Trio featuring vocalist Kendra Shank, guitarist Pete McCann, and bassist Dean Johnson perform 2 sets (7 & 8:30) at "Room 623" - Harlem's Speakeasy. Located in the basement at 271 W 119th St, look for the blue light above the door. Full bar + lite bites. Tix: $15 advance/$18 door + $15 food/drink. (Livestream: $12).

Dubbed “imaginative and daring” by The New Yorker, Kendra Shank combines jazz originals, standards, world music, French songs, folk/pop tunes, and open improvisation in a “delectable voice” (Time magazine) that “intoxicates with a combination of power and perfume" (Chicago Reader). She prizes spontaneous, improvisational interplay with her bandmates, inviting listeners on an in-the-moment musical journey. Since her 1992 debut at the Village Vanguard with Shirley Horn, Shank has become a prominent figure on New York's jazz scene and has toured in Europe, Japan, South Africa, Australia, Canada, and across the U.S. Her seven critically acclaimed CDs have received numerous “Best of the Year” citations and national radio play. “Working her voice like a horn, she phrases inventively, whether crisp and sizzling or sensuously smoky. She’s definitely an original.” -Jazz Times