Today's must-see concerts

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Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

  • Price band: 3/4
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Few would contend that Tom Petty deserves the rock-bard designation rightly bestowed on Neil Young or Bob Dylan, but then again, Petty has penned more indelible radio hits than the other two combined. In addition to all the smashes, expect to hear plenty from Petty's latest, Mojo, a typically slick

  1. Beacon Theatre 2124 Broadway, at 74th St
  2. Tue May 21 - Sun May 26
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Elliott Sharp: Foliage

  • Price band: 1/4
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Few NYC performers can claim to be as versatile as guitarist, saxophonist, instrument-inventor and composer Elliott Sharp, whose range encompasses free jazz, noise rock, classical modernism and more. Here the protean creator presents Foliage, a series of 80 prints that comprise a long-form graphic

  1. Reverse 28 Frost St, between Lorimer St and Union Ave
  2. Tue May 21 - Sun May 26
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XXL Freshmen: Schoolboy Q + Trinidad Jame$ + Joey Bada$$ + Action Bronson + Travi$ Scott + Angel Haze and More

  • Price band: 2/4
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It’s another typically fantastic lineup from XXL mag, introducing their pick of this year’s “Freshmen,” which this year includes one woman—the big-mouthed, buzzy Native American MC Angel Haze—and a clutch of up-and-coming firebrands with a thing for $ signs. Look out for swaggery, sexcentric L.A.

  1. Best Buy Theater 1515 Broadway, at 44th St
  2. Tue May 21
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Bill Charlap Trio

  • Price band: 2/4
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Although pianist Bill Charlap didn't write many of the songs in his trio's repertoire, it's not inappropriate to call him a songsmith; he reshapes the Great American Songbook until it becomes something new, if not altogether different.

  1. Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola (at Frederick P. Rose Hall) Broadway, at 60th St, 10019
  2. Tue May 21 - Sun Jun 2
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Jane Monheit

  • Price band: 2/4
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Jane Monheit’s name no longer sets off controversy in the jazz world: Now confident onstage, she’s settled into the career of a singer who can please jazzers, pop fans and cabaretters alike.

  1. Birdland 315 W 44th St, between Eighth and Ninth Aves
  2. Tue May 21 - Sat May 25
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Barry Harris Trio

  • Price band: 2/4
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Barry Harris was the youngest of the genius pianists who brought a sparkling bop sense to New York from Detroit in the ’50s. He’s the most Monkish of the crew, and these days his playing breathes modern jazz essentials.

  1. Village Vanguard 178 Seventh Ave South, at 11th St
  2. Tue May 21 - Sun May 26
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Lea Salonga: Back to Before

  • Price band: 4/4
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The radiant star of Broadway’s Miss Saigon (and Disney’s Mulan and Aladdin) returns to the Carlyle in a new set that looks at her life as a New Yorker and pays tribute to inspirations including Ella Fitzgerald and Barbra Streisand.

  1. Café Carlyle (in the Carlyle Hotel) 35 E 76th St, at Madison Ave
  2. Tue May 21 - Sat Jun 8
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Wayne Horvitz Residency

  • Price band: 2/4
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A pillar of the NYC downtown-music community who decamped to Seattle ages ago, Wayne Horvitz sets up shop at the Stone to show his old homies what he's been up to. He'll alternate between his Royal Room Collective Music Ensemble, a Pacific Northwest all-star aggregate, and Sweeter Than the Day, an

  1. The Stone Ave C, at 2nd St
  2. Tue May 21 - Sun May 26
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Karrin Allyson

  • Price band: 2/4
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During the course of her lengthy association with the Concord label, singer Karrin Allyson has released albums devoted to jazz standards, the Great American Songbook, Brazilian fare and Coltrane classics. Tonight she performs two sets as part of 54 Below's WBGO Jazz Series.

  1. 54 Below 254 W 54th St, between Broadway and Eighth Ave, 10019
  2. Tue May 21
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Bridget Everett and the Tender Moments

  • Price band: 1/4
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Bridget Everett (Our Hit Parade, At Least It’s Pink), the astonishing and totally fearless mama bear of alt cabaret, returns to Joe’s Pub to belt and overshare as only she can. Naughty, bawdy, sporty and not to be missed.

  1. Joe's Pub at the Public Theater 425 Lafayette St, between Astor Pl and E 4th St
  2. Tue May 21
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