Gerry Geddes

Gerry Geddes joined BistroAwards.com in 2015 and is currently its senior critic. He is a regular contributor to the podcast, Troubadours and Raconteurs, and to National Public Radio. His lyrics have been performed in clubs throughout the city and on recordings – including the latest live CD/DVD by internet sensation Perpetuum Jazzile. He has conceived and directed several acclaimed musical revues including the Bistro and MAC award winning "Monday in the Dark with George," "Put on Your Saturday Suit" (words/music by Jimmy Webb) and "Fabulous First Fridays"monthly at Pangea, where he is an artist-in-residence. He directed solo shows for award-winning singers Andre de Shields, Darius de Haas, Helen Baldassare, and drag sensation Julia Van Cartier and has been active in the cabaret world since the late 70s. Gerry has produced numerous CDs, 2 of which received Outstanding Recording awards. His memoir of his life in NYC, "Didn’t I Ever Tell You This?," will be released in the Fall of 2023, and he is currently at work on his first novel.

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Trevor Ashley: “Queen of the Moment”

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Jason Henderson: “Getting to Noël You”

One of the deprivations of growing up in New Hampshire was that I was never exposed to more sophisticated entertainments in general, and Sir Noël Coward in particular. It was...

CD Review: Hannah Gill’s “Everybody Loves a Lover”

Sometimes it’s a simple, refreshing delight when a singer records an album that is not out to re-invent the wheel but to honor the great legacy of American pop and...

Club Review: Tony Yazbeck

To translate the energy, the heart, the style, the artistry and the power of a Broadway star performance into the intimate surroundings of a cabaret (even as large and stylishly...

Jason Danieley’s “Without a Song”

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Meg Flather’s “Hammerstein & Sondheim— Carefully Taught”

It seems that since the passing of iconic Broadway composer Stephen Sondheim, not a week has gone by without some new revue, or tribute, or memorial in his honor.  Of...

Maud Hixson’s “Permanent Moonlight—Songs of Sir Richard Rodney Bennett”

Sir Richard Rodney Bennett was a man of many sides—a renowned composer of opera, film scores, jazz and pop, a lyricist of wit and depth, a cook, a mean scrabble...

Chloé Jean’s “Fairy Tale Fail”

Sometimes when you listen to a new recording, in the first seconds you are captivated by a fresh sound, personal delivery, perfect instrumentation and immaculate production; you just sit back,...

Wilma Baan’s “Look at Me Now!”

A few years ago, when the world in general and the cabaret world in particular were ravaged by quarantines and lockdowns, BistroAwards.com began to review related CDs and recordings (and...

Emilie-Claire Barlow

It is hard to believe that it took Canadian jazz singer, Emilie-Claire Barlow until 2023 to make her debut in NYC.  She has long been recognized as one of her...