The Ulysses Owens, Jr. Big Band, bearing the name of its drummer ... Kurt Elling reported that he’ll march back into Birdland in March with a set of songs from the repertoire of that band ...

since becoming a familiar face at Cast Party and with the Birdland Big Band, she’s gone on to win the Grammy for best jazz vocal album. She started her mini set-within-a-set with “20 Seconds,” from ...

She is the vocalist for the world famous Birdland Big Band and the Dan Pugach Nonet, the winner of the New York Coffee Music Project Songwriting Competition, ASCAP Herb Alpert Young Jazz Composers ...