Adam Birnbaum Trio & Mike Lee play the 1905

Four Shows - Two by each group

Adam Birnbaum Trio from NYC - 5:30p and 7:30p

• Adam Birnbaum, Piano
• David Wong, Bass
• Aaron Kimmel, Drums

Adam Birnbaum is emerging as one of the top young voices in jazz piano. Since receiving a graduate Artist’s Diploma in jazz studies from The Julliard School in 2003, he has become a presence on the New York City scene as a leader and sideman, performing in such venues as the Village Vanguard, the Blue Note, Birdland, the Jazz Standard and Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola. He has also performed on many national and world stages, including the Gilmore International Keyboard Festival, the Kennedy Center, the Montreal Jazz Festival, The Spoleto Festival, The Red Sea Jazz Festival, The Rockport Chamber Festival, NPR Jazz Christmas, and the Capetown Jazz Festival. Born and raised in Boston, Massachusetts, Birnbaum studied at the New England Conservatory of Music before moving to New York City in 2001, one of two pianists selected to participate in the Julliard School’s inaugural jazz studies program. In 2004 he won the American Jazz Piano Competition and became the American Pianists Association's Cole Porter fellow in Jazz. In 2006, he received the first-ever "special mention" prize at the Martial Solal Jazz Piano Competition in Paris. Adam has studied with Danilo Perez, Kenny Barron, and Fred Hersch.

Mike Lee (NYC) with The George Colligan Trio - 9:30p and 11:30p

• Mike Lee, Saxophone
• George Colligan, Piano
• Garrett Baxter, Bass
• Christopher Brown, Drums

Originally from Cleveland, Ohio, saxophonist Mike Lee has established himself in the New York City/Northern New Jersey area for many years. He balances a thriving performing career with a distinguished teaching resume. He performs regularly in New York City as a member of a wide array of jazz ensembles. His recent associations include The Roy Hargrove Legacy Big Band, Loston Harris Trio, The Steve Turre Sextet, The Mingus Big Band, The Jimmy Heath Orchestra, The Dizzy Gillespie Orchestra, Wallace Roney’s Universe Orchestra, The Oliver Lake Big Band, The Nat Adderley Jr. Quartet, Josh Evans Big Band, Dave Stryker, Frank Lacy, and TS Monk. He performs regularly at venues such as The Bluenote, Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola, Smalls, The Jazz Gallery, Fat Cat, and Bemelmans Bar at the Carlyle Hotel. Recent tours have taken him up and down the East Coast, to Italy, France, Switzerland, California, The Mid East, Australia and Beijing, China. Mike Lee is Professor of Jazz Saxophone at The John J. Cali School of Music at Montclair State University.