Aaron Lee Battle

Aaron Lee Battle, the recipient of the Back Stage "Bistro" award for Outstanding vocalist, debut at THE METROPOLITAN ROOM (34 West 22nd Street, NYC - 212-206-0440 - http://www.metropolitanroom.com/ ) on Wednesday, October 3rd at 7:30 pm and Sunday October 7th at 7:00 p., with his new show "Dreamscape".Battle, known as "a jazz stylist", will explore relationships, loss, and dreams, with the songs of Stephen Schwartz, Garth Brooks, John Legend, Soren Anders and Stevie Wonder.
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Battle has performed at Don't Tell Mama, Eighty Eight's, Judy's and most recently at Helen's, with his critically acclaimed show "Step Right Up", directed by Broadway and singing star Eric Michael Gillett and musical director Mark Hartman (Avenue Q).
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Battle has been seen at the Mabel Mercer Foundations' Cabaret Convention in New York and San Francisco.He was the resident guest artist at "Gunay" Restaurant in Istanbul Turkey for 2 years and toured in Aruba, Germany and throughout Northern Europe.Aaron has been featured in such shows as Ain't Misbehavin', Side Show, Hair and Sweet Charity as well as Off- Broadway at the Duo Theatre and he "stole the show" in the Off-Broadway production of The Coming Out Party!

Aaron, who is living with chronic kidney disease, is also co-chairperson for the Patient Advisory Committee (PAC), Manhattan/Staten Island region, of IPRO/ESRD (End-Stage Renal Disease) Network of New York.And an active member of the Renal Support Network (http://www.rsnhope.org/ ) as a weKAN (Wellness and Education Kidney Advocacy Network) patient advocate and a PEPP (Patients Educating Patients and Professionals) speaker.Aaron also serves as vice president on the board of directors of Help Is On The Way Today, an organization founded to assist children living with HIV/AIDS.

Aaron Lee Battle - Appearance at IRIDIUM
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Aaron Lee Battle joins Spider Saloff and Tony Monte - Tues.
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Recipient of a BackStage Bistro Award for Outstanding Vocalist, Aaron Lee Battle is one of New York's most beloved interpreters of jazz and American popular standards. He has performed in many venues from The Town Hall (the landmark 1,500-seat theatre) to the world-famous yet still intimate cabaret Don't Tell Mama as well as The Metropolitan Room (named Best Cabaret in New York 2008, New York Magazine). He has performed worldwide, teaming with other talents such as Eric Michael Gillett, Tony Monte, Barbara Carroll, Jay Leonhart and Mark Hartman.

Appearing in such shows as Ain't Misbehavin', Side Show, Hair and Sweet Charity, and as featured actor off-Broadway at the Duo Theatre and in the production of The Coming Out Party! Aaron was recently seen in a staged reading of Return to Darfur, presented by The New York chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. He was the resident guest artist at Gunay Restaurant in Istanbul, Turkey for two years.

Press Quotes: ",he charms his audiences as much as he delights them with his singing"
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with special guest Aaron Lee Battle

IRIDIUM JAZZ CLUB 1650 Broadway (at West 51 Street), NYC

Aaron Lee Battle with Bobby Peaco
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Aaron Lee Battle is the recipient of the Back Stage "Bistro" Award for Outstanding Vocalist and a MAC nominee. He has performed in various cabaret rooms and theaters in New York City and has been featured at the Mabel Mercer Foundation's Cabaret Convention, both in New York and San Francisco. Battle has toured throughout the US, Aruba, Germany and Northern Europe in "Ain't Misbehavin." He has performed Off-Broadway in "The Ball" and in productions of "Hair" and "Side Show." He was also the resident guest artist at Gunay Restaurant in Istanbul, Turkey for two years.