Blue Note New York
Nellie McKay

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    • All seating is first come, first served. 
    • Table Seating is all ages, Bar Area is 21+. Bar Area tickets for patrons under 21 will not be honored. 
    Group Reservations:
    • Groups larger than 10 must purchase a group package at club@bluenote.net, or by calling 212.475.8592.
    • Groups larger than 10 without a group package will be subject to group surcharges added to your bill. 
    • Groups arriving late or separately are not guaranteed to be seated together. All seating is first come, first served. Arrive early for best seats.

    • Nellie McKay

      Nellie has produced an array of wildly varying albums, from Get Away From Me ("a tour de force" -The New York Times), Normal as Blueberry Pie: a Tribute to Doris Day ("among the killer overhauls of American standards" - The New York Times), to My Weekly Reader, music of the 60's (..kicks serious butt. The results are beautiful." - PopMatters).

      On Obligatory Villagers ("a brisk nine-song set that plays like the breathless first act of a musical decrying American fascism" - SPIN), local Poconos hometown jazz greats Bob Dorough, Phil Woods, and David Liebman contribute their exceptional talents. 

      Her latest album, Sister Orchid, speaks of the night, the outsider, the plaintive wail of those lost at sea. ("the most lonely romantic album imaginable.."- Minneapolis Star-Tribune) 

      Nellie most recently earned an Ovation nomination for her work as composer/performer in Ethan Coen's A Play is a Poem at the Mark Taper Forum Theatre in Los Angeles. She has won a Theatre World Award for her portrayal of Polly Peachum on Broadway in The Threepenny Opera, performed onscreen in the films PS I Love You and Downtown Express, and her music was used in Rumor Has It,Monster-in-Law, PS I Love You, Gasland, Last Holiday, and Private Life. 

      McKay co-created and starred in the award-winning off-Broadway hit Old Hats and has written three acclaimed musical biographies - I Want to Live!, the story of Barbara Graham, third woman executed in the gas chamber at San Quentin, Silent Spring: It's Not Nice to Fool Mother Nature, an exploration of environmental pioneer Rachel Carson, and A GIRL NAMED BILL - The Life and Times of Billy Tiptonnamed one of the Best Concerts of 2014 by The New York Times. Her latest lady bio is The Big Molinsky - Considering Joan Rivers ("unpredictable, thrilling...sardonic wit.." - The New York Times)

      McKay's music has been heard on Mad Men, Boardwalk Empire, Weeds, Grey's Anatomy, NCIS, Nurse Jackie, and SMILF, and she has appeared on TV shows including The Late Show with David Letterman, Conan, Ferguson, and The View. Nellie has made numerous radio appearances on NPR's Mountain Stage, A Prairie Home Companion, eTown, and Marian McPartland's Piano Jazz.

      The Chase Brock Experience produced a ballet around her third album, Obligatory Villagers, and she contributed the forward to the 20th anniversary edition of The Sexual Politics of Meat. Her writing has also appeared in The Onion, Interview, and The New York Times Book Review.

      A recipient of PETA's Humanitarian Award and the Humane Society's Doris Day Music Award in recognition of her dedication to animal rights, Nellie is an annoyingly vocal critic of capitalism, endless wars, and the two-party system that sustains them.

    • Bill Goodwin

      Bill Godwin is a Grammy-winning & 40-year founding member of the Phil Woods Quartet who has worked with many greats, from Dexter Gordon to Tom Waits, June Christy to Tony Bennett, & Mose Allison to Jefferson Airplane.
    • Alexi David

      Alexi David, a Cypriot raised in Brooklyn, is a composer, bandleader, and bassist, and one of the foremost authorities on the music of Charles Mingus. He's been playing with Nellie for over a decade and they're still speaking. Though centered on jazz, he is also adept at playing Greek Rembetika on the bouzouki, and really likes cats. 

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