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 performers Jeanne Gies and Michael Rorby, plus guests. The billing presents the night as a collaborative live set, with the guest roster left open rather than naming a fixed ensemble. It takes place in the steakhouse's downstairs bar and lounge, where live music accompanies the restaurant's service and listeners can take in the set from tables, chairs, or barstools. The room is part of a two-level Manhattan restaurant whose upstairs dining room is kept separate from the music downstairs.
The available listing identifies Keyed Up! by name and names Gies and Rorby as featured artists, but provides no further biographical details for the group or either featured performer. It does not state where the act comes from, define its regular personnel, or describe its repertoire. No prior collaborators, recordings, or critical notices are included, so there is no basis here for claims about the musicians' broader careers or for quoted reviews. What is clear is the evening's collaborative premise: Keyed Up! foregrounds two featured players and leaves room for additional guests within the set.
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.