Celebrating Billy Strayhorn's 99th birthday

Saturday, November 29th

Strays@99

@ Drom 

85 Avenue A - New York, NY 10009

Celebrating Billy Strayhorn's 99th birthday as two mesmerizing saxophonists display the diversity of Strayhorn's genius. Michael Hashim & The All Stars will open the show with a hard-swinging set of vintage Strayhorn classics and rarely performed works. Paul Carlon's La Rumba is a Lovesome Thing will follow with its unique Afro-Cuban look at the Strayhorn canon, reimagining Billy as a rumbero from Havana.

Michael Hashim & The All Stars 

Hashim's command of the saxophone, exciting stage presence and deep knowledge of the repertoire has brought him worldwide accolades through his work with the Widespread Depression Orchestra, jazz masters Roy Eldridge and Jo Jones, and his own leadership of the Billy Strayhorn Orchestra. Mike is joined tonight by Michael Howell on guitar, Jesse Gelber on piano, Kelly Friesen on bass, and Willard Dyson on drums.

“Mr. Hashim is enthusiastically and ruggedly swinging” – John S. Wilson, The New York Times