Patrick Arena is a multi-faceted entertainer. As a jazz singer, song writer, monologist, teacher,producer and music journalist he brings his years of experience to the stage. As a child, he was a featured entertainer at the Steel Pier in Atlantic City, NJ. and is a veteran of the New York City nightclub and jazz renaissance of the 1970's,80's, and 90's appearing at Ted Hook's Backstage, Copacabana, The Duplex, Jan Wallman's, and Reno Sweeney. More recently Patrick has appeared at Eighty Eight's, Don't Tell Mama, and The Ballroom. On the jazz scene, Patrick performed a series of concerts with Abbey Lincoln and Fred Hersch at the New York Jazz Coalition.