Vince Giordano and the Nighthawks set a February Monday at Birdland Theater

The 11-piece hot-jazz orchestra's February 1 show is on sale now, another night in a Monday residency that keeps the 1920s and '30s alive on West 44th Street.

Monday nights in Midtown have a soundtrack, and it is about a century old. Vince Giordano and the Nighthawks have made the Birdland Theater their Monday home, and the calendar now reaches into February.

Vince Giordano and the Nighthawks play the Birdland Theater on Monday, February 1, 2027, at 8:30 p.m. Tickets run $24.91 to $45.76 through TicketWeb. The date was announced October 26, and the room holds 200.

The Nighthawks are an American jazz orchestra formed in New York in 1976, and they have spent the decades since playing 1920s and '30s big band music with painstaking detail. Giordano leads an 11-piece band in a Birdland residency, and the repertoire is mostly jazz from the '20s and '30s, played from the period arrangements.

An 11-piece orchestra playing 1920s and '30s jazz in a 200-seat room.

The residency has deep roots. Before Birdland, the band's Monday- and Tuesday-night performances at Iguana in Manhattan became the orchestra's long-running weekly gig, according to New York Latin Culture. These days the Monday nights belong to The Birdland Theater at 315 West 44th Street, where Front Row Center reviewed the band in residency. LondonJazz's "Mondays with Morgan" column caught a set there and wrote that the Nighthawks transcend retro in a jubilant, history-stuffed set, which is about as good a one-line summary of a Nighthawks night as you will find.

Why this room? An 11-piece band in a 200-capacity space is a rare thing: you hear the arrangements as arrangements, every section distinct, in a room where nobody is far from the bandstand. The New Jersey Jazz Society's listing gives two Monday sets, at 5:30 and 8:30 p.m.; this February 1 ticket is for the 8:30 slot.

What to know: the Birdland Theater is the downstairs room at Birdland, and seating is limited at 200. Check the ticket page for the details on seating before you go. February is a quiet month for nightlife, which makes a Monday out a bit easier to plan.

When to get tickets: they are on sale now through TicketWeb. Because the band plays most Mondays, this is less a one-chance show than a standing invitation. But a February night, a 200-seat room and a band this size is still worth locking down early, especially if you are bringing a group.

If you have never spent an evening with the Nighthawks, start here. Go for the second set, sit close, and let the band remind you that this music was dance music first.

Sources: Vince Giordano & the Nighthawks play vintage hot jazz on Mondays and Tuesdays (New York Latin Culture) (newyorklatinculture.com); Jazz at Birdland: Vince Giordano (New Jersey Jazz Society) (njjs.org); The Birdland Theater presents Vince Giordano and the Nighthawks (Front Row Center) (thefrontrowcenter.com); Mondays with Morgan: Vince Giordano & the Nighthawks transcend retro (LondonJazz News) (londonjazznews.com); Tickets (TicketWeb) (ticketmaster.evyy.net); JamBase listing (jambase.com)