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WEEKLY RESIDENCIES:

Every Friday Night

w/Chris Byars Quartet

7-10pm

APERITI 

66 Garth Rd, Scarsdale, NY

For reservations:

914-713-4080

aperiti.com

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Sunday Jazz Brunch, 12-3pm

(April-October only) 

*Resuming April 2nd, 2023*

PRIME 

78 Southfield Ave, Stamford, CT

For reservations:

203-817-0700

stamfordrestaurantprime.com

UPCOMING 2023

THURSDAY, Aug 3rd

Greenwich Historical Society

{Outdoor concert on "The Great Lawn"}

w/Chris Byars (horns)

John Merrill (guitar)

Jesse Breheney (bass)

Steve Picataggio (drums)

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*PAST ENGAGEMENTS*

TUESDAY, Feb 14th, 7:00-10:30pm

Valentine's Day at

MyMoon Restaurant

In trio with:

John Merrill (guitar) 

Daniel Duke (bass) 

184 N 10th Street

Brooklyn (Williamsburg)

New York 

718-599-7007

mymoonnyc.com

 

FIRST NAME BASIS

Thurs, Dec 8th

Featured Vocalist

8pm

FNB Hastings on Facebook

Ballroom Weekend at

Mohonk Mountain House

Friday, Dec 2nd, 9:00-11:00pm

Mohonk Ballroom Dance Weekend

Margi Gianquinto Trio Livestream:

 

Thursday, Feb 11th, 2021

6:00-7:00pm

First Presbyterian Church of

New Canaan

 

Let There Be Love

In trio with:

John Merrill (guitar) 

Yoshi Waki (bass) 

www.facebook.com/FPCNC

Ballroom Weekend at

Mohonk Mountain House

Saturday, Dec 7 th, 9:00-11:00pm

Mohonk Ballroom Dance Weekend

 

Weds, Oct 16th, 7:30-10:30pm

Glenn Crytzer Orchestra @

The Secret Room, NYC

Guest Vocalist

Thurs, Aug 29th, 7:30-9:30pm

Timeless Songs of Summer 

Villa Italia

26 Mill River St, Stamford, CT

For reservations:

203-348-7742

villaitaliastamford.com

Thurs, May 16th, 7:30-9:30pm

Villa Italia

A Tribute to Doris Day 

In trio with:

John Merrill (guitar) 

Yoshi Waki (bass) 

26 Mill River St, Stamford, CT

For reservations:

203-348-7742

villaitaliastamford.com

THURSDAY, Feb 14th, 7-11pm

Valentine's Day at

MyMoon Restaurant

In trio with:

John Merrill (guitar) 

Yoshi Waki (bass) 

184 N 10th Street

Brooklyn, New York 11211

718-599-7007 for Reservations

mymoonnyc.com

(2018 Highlights)

Thurs, Dec 27th, 7:30-9:30pm

Villa Italia (Margi solo piano)

26 Mill River St, Stamford, CT

For reservations:

203-348-7742

villaitaliastamford.com

 

Nov, 1st 2018, 5:30-6:45pm

Margi's

JO STAFFORD

CENTENNIAL TRIBUTE

BIRDLAND, NYC

315 West 44th St, NYC

Thurs, Oct 18th, 7:30-9:30pm

Villa Italia

26 Mill River St, Stamford, CT

For reservations:

203-348-7742

villaitaliastamford.com

Sun, Sept 16th, 7:30-9:30pm

Villa Italia

 

JUNE

Saturday, June 9th, 8pm

Leighanne & Margi (uke harmony duo)

@St. Andrew's Church

Washington Blvd, Stamford, CT

Please email Margi to make a reservation

Admission $20

http://www.saintandrewsstamford.org

APRIL

Monday, April 23rd, 8-9pm

Leighanne & Margi (uke harmony duo)

@L.I.C. BAR

45-48 Vernon Blvd, Long Island City, Queens

718-786-5400

L.I.C. Bar Events Website

MARCH

Saturday, March 10th, 6-9pm

Leighanne & Margi (uke harmony duo)

Part of a Candlelight Concert

@St. Andrew's Church

1231 Washington Blvd, Stamford, CT

Directions to St. Andrew's

WEDNESDAY, Feb 14th, 7-11pm

Valentine's Day at

MyMoon Restaurant

In trio with:

John Merrill (guitar) 

Yoshi Waki (bass) 

184 N 10th Street

Brooklyn, New York 11211

718-599-7007

mymoonnyc.com

Thursdays in Jan & 8-11pm

BLACKTAIL NYC

w/Terry Waldo (stride piano) & band

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(Highlights), 2017

Tuesday, Dec 19, 9pm

A Tribute "Ella in Berlin, 1960

Part of an all star cast of singers​​​​​​​​

@Urban Stages, NYC (Part of "Winter Rhythms")

259 West 30th Street (bet 7th & 8th Ave)

Hosted/curated by Will Friedwald

For tickets, call 212-421-1380

Tickets/Info

Sunday, Nov 12th, 6:30pm

HOUSE CONCERT

Greenwich, CT

w/Ben Paterson on piano/vocals

$20 charge at the door

(reservations required)

Email: margisings@gmail.com for reservations

Saturday, Nov 11th, 1-3pm

JO STAFFORD

CENTENNIAL TRIBUTE 

(guest vocalist)

American Popular Song Society, NYC

Jerry Osterberg, Producer

(Jo Stafford historian/writer)

John DiMartino:

Musical Director/Accompanist

Monday, Oct 23rd, 6pm

"IT WAS A VERY GOOD YEAR:

1917" (celebrating centennials)

(guest vocalist, singing the songs of  

Jo Stafford)

Host: KT Sullivan

Musical Director: Jon Weber

The Players, NYC

http://theplayersnyc.org/calendar

Saturday, Oct 14th, 8-11pm

UConn Swing and Blues (Swing Dance)

University of Connecticut, Storrs

w/Margi & the Dapper Dots

Monday, Aug 31st, 7pm

"IT WAS A VERY GOOD YEAR:

1917" (celebrating centennials)

(guest vocalist, singing the songs of

Jo Stafford)

A Benefit for

The Dutch Treat Club, NYC

Host: KT Sullivan

Musical Director: Jon Weber

Info on Dutch Treat

The Laurie Beechman Theater

(in the West Bank Cafe)

407 West 42nd Street

New York, NY

Friday, June 30th, 7:30pm

MIDSUMMER NIGHT SWING

@Lincoln Center (Ballroom Night)

w/Jon Weber, piano

John Merrill, guitar

Chris Byars, clarinet, sax & flute

Gordon Au, trumpet

Tal Ronen, bass

Chris Gelb, drums

Fernando Garcia, Latin percussion

Tickets/Info

Tuesday, June 20th, 7:30pm

"THAT'S  ENTERTAINMENT"

Dietz & Schwartz & Friends

Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall

154 W 57th Street, NYC

Host: KT Sullivan

Musical Director: Jon Weber

Tickets/Info

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SUNDAY, Feb 26th, 3:00pm

Norwalk Public Library

Singing w/Jim Clark & Friends

As part of their

Sunday Winter Concert Series

1 Belden Ave, Norwalk, CT

203-899-2780

NPL Concert Info

 

 

 

 

SUNDAY, Feb 14th, 6:30-10:30pm

Valentine's Day at

MyMoon Restaurant

In trio with:

Roni Ben-Hur (guitar) 

Yoshi Waki (bass) 

184 N 10th Street

Brooklyn, New York 11211

718-599-7007

mymoonnyc.com

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thursday, Feb 2nd, 7:30-10:30

JHouse Restaurant

In trio w/Ben Paterson (piano/vocals)

& Luke Selleck, bass

Greenwich, CT

jhouserestaurant.com

SUNDAY, Jan 22nd, 3:00pm

Norwalk Public Library

As part of their

Sunday Winter Concert Series

w/John Merrill (guitar)

Neal Miner (bass)

Jay Rattman (clarinet/sax)

Chris Gelb (drums)

1 Belden Ave, Norwalk, CT

203-899-2780

NPL Concert Info

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MARGI ISRAEL  TOUR

Jan 3rd-11th

Performances in Tel Aviv & Jerusalem

featuring Tal Ronen (bass)

 

 

 

 

 

 

SUNDAY, Dec 18th, 1:00pm

The Metropolitan Room

An Old Fashioned Christmas 

w/Margi & the Dapper Dots

 

 

 

 

 

 

Places I've Played:

Manhattan

The American Popular Song Society (Midtown)

The Doubles Club (Midtown)

The Friars Club (Midtown)

The Yale Club (Midtown)

The Paramount Hotel (Midtown)

New York Swing Dance Society (Upper East Side)

New York Athletic Club (Central Park South)

The Astor Room (Astoria)

The Antique Garage (SoHo)

The Back Room (Lower East Side)

The Garage

The Grey Lady (Lower East Side)

The Lambs Club (Midtown)

The Leadbelly (Lower East Side) 

The Edison Rum House (Midtown)

The Top of the Standard Hotel

The River Club (Midtown East)

Hotel Chantelle (Lower East Side)

Le Pescaduex (SoHo)

Mezzrow (West Village)

Urban Stages (Manhattan)

Vaucluse (Manhattan) 

Wits End (@Flute Midtown)

Zeb's Jazz Vocal Series (CLOSED)

Zirzamin (West Village - CLOSED)

 

Brooklyn/Queens

Akwaaba Mansion (Brooklyn)

Bar Chord (Ditmas Park)

Cafe Moto (Williamsburg)

Chez Oskar (Fort Greene)

Jalopy Theater & School of Music (Redhook, BK)

Karloff (Cobble Hill)

Penthouse 808 (Long Island City, Queens)

Radegast Biergarten (Williamsburg)

Shanghai Mermaid (Brooklyn)

The Brooklyn Winery (Williamsburg)

The Drawing Room (Brooklyn)

The Montauk Club (Park Slope)

 

Outside the city:

Belvedere Mansion

(Rheinbeck, NY)

Mohonk Mountain House

(New Paltz, NY)

Prime (Stamford, CT)

The JHouse (Greenwich, CT)

The 9th Note Jazz & Supper Club

(Stamford, CT)

Tomes Higgins House

(Greenwich, CT)

Yale Swing and Blues

(New Haven, CT)

 

Places I've Sat In:

Apoteke (Chinatown) (w/Avalon Jazz Band)

Arturo's (w/Michael Kanan, Steve Ash, Ray Gallon and many others)

Barbes (w/The Brain Cloud)

Beco Bar, Williamsburg (w/Regional de NY)

Birdland Jazz Club

(w/David Ostwald's Louis Armstrong Eternity Band)

(w/Hilary Gardner at the Sunday Jazz Party)

Cafe Taci (Midtown)

Dances of Vice (w/Nick Palumbo & the Flipped Fedoras)

Fat Cat (w/Johnny O'Neal)

Flute Bar (Gramercy & Midtown)

Harefield Road (Williamsburg) (w/Tamar Korn)

Hotel Chantelle (w/Martina DaSilva)

Iguana NYC (w/Vince Giordano & the Nighthawks)

Iridium Jazz Club (in harmony with vocalist Veronica Swift)

Le Cirque (w/Danny Bacher, Matt Baker)

Mezzrow (w/Johnny O'Neal, Ben Paterson)

Mona's NYC

Otto's Shrunken Head (w/John Bianchi's Vaudeville All-Stars)

New York Hot Jazz Festival, 2013

Pegu Club (SoHo) w/Glen Crytzer

Polpo (Greenwich, CT)

Radegast Biergarten (Williamsburg)

Saint Maize (Williamsburg)(w/Baby Soda Jazz Band)

Shanghai Mermaid (w/Baby Soda Jazz Band)

Sofia's, in the Edison Hotel (w/Vince Giordano & the Nighthawks)

Smalls Jazz Club

Smoke Jazz & Supper Club (w/Johnny O'Neal)

SoHo Grand Hotel (w/Cesar Garabini)

Swing Easy (w/Molly Ryan, Tamar Korn)

Swing 46 Jazz & Supper Club (w/Sarah Hayes)

The Back Room Speakeasy (w/The Delancy Five)

The Clover Club (w/Michael Aranella)

The Darby (w/JC Hopkins) (CLOSED)

The Friars Club (Midtown)

The Kitano (w/Ben Paterson)

The Rum House (in the Edison Hotel)

(w/Terry Waldo, Gordon Au, Tamar Korn, Martina DaSilva, Molly Ryan, etc.)

The Salon (w/Tamar Korn & Gordon Au's Grand Street Stompers)

The Slipper Room (w/JC Hopkins)

URBO (Manhattan) w/Tamar Korn (CLOSED)

Vic & Anthony's (w/The Debonaires)

Zeb's (CLOSED)

Zirzamin (w/Bucky Pizarelli) (CLOSED)

 

 

 

 

Gigs

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