Harlem on the Hudson: The Steven Feifke Big Band Featuring Catskill Jazz Factory All-Stars

Witness the Steven Feifke Big Band deliver its world premiere of Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue arranged for big band and world-renowned classical pianist Tanya Gabrielian. 

New York–based pianist, composer, and bandleader Feifke returns to the Spiegeltent with his Big Band of Catskill Jazz Factory All-Star musicians in an electrifying night of jazz standards old, new, and blue, culminating in the premiere of his specially commissioned arrangement of Gershwin’s masterpiece.  

In addition to the special guest appearance by Gabrielian, who is the 23Arts Initiative’s artist-in-residence for 2015, Feifke’s band features past Catskill Jazz artists such as acclaimed trombonist Chris Washburne, trumpeter Benny Benack III, and saxophonist Caleb Curtis Wheeler.

Talented beyond his years, Feifke has been called “a virtuoso and a highly communicative and creative musician” by Grammy Award–winning trumpeter Brian Lynch. 

Gabrielian has been called "a pianist of powerful physical and imaginative muscle" by the London Times and "someone to watch" by American Record Guide.