“Power, skill and some awfully fetching vocals!”– StageBuddy.com “Melissa Ritz has the moxie to match…an evocative journey through time that’s not to be missed.”– Las Vegas Review Journal Ina Ray Hutton was the most successful female bandleader of the Big Band era. She conducted The Melodears, an all-girl band, and was the first woman to (more…)

“Power, skill and some awfully fetching vocals!”– StageBuddy.com “Melissa Ritz has the moxie to match…an evocative journey through time that’s not to be missed.”– Las Vegas Review Journal Ina Ray Hutton was the most successful female bandleader of the Big Band era. She conducted The Melodears, an all-girl band, and was the first woman to (more…)

“Power, skill and some awfully fetching vocals!”– StageBuddy.com “Melissa Ritz has the moxie to match…an evocative journey through time that’s not to be missed.”– Las Vegas Review Journal Ina Ray Hutton was the most successful female bandleader of the Big Band era. She conducted The Melodears, an all-girl band, and was the first woman to (more…)

“Power, skill and some awfully fetching vocals!”- StageBuddy.com “Melissa Ritz has the moxie to match…an evocative journey through time that’s not to be missed.”- Las Vegas Review Journal Ina Ray Hutton was the most successful female bandleader of the Big Band era. She conducted The Melodears, an all-girl band, and was the first woman to (more…)

August 18, 2015 Showtime @ 7:30pm Doors Open @ 6pm The Harlem Blues Project specializes in soulful New York blues with a twist! The band features blues masters Jerry Dugger, Junior Mack, and Barry Harrison plus a revolving cast of NYC’s finest blues musicians including Bill Sims Jr., Michael Hill, Irving Louis Lattin and Solomon (more…)