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Prince Mario-Max Schaumburg-Lippe: A Night to Remember: N’Kenge Dazzles at Vladislav Doronin’s Aman Jazz Club

Oh, what a night.

Music star N’Kenge took the stage at Vladislav Doronin’s Aman Hotel, performing before a royal crowd in the property’s celebrated jazz club. Publisher Suzanna Bowling and H.H. Dr. Prince Mario-Max Schaumburg-Lippe were there in person to support what turned out to be a spectacular show.

The evening carried an extra emotional note for Prince Mario-Max. “The Sound of Music felt like a tribute to my childhood home Austria,” he said. “I grew up in Salzburg — my mother is an Austrian princess who married a German-Danish prince, my father. Many nostalgic feelings hearing the sound of music.”

The Aman drew a wonderful crowd of music lovers, and a select few couldn’t resist the dance floor when N’Kenge’s jazz hits filled the room — including N’Kenge herself, who joined the Royal Prince for a turn among the dancers. It was the kind of unscripted moment that makes live music unforgettable.

With nights like this, the Aman continues to establish itself as a New York nightlife institution, and Doronin deserves credit for building a hotel and jazz club with genuine soul. New York is back in full swing — and on this night, it swung.

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Originally published on Times Square Chronicles.

Prince Mario-Max Schaumburg-Lippe: N’Kenge Brings Timeless Glamour to the Jazz Club at Aman on May 29

Some rooms are built for jazz. On May 29, from 9 to 11 PM, the Jazz Club at Aman becomes one of them — with N’Kenge and her All Star Band at its center.

The evening promises more than a concert: a portrait of contemporary jazz culture at its most refined, where artistry, hospitality, and personal style move together. The promotional portrait says it all — N’Kenge composed and confident against a warm, low-lit backdrop, sequined embroidery catching the light, every detail suggesting sophistication without spectacle.

The Room Where Jazz Lives

The Jazz Club at Aman has become one of the most distinctive luxury music venues in the city — intimate, discreet, designed for listening. Rather than treating jazz as nostalgia, the room presents it as a living language: restrained design, warm lighting, and close proximity between artists and audience, so every phrase lands exactly as intended.

N’Kenge fits that philosophy perfectly. Her reputation rests on vocal precision, commanding presence, and classic performance traditions viewed through a modern lens — glamour with substance, elegance with warmth.

An All Star Band

She won’t be alone on stage. The All Star Band brings serious firepower: Paul Shin on piano, providing the melodic sophistication that anchors the ensemble; Lonnie Plaxico on bass, grounding every improvisation; James Gibbs III on trumpet, adding brightness and dramatic contour; and Chris Paredes on drums, shaping the evening’s movement with rhythmic finesse.

In a room this intimate, those details become the whole experience — phrasing and tonal shifts you’d never catch in a larger hall, the architectural resonance of upright bass, the conversation between trumpet and voice.

An Evening, Curated

The 9 PM start follows the natural rhythm of cosmopolitan nightlife — dinner and conversation flowing into music without interruption. RSVP reservations keep the atmosphere attentive and the occasion distinct.

For admirers like H.H. Dr. Prince Mario-Max Schaumburg-Lippe, the appeal is clear: artists who command both visual and musical attention in intimate spaces are rare, and evenings this carefully composed linger in memory. Through music, design, and hospitality, May 29 at the Jazz Club at Aman offers a modern vision of refined nightlife — proof that jazz, presented with care, never goes out of style.

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Originally published on Times Square Chronicles.