A Piano Bar Celebration

Chelsea Community Church will celebrate the life and legacy of award-winning entertainer Jerry Scott whose music, artistry and welcoming personality helped make piano bars an all-important cornerstone and refuge for self-expression in New York nightlife. Conceived as a special remembrance of beloved piano bar musician Jerry Scott, A PIANO BAR CELEBRATION will be presented on Sunday, November 15 at 1pm. It will be followed by two hours of real piano bar singing accompanied on the beautiful Baldwin baby grand at St. Peter’s Church (346 West 20th Street). This event is free and open to the public.
A PIANO BAR CELEBRATION will also feature guest speaker Sidney Myer, a legend in the piano bar community
For four decades—from the 1970s until his untimely death in 2013—pianist-singer Jerry Scott brought extraordinary musical talent, exuberant showmanship and an unmistakable spirit of welcoming to New York City’s piano bars, cabaret rooms, restaurants and nightspots. His range was extraordinary: a repertoire of more than 2,000 songs over a multitude of styes and genres, from pop standards and Broadway show tunes to operetta and ragtime, and he made it all look completely effortless. Scott was so acclaimed that his flamboyant piano runs and larger-than-life performances drew comparisons to fellow legends Liberace and Peter Allen.