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On August 28, Charles McPherson Quartet featuring Randy Brecker present “Charlie Parker Celebration-Bird Lives!" as part of Music Mondays. COURTESY BAY STREET THEATER
On July 10, Derick Davis performs as part of Music Mondays. COURTESY BAY STREET THEATER
On August 7, Isaac Mizrahi performs as part of Music Mondays. COURTESY BAY STREET THEATER
On July 17, Julie Benko performs as part of Music Mondays. COURTESY BAY STREET THEATER
On August 21, Melissa Errico performs as part of Music Mondays. COURTESY BAY STREET THEATER
On August 28, Randy Brecker performs with Charles McPherson Quartet in “Charlie Parker Celebration-Bird Lives!" as part of Music Mondays. COURTESY BAY STREET THEATER
Music Mondays will be returning to Bay Street Theater this summer. The concert series invites artists to perform for audiences and share stories of their time on and off the stage. Concerts are held Mondays through July and August. Tickets for these intimate evenings of song and story range from $39.99 to $89.99 at 631-725-9500 or baystreet.org. Bay Street Theater is on Long Wharf in Sag Harbor.
July 10, 8 p.m. — Derrick Davis starred as Coalhouse in Bay Street Theater’s 2022 production of “Ragtime.” He is a dynamic and passionate performer of stage and screen, who has held the roles of The Phantom in the 25th Anniversary Tour of “The Phantom of the Opera” and Mufasa on the Gazelle Tour of Disney’s “The Lion King.”
July 17, 8 p.m. — Julie Benko is an award-winning actress, singer and writer based in New York. She is currently on Broadway as Fanny Brice in “Funny Girl” every Thursday, a role for which she was named the 2022 Breakout Star for Theater by The New York Times.
August 7, 8 p.m. — Isaac Mizrahi has worked in the entertainment industry as an actor, host, writer, designer and producer for over 30 years. He is the subject and co-creator of the award-winning film “Unzipped,” a documentary following the making of his fall 1994 collection.
August 21, 8 p.m. — Melissa Errico presents “Let Yourself Go,” an evening of uplifting theater, jazz and film melodies. Errico is a Tony Award-nominated actress, singer, and an author. She’s starred in on- and off- Broadway musicals including “My Fair Lady,” “High Society,” “Amour” and “Dracula.”
August 28, at 8 p.m. — Charles McPherson Quartet featuring Randy Brecker present “Charlie Parker Celebration — Bird Lives!” McPherson has performed at concerts and festivals around the world. He has toured with his own group, as well as with jazz greats like Lionel Hampton, Wynton Marsalis, Dizzy Gillespie and others. McPherson has also recorded as a guest artist with Charlie Mingus, Barry Harris, Art Farmer, Kenny Drew and others. He was the featured alto saxophonist in the Clint Eastwood film “Bird,” a biopic about Charlie Parker.
Jazz trumpeter and composer and five-time Grammy Award winner Randy Brecker has helped shape the sound of jazz, R&B and rock for more than four decades. His trumpet and flugelhorn performances have graced hundreds of albums by a wide range of artists from James Taylor, Bruce Springsteen and Parliament/Funkadelic to Frank Sinatra, Steely Dan, Jaco Pastorius and Frank Zappa. This final Music Monday performance is presented in collaboration with Hamptons Jazz Fest 2023 and co-produced by the Jam Session, Inc.
Staff Writer on May 22, 2023