The 41st Bistro Awards: Captured Moments

March 20, 2026

Consider this photo gallery a work-in-progress: photos will continue to be added. We just couldn’t wait to post these!

Kudos to all of our honorees, including our esteemed ASCAP-Bob Harrington Lifetime Achievement awardee, Dee Dee Bridgewater for their talents, generosity, and spirit; the evening’s host and comic extraordinaire Jim David; our top-notch Bistro Band (musical director Daryl Kojak (piano) along with drummer Rex Benincasa, and bassist Ritt Henn); production stage manager Jonny Mercado and stage managers Connor Burns and Robert Ruck; tech director Colin Colford; trophy presenter David Ballard; production assistants Liora Michelle and Ann Talman; guest presenter/announcer Sidney Myer,; program designer and consultant Frank Dain; much gratitude to my Bistro Awards team–Gerry Geddes (director) and Mark Dundas Wood (associate producer). And a very special thank you to Mary Lahti, our associate producer, whose contributions to this show were way beyond what I would ever expect.

A heartfelt thanks to our title sponsor, ASCAP and Michael Kerker, and to all of our Gold and Silver supporters and our gift bag contributors.

It’s the work and generosity of everyone combined that made this 41st Bistro Awards evening possible.

I’ll be including more photos over the next week. If you attended the Bistro Awards and took a pic of yourself with one or more of our honorees, I can add your photo here (if it meets our standards). Contact me: sherry@sherryeaker.com

Most images here by photographer Danny Bristoll unless otherwise noted in caption.

  • Mary Lahti (associate producer) and
    Sherry Eaker , producer
    Photo: Mary Lahti
  • Bistro Awards Band: Musical director Daryl Kojak (piano), bassist Ritt Henn, and drummer
    Rex Benincasa
  • Ritt Henn, Rex Benincasa
  • Jim David , Dee Dee Bridgewater
  • Tammy McCann (Tribute Show)
  • Anaïs Reno (Jazz Vocalist)
  • Bill Charlap, co-artist with Dee Dee Bridgewater and guest presenter
  • David Marino (Vocalist)
  • Lauren Scales, (Jazz Ensemble, “Many Rivers”)
  • Daryl Kojak (Musical Director
    and honoree (Collaboration, “String Theory”)
  • Tom Hubbard (Collaboration, String Theory)”
  • Sean Harkness, (Collaboration, “String Theory”)
  • Mike Flanagan (Jazz Ensemble, Many Rivers”)
  • Frank Dain (Cabaret Artistry and Advocate)
  • Chris Grasso (Jazz Ensemble, “Many Rivers”)
  • The “Many Rivers” artists
  • Tammy McCann
  • Corinna Sowers Adler (Vocalist and Educator)
  • “Many Rivers” artists with Dee Dee
  • Frank Dain
  • Sidney Myer, guest presenter and announcer
  • Tammy McCann
  • Dee Dee Bridgewater (ASCAP-
    Bob Harrington Lifetime Achievement Award)
  • Mary Foster Conklin (Jazz Vocalist and Archivist)
  • Kathleen Landis, accompanist for Frank Dain
  • Dee Dee Bridgewater
  • Dee Dee Bridgewater
  • Dee Dee
  • Bill Charlap, Dee Dee
  • Dee Dee
  • Dee Dee
  • Rex Benincasa, drummer, Bistro Band
  • Tammy McCann
  • Anaïs Reno
  • Sidney Myer
  • Dee Dee, David Marino
  • Bill Charlap, Dee Dee
  • Dee Dee and Bill
  • Chelsea Table + Stage pre-show
  • Corinna Sowers Adler
  • Deborah Stone, Daryl Kojak (l,), Sean Harkness (r.),
  • Anaïs REno
  • Biull and Dee Dee
  • Lauren Scales with Mike Flanagan
  • Anaïs Reno with her musicians, Sameer Shankar and Ben Rice.
    Photo: Mary Lahti
  • Tammy McCann with Matt DiPasquale
    and Gerry Geddes, director
    Photo: Mary Lahti
  • Liora Michelle (production assistant),
    David Ballard (trophy presenter),
    and Mary Lahti who took the photo
  • Ann Talman (production assistant) and Mary Lahti
    Photo: Mary Lahti

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