Aaron Lee Battle joins Spider Saloff and Tony Monte - Tues. Dec. 2nd at IRIDIUM.

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"

---Peter Leavy, 

Cabaret Scenes

" a conscientious actor… he's so likable."

-- David Finkle, BackStage

"…has a self-effacing, non-pretentious style that is refreshing."

David Hurst, Show Business Weekly