Gary Negbaur
Arthur's Tavern57 Grove Street, New York 10014
Gary Negbaur brings a piano-led set of jazz, blues and American roots music to Arthur’s Tavern. The billed performance centers on his innovative arrangements of standards alongside soulful original songs. Negbaur appears both as a solo artist and with the Gary Negbaur Group, but the available listing does not specify the formation for this date.
A New York singer-songwriter with, in his words, one foot in New Orleans and the other in his native New York City, Negbaur is a Berklee-trained, classically jazz-based musician. His work ranges across original rock, solo jazz standards, children’s music, New Orleans repertoire and reinvented standards with piano trio, while his song “Red Pontiac” appeared on NPR’s Car Talk. He also writes for theater, film and television, including the musical Wine Lovers and the film An American Summer. The Austin Chronicle calls him a “witty songwriter,” the St. Louis Post-Dispatch hears a “jazzy croon,” and OffBeat praises “beautiful melodic arrangements with sparkling ornamentation.”
Arthur's Tavern is a basement club in the West Village where jazz, Latin, and blues are played with deep roots and modern energy. The stage is small, the room intimate, and the audience sits close to the musicians, often with a few people standing near the back. Shows start around 5 PM and go late, with some sets extending into the early hours. The club has a history of hosting top-tier performers since 2001, including regular appearances by Yuichi Hirakawa Jazz Group. It's a place where music is the center, and conversation flows naturally between the audience and the performers.