Hot off of a successful opening performance for the famed Jazz chanteuse and pianist Diana Krall in Santa Barbara CA – a testament to his rising star on the jazz scene, Nate will perform music from his latest CD Almost Home (2008), mixing in warm and imaginative jazz standards. A fluid improviser and vocalist of understated grace, he brings a quiet yet commanding presence to the stage, engaging his audience and ushering them into a more romantic time and place.

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Critics have compared Birkey’s subtle vocal and trumpet approach to that of Chet Baker and Miles Davis respectively – a sound poised and assured, powerfully stark and spare, creating an atmosphere at once solitary and electric. Birkey shows that his passion and dedication to making music is both endearing and enduring.