Allan Harris....

Allan Harris in a new show celebrating The Music of Billy Eckstine

Hot off a seven day sold-out run of his new musical Cross That River, and a month long feature on the Times Square Spectacolor Billboard, international jazz recording artist, and three time New York Nightlife Award Winner for "Outstanding Jazz Vocalist" Allan Harris is debuting his newest show at the Metropolitan Room to honor another great vocalist, Billy Eckstine. For this performance he is collaborating with author David Hajdu, who has written a new book highlighting the life and music of Mr. B. Some of the songs that will be featured are "I Apologize," "A Cottage for Sale," and "I've Never Been in Love Before."

Harris has been called "the most exciting singer on the scene" (Village Voice) "a velvet-voiced jazz singer, with a savvy manner and music in his veins. (Variety), and "a supremely relaxed and tasteful crooner in the Nat ‘King’ Cole tradition . . ." (New York Times)
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Thursday, November 5th @ 9:45