The Low Darts: Playing Steely Dan’s Aja & Billy Joel’s The Stranger
City Winery NYC Presents The Low Darts: Playing Steely Dan’s Aja & Billy Joel’s The Stranger on Sunday, October 18th, at 7:00 PM.(opens in a new tab)
Billy Joel's The Stranger and Steely Dan's Aja, performed back to back, in full, with zero backing tracks. Both albums were released the same week in September 1977 and shaped the future of music for years to com. This performance is in anticipation of and in celebration of the albums’ 50th anniversary year.
VIP tix include early entry, an opportunity to catch the tail end of the Low Darts’ soundcheck get first dibs on merch, and meet the band.
There's a moment in every Low Darts performance where the age of the musicians is truly just a number. One second you're watching a handful of recent college grads who met as kids; the next, you're back in 1977, and the music has you.
Low Darts are a rock & soul band (8 members in this configuration) who pay homage to the best studio musicians of one of the greatest generations of music. They first met in middle school jazz band and later emerged from a pandemic basement project in 2020 with a mission: to reconstruct the greatest rock and soul records of the '70s and '80s exactly as they were made—not just the songs, but the grooves, the harmonies, & the exact instrumental parts on the recordings, including some the original artists never attempted live. With close to 19 million YouTube views and 115,000 subscribers worldwide, Low Darts have built a following of fans who describe hearing their youth played back to them by a generation that wasn't even born yet.
The bands’ repertoire spans over 150 songs from the architects of studio rock and soul: Steely Dan, Billy Joel, Toto, Supertramp, Earth Wind & Fire, Stevie Wonder, Kansas, Bill Withers, Chicago, and more. Musical director Colman Connolly (keys, guitar, vocals) produces and mixes all recordings out of his own studio alongside core bandmates Sebastian Rodriguez (keys, vocals), Jonas Brown (guitar), Luke Foote (bass, vocals), and Sean Byington (drums, vocals), and joined by master horn players—Bobby Master (tenor saxophone) & Kevin Tzanetis (trumpet, flugelhorn).
🍽️ 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)
🎶 While we do not require a two-item food or beverage minimum, we strongly encourage it. Most ticket revenue goes directly to the artist and production costs, so food and drink purchases help support the staff, service, and atmosphere that make these intimate shows possible.
The good news: we think you’ll love the food and wine just as much as the show.(opens in a new tab)
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