS
All seats $8.00
MAY 13, 1981
THE BIRDLAND SERIES
Featuring: CORNELL DUPREE and THE INSIDERS
ROY HAYNES ENSEMBLE
MIKE LAWRENCE BAND
Hosted by Ed Williams
All seats: $6.00
MAY 15-16,1981
CISSY HOUSTON
MELBA LISTON AND COMPANY
MAY 19,1981
THE BIRDLAND SERIES
Featuring:
JIMMY McGRIFF QUARTET with special guest WILLIS "GATOR TAIL" JACKSON LEON THOMAS QUARTET
REGGIE WORKMAN'S TOP SHELF with NEWMAN BAKER, ONAJE GUMBS, HOWARD JOHNSON and ARTHUR RHAMES
Hosted by Ed Williams
All seats $6.00
MAY 20,1981
THE NEW LIMELIGHTERS
BUSKIN AND BATTEAU
MAY 21,1981
THE PLASTICS
THE NAILS
MAY 22-23,1981
THE PHIL WOODS QUARTET with Hal Galper, Steve Gilmore and Bill Goodwin
GARY BURTON QUARTET
MAY 24,1981
DOC AND MERLE WATSON
ERIK FRANDSEN
MAY 28,1981
TERUO NAKAMURA and THE RISING SUN BAND
JOE LEE WILSON
MAY 29-30, 1981
LARRY CORYELL AND FRIENDS
Featuring: Joe Beck, Warren Bernhart, Mark Egan,
Joe LaBarbara and Dave Liebman
ROY HAYNES ENSEMBLE
*May 29 - MAURICE WHITE sits in with the very hip ROY HAYNES ENSEMBLE
JUNE 5 - 6,1981
ROBERT KRAFT BAND
CHRIS RUSH
JUNE 7 - 8,1981
An Evening With
CAROLE BAYER SAGER AND
BURT BACHARACH
All seats $12.50
JUNE 9,1981
SYL SYLVAIN AND THE TEARDROPS
THE A'S
JUNE 10-12,1981
An Evening With
GATO BARBIERI
All seats $9.00
JUNE 13, 1981
An Unusual Evening of
Magic,Mystery, Humor and Illusion
With
ROBINSON'S MYSTERIES
With JACK ADAMS as Merlin
OTTO & GEORGE
All seats $7.50
JUNE 17-18, 1981
An Evening With
McCOY TYNER
JUNE 19-20, 1981
An Evening of Doo Wop
Featurng: FRED PARIS and THE FIVE SATINS, THE DEL VIKINGS,
FOURTEEN KARAT SOUL and THE LADDINS
Hosted by BOBBY JAY
JUNE 22-23,1981
An Evening With
FLORA PURIM and AIRTO
All Seats $8.00
JUNE 24, 1981
THE AKIYOSHI - TABACKIN BIG BAND
JUNE 25, 1981
SUKAY Traditional Music of the Andes
KEVIN BURKE AND MICHAEL O'DONNHNAILL
JUNE 26-27,1981
VASSAR CLEMENTS
ROCKIN' ROB STONER
* LEVON HELM sits in with ROCKIN' ROB on June 26
JUNE 30, 1981
DAVID LINDLEY
ROSIE FLORES
*DAVID'S show on 6/30 broadcast live on WNEW F.M.
JACKSON BROWNE sits in with DAVID on late show 6/30.
JULY 1-2,1981
EARL SCRUGGS
THE DILLARDS
All seats $8.00
JULY 3-4,1981
DR JOHN
July 3 - JOHN HAMMOND
July 4 -THE NIGHTHAWKS
JULY 6,1981
THE LOUNGE LIZARDS
DEWEY REDMAN
JULY 7-8,1981
JOHN KAY AND STEPENWOLF
SILVERADO
*JOHN KAY show on July 8 broadcast on WPLJ F.M.
JULY 10-11,1981
MONTEITH AND RAND
July 10 - JOSH WHITE, JR
July 11- MAXENE ANDREWS
JULY 14,1981
Lunchtime show and radio broadcast on WNEW F.M.sponsored by Carta Blanca beer
DAVID JOHANSEN BAND
JULY 14,1981
THE GLENN MILLER ORCHESTRA
THE STEINETTES
All Seats $8.00
JULY 15-16, 1981
DONALD BYRD
CHRIS RUSH
JULY 17,1981
"An Evening in the Mountains"
Featuring the comedy of:
BETTY WALKER, GENE BAYL0S, and MORTY STORM
All seats $8.00
JULY 18,1981
CARL WILSON
DAN DALEY
*CARL WILSON show broadcast on WNEW F.M.
JULY 21-22, 1981
An Evening With
JANIS IAN
All Seats $7.50
JULY 23,1981
DAVE VALENTIN
CISSY HOUSTON
JULY 24, 1981
DOC AND MERLE WATSON
CHRIS RUSH
JULY 25,1981
An Evening With
BEAVER BROWN
All Seats $ 8.00
JULY 29,1981
TRACY NELSON
PAUL CEBAR
JULY 31 - AUG 1,1981
An Evening of Doo Wop
Featuring: THE FLAMINGOS, THE TEENAGERS,
FOURTEEN KARAT SOUL, THE STEINETTES
Hosted by BOBBY JAY
All seats $8.00
AUG 2,1981
ROY BUCHANAN
CHARLIE MIDNIGHT BAND
AUG 6,1981
Lunchtime Show and radio broadcast
Carta Blanca Concert Series
FRANKIE AND THE KNOCKOUTS
* Broadcast on WNEWF.M.
AUG 6,1981
ART BLAKEY AND THE JAZZ MESSENGERS
JOE MORELLO QUARTET
AUG 7-8, 1981
EDDIE PALMIERI AND FRIENDS
PAQUITO D'RIVERA QUINTET
AUG 12,1981
An Evening With
CLAUDE BOLLING with special guests:
RANSOM WILSON on flute
ALEXANDER LA GOYA on guitar
Featuring "Suite for Flute and Jazz Piano"
and "Concerto for Classical Guitar and Jazz Piano"
All seats $8.00
AUG 13,1981
DE DANANN
KEVIN BURKE AND MICHAEL O'DONNHNAILL
AUG 14-15,1981
An Evening With
BILLY COBHAM
All Seats $10.00
AUG 20,1981
An Evening With
CLAUDE BOLLING
Special Guest: RANSOM WILSON, flute
Featuring: "Suite For Flute and Jazz Piano" and
"Celebration 3" (World Premiere) by Frank Becker
A multimedia work for amplified flute, Electronic Tape
and Kaleidoplex Images.
All seats $8.00
AUG 21 - 23, 1981
An Evening With
GIL SCOTT HERON
All Seats$ 9.00
AUG 24-25,1981
An Evening With
PETER HAMILL
All Seats $7.50
AUG 27,1981
BRIAN AUGER AND SEARCH PARTY
GEORGIE FAME
AUG 28-29,1981
An Evening With
McCOY TYNER
AUG 30,1981
ROB GRILL AND THE GRASS ROOTS
THE METROS
AUG 31,1981
An Evening With
DE DANANN
SEPT 1,1981
CRACK THE SKY
ANGELA C. NIGHT
All Seats:$ 7.00
SEPT 3,1981
JIM PHOTOGLO
CHRISTINE LAVIN
SEPT 4,1981
TERUO NAKAMURA AND THE RISING SUN BAND
MICHAEL URBANIAK
SEPT 5,1981
A Special Evening of Folk Music with:
BUSKIN AND BATTEAU
MARY McCASLIN AND JIM RINGER
THE SONG PROJECT
AND DAVE VAN RONK
All Seats $8.00
SEPT 6,1981
FLO AND EDDIE'S
"Raiders of the Lost Rock Band"
OTTO AND GEORGE
All Seats $8.00
SEPT 9 - 10,1981
An Evening of Standup Philosophy with
DR. TIMOTHY LEARY
*Sept 10 was canceled due to a Con Ed blackout.
SEPT 11-12, 1981
THE JOHN HALL BAND
FOURTEEN KARAT SOUL
*There was a special lunchtime concert with The JOHN HALL BAND
which was part of the Carta Blanca lunchtime concert series that was
broadcast on WNEW F.M.
SEPT 17,1981
MOSE ALLISON
CHRIS RUSH
SEPT 18-19,1981
An Evening of Doo Wop Featuring:
THE PERSUASIONS, THE IMPALAS, THE STEINETTES
WILLIE WINFIELD AND THE HARPTONES Sept 18 only
THE CLEFTONES Sept 19 only
Hosted by BOBBY JAY
All Seats $8.00
SEPT 21,1981
TOOTS THIELEMANS
DAVID CHESKY BIG BAND
SEPT 22,1981
The New York Songwriting Contest
Presented by The New York Music Task Force in association
with The American Guild of Authors and Composers
and sponsored by Chappell Music
Co-Hosts: Jonathan Holtzman, Sammy Cahn and Rupert Holmes
New York Song Award presented to John Kander and Fred Ebb
SEPT 23,1981
SADAO WATANABE
BOBBY BROOM
SEPT 25-26,1981
THE ROCHES
FRANKLIN MICARE
*ROBERT FRIPP comes by and sits in with THE ROCHES on 9/26
OCT 2-3,1981
PHIL WOODS QUARTET
JIM HALL TRIO
OCT 4, 1981
JOE PASS
JOE MORELLO QUINTET
OCT 5,1981
THE BUREAU
THE METROS
OCT 6,1981
MAYNARD FERGUSON AND HIS ORCHESTRA
RICK OVERTON
All Seats $8.00
OCT 9-10,1981
BETTY CARTER AND HER TRI0
GEORGE COLEMAN QUARTET
All Seats $8.00
OCT 11,1981
LIONEL HAMPTON AND HIS BIG BAND BASH
All Seats $8.00
AUG 16-17,1981
LOUDON WAINWRIGHT lll
DAVID ROCHE
OCT 20,1981
The Mattell Chess Computer Tournament
OCT 21,1981
INTERPLAY
SRO
*MICHAEL INGRAM sits in and jams with INTERPLAY
OCT 23, 1981
An Evening With
UNCLE FLOYD
All Seats $8.00
OCT 24, 1981
DAVID LINDLEY AND EL RAYO X
14 KARAT SOUL
All seats $ 8.00
OCT 28,1981
MAX ROMEO
JOHN MACANDOE
OCT 30,1981
An Evening With
TERUO NAKAMURA AND THE RISING SUN BAND
All seats $ 7.50
OCT 31,1981
An Evening of Magic, Mystery and Illusion
with
ROBINSON'S MYSTERIES
All seats $8.00
NOV 5,1981
DR.JOHN
CISSY HOUSTON
NOV 6-7,1981
An Evening With
SONNY ROLLINS
All Seats $9.00
NOV 11,1981
NRBQ
DANNY KALB BAND
NOV 12,1981
An Evening With
CRYSTAL SHIP
NOV 13-14,1981
An Evening With
RALPH TOWNER AND JOHN ABERCROMBIE
NOV 15,1981
BUDDY RICH BIG BAND
JOHN MENDOZA
All seats $8.00
NOV 16,1981
THE TONY RICE UNIT
ERIK FRANDSEN
NOV 17,1981
MIKE MANIERI BAND
UBX Featuring:
LARRY CORYELL & MICHAEL URBANIAK
All seats $8.00
NOV 18, 1981
JONATHAN RICHMAN and THE MODERN LOVERS
GARY YUDMAN
NOV 19,1981
ALABAMA
EARL THOMAS CONLEY
NOV 20 - 21,1981
LEON REDBONE
CHRIS RUSH
NOV 23,1981
An Evening With
BRUCE COCKBURN
NOV 25,1981
KARLA DeVITO
RUFF RIDER
NOV 27-28,1981
An Evening of Doo Wop
Featuring:
JIMMY BEAUMONT AND THE SKYLINERS
EARL LEWIS AND THE CHANNELS
THE SILHOUETTES
FOURTEEN KARAT SOUL
Hosted by BOBBY JAY
All seats $8.00
NOV 29,1981
SVT
THE METROS
NOV 30,1981
An Evening With
GEORGE BENSON and FRIENDS
Featuring:
KENNY BARRON, TOM BROWN, OMAR HAKIM,
RALPH McDONALD, MARCUS MILLER and EARL KLUGH
All Seats$12.50
DEC 4-5,1981
ART BLAKEY AND THE JAZZ MESSENGERS
DAVE VALENTIN
DEC 6,1981
JOHN MAXWELL in a new One Man Show
"Oh, Mr. Faulkner Do You Write?"
Based on the life and words of one of America's greatest literary masters
Written by John Maxwell with Tom Dupree
Directed by William Partlan
3:00PM show - seats $5.50
8:30PM show -seats $6.50
DEC 9-10,1981
JOHN HARTFORD
STAMPFEL AND WEBER
DEC 11,1981
DOC AND MERLE WATSON
FIDDLE FEVER
All Seats $8.00
DEC 12,1981
JOHN HERALD BAND
FIDDLE FEVER
DEC 16,1981
PAUL BUTTERFIELD BLUES BAND
CHRIS RUSH
DEC 17, 1981
ELVIN JONES
JON HENDRICKS and CO.
DEC 18-19, 1981
JOHN HALL BAND
THE SONG PROJECT
DEC 20,1981
THE GLENN MILLER ORCHESTRA
CAROL SISKIND
All Seats $6.00
DEC 21,1981
PHIL WOODS QUARTET
JON HENDRICKS and CO.
DEC 22,1981
TOM RUSH
MONTEITH AND RAND
All Seats $8.00
DEC 23,1981
ELVIN JONES AND THE JAZZ MACHINE
LARRY CORYELL with Brian Keane
DEC 26-27,1981
JONATHAN RICHMAN and THE MODERN LOVERS
FOURTEEN KARAT SOUL
DEC 28,1981
RONEE BLAKELY
BUSKIN AND BATTEAU
TOM CHAPIN
DEC 29-30,1981
An Evening With
McCOY TYNER
All Seats $8.00
DEC 31 1981 - JAN 2,1982
FLO AND EDDIE and THE RAIDERS OF THE LOST ROCK BAND
KARLA DeVITO
*LOU CHRISTIE sits in with KARLA on Jan 1-2.
New years Eve All Seats $20.00
Includes party hats noise makers, horns and a glass of champagne
Early Show 9:30
Late Show 1:30 AM
All Seats $20.00
Includes choice of plain or cheese omlet with sausage, French fries,
a breakfast roll and a glass of champagne.
JAN 1&2 all Seats $10.00