Keyed Up! ft. Jeanne Gies & Michael Rorby w/ guests
Frankie & Johnnie's Steakhouse320 West 46th Street, New York 10036
Keyed Up! comes to Frankie & Johnnie's Steakhouse with featured guests Jeanne Gies and Michael Rorby, plus additional guests. The Friday-night performance takes place in the steakhouse's downstairs bar and lounge, where live jazz accompanies dinner, drinks and conversation. It is a restaurant set rather than a formal listening-room concert, bringing the billed group into the room where the venue presents its music.
No further background on Keyed Up!, Jeanne Gies or Michael Rorby is provided in the available material. The bill does identify the act and its two featured performers, but does not specify the group's personnel, instruments, musical approach, hometown, past collaborators or recordings. It does, however, place the evening within Frankie & Johnnie's long-running live-jazz program: the historic Manhattan restaurant presents musicians downstairs, close to barstools and dinner tables, while its upstairs dining room remains the quieter part of the house.
Originating as a Prohibition-era speakeasy in 1926, this historic Manhattan steakhouse pairs classic dining with live jazz at its downstairs bar and lounge. The venue operates as a full-service restaurant across two levels, setting dark wood and low lighting against a backdrop of live sets where patrons can sip cocktails at the bar or settle into tables for dinner. Rather than a formal ticketed listening room, performances carry no cover charge and supply the soundtrack to an evening of conversation, drinks, and prime steaks. While the upstairs dining room offers a quieter dinner by a working fireplace, the downstairs bar area is where audiences gather on chairs and barstools to hear musicians play up close. Reservations are recommended for full dinner service, though bar seating accommodates casual drop-ins.