Maestro Harold Jon

Maestro Harold will play for us Broadway and Classics. Maestro Harold plays Monday, Wednesdays and Sundays, from 7pm to 10 pm. Friday and Saturday, 6pm to 9pm.
Please call us at 212 755 4155 since schedule is subject to change.

Dennis Byrum

On alternate Wednesdays, from 8pm to 11pm. Please call us at 212 755 4155 to confirm schedule, Dennis will delight us with soft and romantic music. Open mic....

Trick or Treat?

Saturday Evenings with Stephen Bocchino

Join down under Jazz pianist and singer Stephen Bocchino as he sings and swings America’s greatest singers and songwriters including Cole Porter, Van Morrison, BB King, Ella Fitzgerald, George Gershwin, Sammy Davis, Jr., Johnny Mercer, Frank Sinatra and many others... Enjoy the surprise guest singers too!!!!! Saturdays 8pm to 11pm.

Steve Lowenthal, This Friday and Every Friday!!!!

Does Madame enjoy a bit of "open mike" with her dessert and coffee?
Does Monsieur wish to serenade her?
Steve's got your key ... playing and singing the Standards and Broadway - every Friday 8PM - 11pm, at cozy La Mediterranee !

Singer-pianist Steven Lowenthal has been a highly-visible presence on the piano bar scene for over three-and-a-half decades, and yet has always been something of an enigma. Known not only for playing every song by ear but having a dazzlingly-vast repertoire of nearly any and every musical style and thousands of songs therein, Lowenthal as a musician has always displayed utter confidence and showmanship. But Lowenthal as a person has never, until now, been particularly forthcoming about his past, or what led him to the piano bars of New York.

Born and raised in the Long Island town of Commack (which also includes Rosie O’Donnell among its native entertainers), Lowenthal’s childhood was nothing if not eclectic, and he felt misunderstood at times. “I'd say I was the kind of a kid who thinks he's funny even when he's hurting somebody, and got straight A's to boot. Then you get to the wider world of grades seven through twelve, where corrections must happen, and you are now officially misunderstood. A kid could get spooked. If misunderstood means lonely, then I was. As in Simon & Garfunkel's 'Bookends.' The usual, in other words. But other kids were more impressed that I played show tunes and a few pop hits on the piano. It makes it a bit harder to dismiss someone, because piano's always a cool instrument.” And even though he was honing his varied musical tastes from an early age, becoming a professional musician was the furthest thing from his mind. “I had no idea of becoming a musician. I thought I was clever, maybe, but only for the living room, like President Nixon's playing. I'd had two years of home lessons and rudimentary skills, but virtually no reading of music; we've never gotten to the bottom of that. I never liked to study, I was bad at following directions, and not sure which came first. Anyway," he continues, “my teacher, Mr Furrer, was giving the standard classical lessons even though he was a terrific stride player. And at nine or ten, I had no patience for learning my lessons, and just wanted to play. One day, Mr Furrer walks up to the screen door while I'm sounding out 'The Siamese Cat Song,' and also he sees that I've been playing my pieces from memory. He tells my folks that I'm not reading music and he's sorry, and that was the end of that. But I sure am glad we kept the piano, and must thank my mother for not telling me to stop all that banging; my grandmother would put her hands over her ears. Still, when you do it long enough and you’re just enjoying it, you learn to put a few things together. As for my musical tastes, dad kept the radio tuned to WNEW-AM 1130, New York's pride, where Willam B. Williams and Ted Brown spun the standards. And 'The Ed Sullivan Show,' where you got a dose of Little Stevie Wonder while you waited for Eydie Gorme. Well, I did, anyway. Also, my aunts gave me all the hit show albums every birthday or Chanukah from 1964 on: Dolly, Fiddler, Funny Girl, Mame, Cabaret, Bajour and all that Rodgers & Hammerstein. That accounts for my time at Marie's Crisis; it's all their fault,” he chuckles. "And of course, as much as I resisted anything written for teenagers, pop music gets into your head anyway. That was my 1960s; I was twelve when the Beatles got here, and when Louis Armstrong topped them on the charts with 'Hello Dolly.' You picked up every kind of music on the TV variety shows; it gave us all a very wide frame of reference, in contrast to that specialized, 'niche' mentality that exists now. It's a shame the way pop radio fragmented from all-inclusiveness to such narrow playlists, and finally to everyone's personal escape with earbuds; not conducive to ‘Dancin' in the Streets.’ I'm lucky to have been around back then; if I'd known what a great musical age I was living through, I'd have paid more attention,” he concludes.

Written by Andrew Martin

Ted Muzio, The Swinging Romantic

Ted Muzio, “The Swinging Romantic”, is a well-known and highly respected New York area singer/pianist, accompanist and music educator. He has a wide range and depth of experience in the performance and teaching of Classic pop singing. He taught voice classes in the Adult Continuing Education Department at St. John’s and has an extensive private teaching practice. He has performed in many restaurants, cabarets, and concert venues in the tri-state area, including regular stints at Danny’s Skylight Room, The Firebird and the Gramercy Park Hotel. And of course, La Med!!!!!

Angelo Ferrara, a childhood friend and longtime drummer for Tony Bennet, has declared, "In my sixty years in show business I've heard all the great male voices- and Ted ranks right up there with the best of them!"

Ted has been a member of the New York Singing Teachers’ Association and The National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS). His CDs, Ted Muzio Plays and Sings 3 A.M., and Dance have been well received and acclaimed.



Come listen to Ted sing and play the piano in this cozy French Bistro. You will feel like Ted is performing for you at your home!!!!!!! 8pm to 11pm.

Mitch Kahn, A Quintessential New York Entertainer in a Classic Setting!

Mitch Kahn presides over a weekly Thursday Night Soirée at La Med offering a musical menu of Great American standards, continental classics, contemporary favorites, Broadway, Hollywood and a bit of everything in between.
Come join us for a fun evening with great music, great food, good drinks and great company.
Thursdays 7pm to 11pm.

Bill Zeffiro and Friends

Every Tuesday....Featuring the musical genius of Bill Zeffiro ... and piano favorite Bill Zeffiro is a potpourri of exceptional talents from the worlds of Broadway and other songs from the American song book.

Bill Zeffiro wrote book, music, and lyrics for The Road To Ruin, currently slated for a Fall 2010 production directed by Broadway legend Pat Birch.

It was named one of the Top 10 Show Albums of 2005 on talkinbroadway.com and he has just released CD on Original Cast Records ‘Lost Broadway and More’, including never before recorded songs by the Gershwins, Arlen, Kern, and Coward.

Over the years Bill has entertained and or accompanied Nell Carter, Red Buttons, and Frank Sinatra among many others. He is considered an expert on the music of Kay Swift and produced the legendary 1986 Merkin Hall concert.

www.theroadtoruin.com

Stuffed Tomatoes

Well, no photo for this one!!!! I do apologize but I totally forgot to take a photo.
It was a cool evening and I had been on the road all day. Got to La Med and the owner suggested the special of the day: stuffed tomatoes. Am not a stuffed peppers or stuffed tomatoes person, but took the recommendation. A few minutes later... a plate was placed in front of me: two ruby red tomatoes, which had kept the shape, steaming with goodness. I could smell the tomato, the thyme and the veal ragou. All came together seamlessly. Took the first bite and WOW!!! The flavors simply exploded in my mouth. The stuffing had a bit of rice, just enough. I do not like the totally rice stuffed tomatoes or peppers. These were perfect. Just like the ones we once had at Grandma's house.

Vicki Sander... and then they all laughed!!!!!