Off the Top! @ Catskills Comedy Festival

Jason Kravits introduces his hilarious Off the Top! completely improvised comedy cabaret to the first-ever Catskills Comedy Festival, October 19th @ 9 PM! Phil Orr (piano) and Sean Dixon (drums) provide the rollercoaster rails. Laugh your aching sides off!  Tickets and info: tccfest.org/

Off the Top! with Jason Kravits & special guest Tony Danza

Off the Top! with Jason Kravits

Television and Broadway veteran Jason Kravits (Halston, Law & Order, The Practice, Friends) returns to Joe’s Pub at NYC’s Public Theater with a jaw-dropping evening of completely improvised music and comedy that you have to see to believe. Over the course of one exhilarating hour, Kravits uses audience suggestions pulled from a fishbowl to create … Read more

“Until I Find the Words” (2018)

"Until I Find the Words" 2018 album cover

Each tune on this album has its own special feel, from ballad to bounce, tango to swing. They are just some of the many original compositions by saxophonist/clarinetist Steve Hiltner that he and pianist Phil Orr have been performing at concerts and events for years, recorded here in-studio. Steve takes his inspiration from the mainstream … Read more

“Phil Orr & More: Live at the Off-Broadstreet Theatre” (2016)

"Live at the Off-Broadstreet Theatre" 2016 album cover

Classic jazz piano trio grooving the ‘60s (shout-outs to Ramsey Lewis, Les McCann, Ahmad Jamal, Professor Longhair, The Peddlers), floating some tender lyricism, and riding the “A Train” & “Take Five” to fun destinations. ALBUM NOTES Background In the fall of 2016 this trio (featuring Michael O’Brien, bass, and Sean Dixon, drums) played two upbeat … Read more

“Engaging Mystery: Bethlehem Revisited” (2013)

"Engaging Mystery: Bethlehem Revisited" 2013 album cover

The music in this collection may be familiar to you or not, depending on your holiday customs and taste. I selected these tunes out of the hundreds written over the centuries because I felt I had something new to consider, discover or explore in engaging each of them. This is actually a very apt description … Read more