Dust off that black felt fedora and snap on that diamond cuff bracelet you’ve been dying to wear because come Thursday, July 30, Danny Sinoff is in town. 

Prepare to be mesmerized by his song stylings in Downtown’s sophisticated jazz club, The Century Room.

“He’s a national act and he’s known for his brilliant artistry as a bandleader,” Mister Bing’s Bryan Ewing said. “He’s just that quintessential yesteryear performer, that crooner and he wears a suit.”

Some people think the Old Pueblo is dead during the summer. The partnership of Mister Bing’s Presents and the Century Room, Hotel Congress begs to differ. When Sinoff and a trio take the stage, Sinoff will sing selections from the Great American Songbook. All members of the trio know their musical stuff but drummer Arthur Vint is also the general manager and artistic director of The Century Room.

The show starts at 6:30 p.m.

This is just the beginning of refined entertainment coming our way. The partnership of Mister Bing’s Presents and The Century Room at Hotel Congress has a list of happenings planned that include national entertainment acts. 

Bing (the name he prefers) has beenworking on this for some time now. His idea is to bring 1940s elegance back into style. Go to a Mister Bing’s Presents event at a Downtown venue and check out the sequins, gowns, heels, ties and cufflinks that adorn the guests. If someone is looking for an excuse to show up and show out, this is the time and place. Still, an observer will also find sandals, linen trousers, jeans, shorts and button-down shirts — even T-shirts. Bing thought is that these events are for everyone. 

“I want everyone to be accepted and welcomed no matter what they wear,” he said. “The bottom line is I care about how (people) feel when they leave, not what they wear.”

Still, Bing himself will always be dressed on point in a nicely fitted black tux and white, French-cuffed shirt. It’s part of the glam he so enjoys and it sets the mood for the evening.

“The golden era of the nightclub is gone; I’m bringing it back and it is working,” he said. “It’s just an essence and the essence is glamour.”

It’s also a tool to transport guests away from their cares to a place of beauty.

“I like to glamourize different eras, I like to remove people from the 21st century,” he said. 

The business of glamour

Bing said his business, at his core, is top-notch, first-class luxury entertainment but he’s also all about making all his guests — and anyone who attends one of these events is his guest — feel his joy in their attendance. He greets everyone personally. He visits every table and introduces himself. Guests might be strangers when they come but they will leave feeling like a close friend. This is not false friendship. It’s his way.

“I come in and I ‘see’ everyone in the room and I welcome them,” Bing said.

At the foundation of Bing’s business philosophy is what drives his success as a brand.

“Mister Bing’s isn’t a venue,” he said. “It isn’t one show. It’s a hospitality and entertainment brand creating distinctive concepts in collaboration with exceptional local business partners throughout Downtown Tucson. We’re redefining the golden era of nightlife with timeless elegance and signature guest engagement. Every detail is intentionally designed to elevate the guest experience while creating meaningful value and success in the city.”

Mister Bing’s After Dark

A warning: The Century Room event will only whet your appetite for additional glamorous entertainment. When that happens look no further than Mister Bing’s After Dark, a Saturday night event at the St. Cruz Restaurant in the Leo Kent Hotel, a Tribute Portfolio Hotel, on the corner of Church and Congress streets and also hosted by Bing. It starts later, at 9 p.m., and features a tux-wearing pianist and evening gown-clad chanteuse. She, too, sings from The Great American Songbook but she does not speak to the audience. That’s up to the hosts, Bing said. There’s a tableside magician who is an expert at sleight-of-hand and close-up illusion. Since guests may feel a little snackish or completely empty the kitchen is open.

There’s even dancing on a small floor.

“It’s an atmospheric lounge experience,” Bing said. “That’s what they’re doing in L.A. That’s what they’re doing in Miami, New York, (but) not Phoenix.”

After Dark is set for the second and last Saturday of the month with the next event on Saturday, July 25. Reservations are highly recommended and can be made at misterbingspresents.com. Entrance is complimentary.

Coming attractions

October will bring more new events to Tucson.

Maybe an evening that starts at 9 p.m. is too late. In that case, head to the Leo Kent Hotel and make a late morning of it at the Sunday Champagne Jazz Brunch. But what is a jazz brunch without the jazz? That will be provided by “a 1940s songstress singing jazz with a black-tie pianist,” Bing said.

More information about that is coming but Bing expects the jazz brunch to launch late in October.

Last, Bing and business partner Chef Daniel Scordato are opening The Skylark Club, a nightclub in the old, black-and-white Hollywood movie way. The inaugural event will take place on Oct. 30 at the three-level venue, The Treasury 1929.

Internationally touring singer Crystal Stark will be the mainliner. This promises to be one glamorous event.

“We are creating a golden era of show club entertainment,” Bing said. “It’s luxury.”

The lux begins when guests enter the venue.

“You walk in, I have a black-tie band,” Bing said. “You walk in, you’ll already be transported to an old Hollywood vibe. I have show club dancers. They will be dressed in that era to (create) atmosphere.”

Guests may dance if they are so moved or they may get to their table and watch. “It’s all part of the experience,” Bing said. 

Guest should also feel free to wear their glam best because “you’re coming to a pop-up old Hollywood club,” he added.

This is not the end of the entertainment. Bing and Scordato are also bringing in “film, television and Broadway stars ‘cabaret-style.”

Of course it wouldn’t be a high-end supper club without supper. For the feasting portion there’s Scordato, who is well-known for his epicurean creations; in this case, a three-course dinner.

“Chef Daniel is bringing in his Vivace (Restaurant) culinary art,” Bing said. 

This in part accounts for the cost: $35 each for mezzanine (balcony) seating and the show only. Then tickets go from $215 for dinner and the show to $235 for the VIP treatment. Attendance will be capped at 120 people.

“This is going to be a huge deal in Tucson,” Bing said.

Tickets go on sale Aug. 1 at misterbingspresents.com

In the end

What Bing is really doing with all these events, he hopes, is bringing life lived fully to his guests and adding a bit of sparkle to it.

“I’m bringing yesteryear glamour back to Downtown,” he said. “We all go out for one reason and that is to feel alive and to love life all over again.”  

Gary Sinoff sings The Great American Songbook, presented by Mister Bing’s Presents & The Century Room at Hotel Congress
WHEN: 6:30 p.m. Thursday, July 30
WHERE: The Century Room at Hotel Congress, 318 E. Congress Street
INFO: hotelcongress.com/venues/centuryroom, misterbingspresents.com/shows
COST: from $30.90 plus a 2-drink minimum