Paul Shapiro's Ribs & Brisket Brunch
City Winery NYC presents Paul Shapiro's Ribs & Brisket Brunch live on Saturday, February 14th, at 12:30 PM
Paul Shapiro’s Ribs & Brisket Plays for Lovers on Valentine’s Day, Saturday February 14th. It’s doors at 11am and performance at 12:30 so come hungry and enjoy City Winery’s delicious brunch menu. We’re delighted to have Edwin Lugo Walker with us along with Ribs mainstay the mellifluous Cilla Owens. The rhythm section of Jerry Korman, Dave Hofstra and Tony Lewis cooks like crazy. Eleanor Reissa is out of town filming the second season of the German tv show The Zweiflers.
Edwin adds a Latin flair so you can expect to hear hits like Slim Gaillard’s Mishugana Mambo and Mickey Katz’s Yiddishe Mambo. Cilla brings the fun with the bawdy Pizza, and Dinah Washington’s suggestive TV is the Thing This Year. Shapiro channels Allan Sherman’s parody of Cole Porter’s You’re the Top and blows sax on his barn burner version of Fiddler on the Roof’s To Life retitled Barroom Mitzvah. The rhythm section cooks like crazy.
Paul Shapiro’s Ribs & Brisket has been performing internationally since the release of Essen (Eat in Yiddish) on Tzadik Records. Their feet are firmly planted where the Borscht Belt meets 52nd Street, cooking up a roux of jazz, blues, Latin and Yiddish. Eclectic, humorous and virtuosic, the ensemble swings hard and the singers rock the mic.
The boundary between classic rhythm and blues and jazz was once porous territory, and this joyful ensemble, led by the exuberant saxophonist Shapiro, is always willing to do the time warp to revive that openhearted embrace of genres, even mixing in Jewish musical themes as well. The New Yorker
Reedist-vocalist Paul Shapiro stirs klezmer, swing, R&B and other hearty sounds into his Ribs and Brisket Revue, seasoning it all with a potent Yiddish tinge. Time Out New York
Transforms the ritual of a Friday night Shabbat service into a rollicking downtown jam. The New York Times
As the name suggests, the saxophonist Paul Shapiro’s Ribs and Brisket Revue takes Jewish-themed music through a few twists and turns, delivering joyous sounds that find room in the mix for R. & B., jazz, and assorted off-beat strains. The New Yorker Hard blowing, finger-snapping, klezmer-inflected jazz and wailing big city blues that suddenly slips into Yiddish. Straight No Chaser UK
The band plays like a juke joint combo used to dodging beer bottles and bullets. Shapiro's nasty tenor sax breaks would have qualified him for duty at Duffy's Gaieties on Cahuenga Boulevard, when Lenny Bruce emceed for the peelers in the '50s. Kirk Silsbee
Cilla Owens As smooth as Nancy Wilson, as authoritative as Sarah Vaughan, and as informed as Carmen McRae writes Jazztimes reviewing her album ‘Tis What It Is. Cilla was a long-time member of Louvinia Pointer’s The Great Day Chorale, dedicated to the preservation of the Negro Spiritual. In 2015 she was a Katowitz-Radin Artist in Residence for the Brooklyn Public Library where she presented Lebendig in Brooklyn, a tribute to Yiddish Theater beyond Second Avenue. She directs the Adelphi University Jazz Ensemble, the Hunter Jazz Vocal Workshop, and teaches voice at both campuses.
Edwin Lugo Walker, known as Lugo, is the nephew of the legendary Roberto Clemente Walker. His musical journey began at the age of three singing in his father’s church. From being an undefeated champion on Showtime at the Apollo to co-starring on Broadway in Paul Simon’s The Capeman Lugo is a versatile actor, musician, and songwriter. As a contributor to the Grammy Award-winning album Just Chillin’ by Norman Brown, Lugo showcased his talents as both a songwriter and vocalist. Lugo’s television appearances include shows like The Nick, The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, The Night Of and Law and Order. His music has been featured in Jay-Z’s film State Property, MTV’s Made, and the BBC’s Ben’s Zoo.
Paul Shapiro, saxophonist, bandleader and composer, has been a mainstay of New York’s creative music scene since the 1980’s. His recordings for John Zorn’s Tzadik label, starting with Midnight Minyan in 2003, proved to be transformative. His Ribs & Brisket project plants its feet squarely where the Borscht Belt intersects 52nd Street. Shapiro scored Cheryl Dunye’s award winning Watermelon Woman. Recording credits include Lou Reed, Queen Latifah, David Byrne, Cowboy Bebop, Rufus Wainwright, Jay-Z, Frankie Knuckles, Ofra Haza, Michael Jackson, The Microscopic Septet, Brooklyn Funk Essentials, his own 80’s punk funk band Foreign Legion.
🍽️ We provide food and beverage service directly to your table in the venue. Or, for an expanded menu and more relaxed experience, arrive early and enjoy a meal in our restaurant before the show. When dining in the restaurant, reservations are encouraged and can be made via Resy starting one month before the show. View Our Concert Dining Menu.(opens in a new tab)
🎶 Kindly note there is a 2-item per person food & beverage minimum in the concert venue. Food and beverages ordered in the restaurant also count towards the minimum.(opens in a new tab)
🍷 Members get 48 hour early access to new shows, pay no ticket fees, and earn points to exchange for complimentary tickets. Vinofile Plus members also receive many wine benefits. Add a membership to your cart during checkout to start saving now. Already a member? Make sure you are signed in to access your benefits. Become a Vinofile Member and enjoy the benefits today.(opens in a new tab)
