April Jazz Festival Calendar April 1 - 30 2009

"A Decade of Keeping Our Music Alive"

Date

Artist, Venue information

Video / Photos

Tuesday

March 31st 2008

Festival 2009 Media Conference
FREE & Open to the Public

Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz

Brooklyn Borough Hall

209 Joralemon St. - 10 AM - 718.569.1896

Wednesday

April 1, 2009

FREE Community Day Jazz Concert

Central Brooklyn Jazz All Stars:

Pauline Jean (vocals), Ahmed Abdullah (trumpet), Kiane Zawadi (trombone), Jeff King (sax), Rudy Mwongozi (piano), Bryce Sebastin (bass), George Grey (drums)

SugarHill Supper Club & Restaurant

609 DeKalb Ave 6 - 9PM $10 min - 718.569.1896

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Friday

April 3, 2009

Evening of Juju Jazz & Spoken Word

Biko Transformation Center - 1474 Bushwick Ave 

6:30 PM - 917.648.8395 - www.jujujazzvocals.com

Friday

April 3, 2009

The Lou Donaldson Quartet
$20 / Jazz 966 - 966 Fulton Street / 

8 - 11 PM - 718.638.6810

Friday

April 3, 2009

The Jeff King Band

Special Guest Lynette Washington

$5.00 per Two Shows  9pm and 11pm

@ Solomon’s Porch

307 Stuyvesant Ave
Brooklyn, NY 11233
917.602.0865
Get directions

Saturday

April 4, 2009

Symposium/Performance with

Professor Robin D. G. Kelley &

Randy Weston Trio   

FREE / Professor Jeff Taylor - Brooklyn Jazz History Discussion - (Hitchcock Institute for Studies in American Music Gershwin Theater - Brooklyn College

2900 Bedford Ave.
Brooklyn, NY 11210
1 - 5 PM - 718.951.5655

www.bcisam.org

GALA BENEFIT CONCERT

Saturday

April 4, 2009

The Roy Haynes Fountain of Youth Band

Also appearing poet, activist & playwright

AMIRI BARAKA  & Vanessa Rubin and Her Trio

State of the Art Community Venue

Brooklyn Tech Auditorium 29 Fort Greene Place, Bklyn, NY 11217 (enter on South Elliot)

Doors open 5:30, Tickets $10 (students), $20, $40, & VIP Tickets to order: 800.838.3006 or click here   

Saturday

April 4, 2009

Robert Rutledge

Freddie Hubbard Tribute

Sistas' Place - 456 Nostrand Ave

$20.00 - 9 & 10:30 PM - 718.398.1766

www.sistasplace.org
Sunday

April 5, 2009

Bill Hudson Night
Benefit concert sponsored by

Andy Kirk Foundation &

Central Brooklyn Jazz Consortium

$20 donation - JAZZ 966 - 966 Fulton St.

5 - 8 PM 718.773.2252

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Tuesday

April 7, 2009

The Eric Frazier's Jazz Jam Session

FREE - Rustik Tavern

471 DeKalb Ave - 7:30 PM - 347.406.9700

www.rustiktavern.com

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Thursday

April 9, 2009

Encounters in Jazz / Live Internet Jazz Show @ Folukie / Juju Jazz Band

Juju sings Horace Silver, Monk & Originals

 Juju Jazz band: Carl Bartlett, Jr. (sax), Yoichi Uzeki (piano), Mike Fitzbenjamin (bass), Napoleon Revels-Bey (drums), Juju Gordon (vocals)

$10.00 Folukie Restaurant - 1168 Bedford Ave 

8 PM - 10 PM 718.712.3097 www.jujujazzvocals.com

Thursday

April 9, 2009

Lon Ivey's 4th Millenium Band

Featuring Paul Von Thadden  

$5 - Rustik Restaurant - 471 DeKalb Ave

8 - 11 PM - 347.406.9700                   www.rustiktavern.com

Friday

April 10, 2009

The Jeff King Band

Two Shows  9Pm and 11Pm

Special Guest Trombonist Craig Harris

$5.00 @ Solomon’s Porch

307 Stuyvesant Ave
Brooklyn, NY 11233
917.602.0865
Get directions

Friday

April 10, 2009

The Ray Schinerry Quartet

$20 / Jazz 966 - 966 Fulton Street

8 - 11 PM / 718.638.6810

Saturday

April 11, 2009

Vince Gardner

Tribute to J.J. Johnson

 $20 Sistas' Place - 456 Nostrand Ave

9 & 10:30 PM - 718.398.1766

www.sistasplace.org
Saturday

April 11, 2009

Steve Cromity and his Trio

 Lafayette Harris (piano), Paul Beaudry (bass), Emanuel Harrold (drums), Steve Cromity (vocals)

 $20 Victorian Mansion - 247 Hancock St @ Marcy Ave

7 til 10 PM - 917-685-3508 - ww.stevecromity.com

Saturday

April 11, 2009

The Tardo Hammer Trio

  Tardo Hammer (piano), Lee Hudson (bass), Jimmy Wormworth (drums)

$20 both sets & open wine bar -

Parlor Jazz - 119 Vanderbilt Ave.

     sets 9 & 10:30 PM - 718.855.1981  www.parlorjazz.com

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Monday

April 13, 2009

African Caribbean Jazz with

Dr Mambo and Experience Ensemble, featuring:

Bill Jacobs (vibes), Alex Blake (bass), Neil Clarke (percussion) "Chacho" Ramierz (drums) and Dwight "Dr Mambo" Brewster (piano/vocals), - plus friends

$20.00 - 95 South, 778 Franklin Ave. Bklyn NY 11226

This event will be broadcast live over WBAI radio 99.5 FM with streamming available @ www.wbai.org

8pm - 12 pm - www.drmambo.com

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Wednesday

April 15, 2009

Alma Carol Event "Jazz Salute to Veterans

Featuring Emmy Kemp, Gerold Haynes, Kim Clark, Larry Williams

At Black Veterans for Social Justice

665 Wiloughby Avenue

Brooklyn, NY

12 - 2pm - RSVP 718.852.6004 ext. 250

Thursday

April 16, 2009

Dave Valentin Quintet

"Latin Jazz"

         tickets on smarttix.com 

$10, $7 (seniors, students)

    Dweck Cente r

Central Branch Bklyn Public Library - Eastern Pkwy at Flatbush Ave Concert 7 PM

Thursday

April 16, 2009

Encounters in Jazz

Live Internet Jazz Show @ FOLUKIE

Youth in Jazz featuring Michael Jazz Trio & Vocalist Eugene "Goldie" Goldston Juju Jazz Band: Yoichi Uzeki (piano), Mike Fitzbenjamin (bass), Napoleon Revels-Bey (drums) $10 - Folukie Restaurant - 1168 Bedford Ave Shows 8 & 10 PM / 718.712.3097 www.jujujazzvocals.com
Thursday

April 16, 2009

Rico Vibes Quartet / Latin Salsa Jazz

Tommy Mattoili (vibes, marimba, percussion), Carlos Velasquez (bass), Sam Berrios (piano)

$5 - Rustik Restaurant - 471 DeKalb Ave

8 - 11 PM - 347.406.9700 www.rustiktavern.com

Friday

April 17, 2009

Houston Person

$20 / Jazz 966

966 Fulton Street

Brooklyn, NY

8 - 11 PM

Friday

April 17, 2009

The Jeff King Band

Special guest, Vanessa Rubin

$5 - Solomon's Porch - 307 Stuyvesant Ave.

sets 9 & 11:00 PM - 917.602.0865

Saturday

April 18, 2009

Jazz: The Women's View Point 

Panel Discussion & Performance

Ntozake Shange, Mickey Davidson, Akua Dixon, Carline Ray, Camile Yarborough

moderated by Monique Ngozi Nri

Suggested donation $10 - 718.569.1896

Multi-Purpose Room,

Bedford Stuyvesant Restoration Corp.

1368 Fulton St Brooklyn NY 11216 - 2 - 5 PM

Saturday

April 18, 2009

TC III - Tribute to Leon Thomas

& Pharoah Sanders

$20 / Sistas' Place

456 Nostrand Avenue
Brooklyn, NY
A or C train to Nostrand (corner of Nostrand & Jefferson Aves., entrance on Jefferson)

Shows 9 & 10:30 PM - 718.398.1766  www.sistasplace.org

Saturday

April 18, 2009

Jazz Impromptu featuring Rasheed Howard and James Fleet & Drake Colley Quintet

$20 / Grand Dakar Restaurant - 285 Grand Ave

8PM until / 718.398.8900 /www.granddakar.com

Sunday

April 19, 2009

Ronnie Mathews / Freddie Hubbard

Musical Tribute

James Spaulding (sax), Kenyatta Beasley (trumpet), Kiane Zawadi (trombone), George Cables (piano), Dwayne Burno (bass), Louis Hayes (drums)

$10 donation / $10 minimum 

SugarHill Restaurant - 609 DeKalb Ave  

3 - 9 PM / 718.569.1896

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Wednesday

April 22, 2009

Jazz and The Spoken Word

Donations Accepted / Brooklyn Borough Hall

    Long Life Information & Referral Network Arts Program Benefit

“Inspiring Persons With Disabilities”

FREE - Brooklyn Borough Hall -

   209 Joralemon Street  5 - 9 PM

4 - 8 PM / Buffet Dinner - 718.778.009 ex 22

Thursday

April 23, 2009

Encounters in Jazz  Live

Internet Jazz Show @ FOLUKIE

with Ed Stoute - Pianist

Juju Jazz Band Tribute to Local Composers

Juju Jazz Band: Yoichi Uzeki (piano), Mike Fitzbenjamin (bass), Napoleon Revels-Bey (drums), Juju Gordon (vocals)

$10 / Folukie Restaurant - 1168 Bedford Ave

shows 8 & 10 PM / 718.712.3097 www.jujujazzvocals.com

Thursday

April 23, 2009

Mozayik

Jazz Music with a Haitian Flavor

Markus Schwartz (percussion), Eddy Bour Jolly (guitar), Welmyr Jean-Pierre (keyboard) Gene Torres (bass), Gashford Guillaume (drum) 

$5 - Rustik Restaurant - 471 DeKalb Ave - 8 - 11 PM - 347.406.9700                                         www.rustiktavern.com 

Thursday

April 23, 2009

"Shades of Carmen 

A Tribute to

Carmen McRae"

Tulivu-Donna Cumberbatch & Her Magnificent Trio - $10 / Siloam Presbyterian Church 250 Jefferson Ave - 7 PM - www.tulivu.com
Friday

April 24, 2009

The Renegade Band @ BAMcafe Live!

FREE / "Conscious Reggae -

Brooklyn Academy of Music

30 Lafayette Pl. 9 - 10:30 PM

9 - 10:30 PM - 718.636.4100 - www.bam.org

Friday

April 24, 2009

The Jeff King Band

every Friday with a Special Guest

Two Shows  9Pm and 11Pm @ Solomon’s Porch

Friday

April 24, 2009

"Ruth, A Love Story" A Play

Presented by God's Choice Production & Living Rock Christian Center

    $15 / Bedford Stuyvesant Auditorium -

info 347.246.6956 or godschoice3@aol.com

Friday

April 24, 2009

The Melba Joyce Quartet

$20 / Jazz 966 - 966 Fulton Street

8 - 11 PM / 718.638.6810

Saturday

April 25, 2009

Afroart Designs Presents:

Meet the Artist Symposium & Concert

The Art of Jazz Fine Art by Willie Torbert  & Answered Stewart Music by The Jeff King Band Host: Shandra King Time 3PM to 9PM refreshments Call for more information  718.573.6110

Afroart Designs - 316 Stuyvesant Ave
Brooklyn NY 11233
www.afroart-designs.net

"PEACE ON EARTH" Music is the Healing Force!

Saturday

April 25, 2009

Youth Jazz Jamboree / Wellness Day

FREE / Bedford Stuyvesant Restoration Plaza

1368 Fulton St Brooklyn NY 11216 - 1 - 4 PM

Saturday

April 25, 2009

The New Cookers - BAMcafe Live!

FREE / Hip Jazz Ensemble - Hard Bop Jazz

Brooklyn Academy of Music - 30 Lafayette Pl. -

9 - 10:30 PM - 718.636.4100 - www.bam.org

Saturday

April 25, 2009

Kiane Zawadi

Tribute to Roland Alexander $20 - Sistas' Place

456 Nostrand Ave - 9 & 10:30 PM

718.398.1766

www.sistasplace.org
Sunday

April 26, 2009

Janes' Male Chorus & Soloists

Guest Speaker Dr. Edison O. Jackson-Pres.

Medgar Evers College

Offerings Accepted - Janes United Methodist Church 660 Monroe St.

718.453.2316 / 10:45 AM

Sunday

April 26, 2009

"Eco- Soul: Alice Smith" 

Hip-Hop/Old Soul/R&B/Rock

         Oasis at Weeksville Heritage Center  
1698 Bergen Street .

$5.00 Donation

2PM / 718.756.5250 www.weeksvillesociety.com

Sunday

April 26, 2009

"Garifuna Music" featuring Felix Miranda

         Also showing Film Documentary

"The Soul of Punta Rock"

Bed-Stuy Multi Service Center Auditorium 
          1958 Fulton St near Ralph Ave.

2 - 6 PM / 718.773.2252 more on Garifuna click here

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Wednesday

April 29, 2009

Brooklyn Jazz Hall of Fame Ceremony

2009 Inductees Leonard Gaskin & 

Freddie Hubbard Honored

     Donations - Brooklyn Historical Society

128 Pierrepont St. 6 - 9 PM - 718.569.1896  www.cbjcjazz.org

Thursday

April 30, 2009

 Live Music & Singer
 FREE / Penn-Wortman Senior Center

895 Pennsylvania Ave - 1 PM

Thursday

April 30, 2009

Encounters in Jazz / Live Internet Jazz Show @ Folukie / Juju Jazz Band

Poetry/Spoken Word and Verbal Artisian & Harold Valle Open Mic Finale

Juju Jazz Band: Aiye Niwaju (trumpet), Annette St. John (vocals), Eric Johnson (guitar) 

$10.00 Folukie Restaurant - 1168 Bedford Ave 

8 PM - 10 PM 718.712.3097 www.jujujazzvocals.com