Central Brooklyn Jazz Festival
Photos by William Thomas. See Practical information below for credits.
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| Country and Region | United States — New York |
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| Type of Festival | Music |
| Location of Festival | New York, New York, USA |
| Festival Contact Information | Central Brooklyn Jazz Consortium |
| Festival Description | he 14th Annual Central Brooklyn Jazz Festival will be held from March 29 thru April 30, 2013. This music event is NYC’s longest continually running grass roots festival dedicated to jazz. Concerts and programs will take place from Coney Island to Williamsburg sections of the municipality. |
| Festival Dates | March 29 - April 30, 2012 |
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Festival Story:
Central Brooklyn Jazz Consortium/CBJC founded in 1999, is an amalgam of patrons, entertainment venues, faith -based institutions, community organizations and musicians. Over the past thirteen (13) years CBJC has presented an annual spring festival, established a Brooklyn Jazz Hall of Fame & Museum™, and produced yearly programs that feature local jazz talent. CBJC is a nonprofit corporation committed to preserving, promoting and supporting live music within the underserved communities of Brooklyn.
Festival Events:
Programming 2012:
- Friday March 30
- Sharon Ahnee Freeman Trio
JAZZ966, 966 Fulton St. @ Grand Ave., 8-10pm, $15, 718.638.8910,
http://www.jazz966.com - Mz. Lezlie Harrison with Eric Lemon Trio
“Soulful Alto and Distinctive Blend of Jazz Classic”, BrownstoneJAZZ at Sankofa Aban Bed & Breakfast, 107 Macon St. @ Nostrand Ave., 8–11pm, $20, 917.704.9237
http://www.sankofaaban.com - Salute to Gil Scott-Heron (Abiodun Oyewole, Bilal Sunni Ali, others)
Presented by National Black Writers Conference & Central Brooklyn Jazz Consortium, For My Sweet, 1103 Fulton St. @ Classon Ave., 9:30pm, $20 advance/$25 door, tixs-1.800.838.3006 ext.1
http://www.brownpapertickets.com - The New Cookers
Hip/Hard Bop Jazz, BAMcafe, Brooklyn Academy of Music, 30 Lafayette Pl., 10-11pm, FREE, 718.636.4100
http://www.bam.org - WMC Allstars Jam Session
Williamsburg Music Center, 367 Bedford Ave. @ South 5th St., 10-2am, $10 min, 718.384.1654
http://www.wmcjazz.org
- Sharon Ahnee Freeman Trio
- Saturday, March 31
- Lil Phillips/Tribute to Gloria Lynne
Sistas’ Place, 456 Nostrand Ave. @ Jefferson St., 2 sets 9 & 10:30pm, $20 reservations/$25 door, 718.398.1766
http://www.sistasplace.com - Eric Wyatt Quartet
BAMcafe, Brooklyn Academy of Music, 30 Lafayette Pl., 10-11pm, FREE, 718.636.4100
http://www.bam.org
- Lil Phillips/Tribute to Gloria Lynne
- Monday April 2
- Sankofa Soulz featuring King Tut
For My Sweet, 1103 Fulton St. @ Classon Ave., 2 shows – 7:15 & 9:15pm, $10, 718.857.1427
http://jazzymondays@gmail.com
- Sankofa Soulz featuring King Tut
- Tuesday, April 3
- Eric Frazier Open Mic Jam Session - Danny Mixon, Rome Neal, Sheryl Renee
Rustik Tavern, 471 DeKalb Ave. @ Franklin Ave., 8pm, $5, 347.406.9700
http://www.rustiktavern.com
- Eric Frazier Open Mic Jam Session - Danny Mixon, Rome Neal, Sheryl Renee
- Wednesday, April 4
- Pucho and his Latin Soul Brothers
Dweck Center Brooklyn Public Library, 10 Grand Army Plaza, 7pm, FREE, 718.230.2100
- Pucho and his Latin Soul Brothers
- Thursday, April 5
- Tribute to Kenny Dorham & Cecil Payne
Presented by Long Island University Brooklyn Music Faculty
Kumble Theater, 7-8:30pm, FREE, 718.488.1624
http://www.kumbletheater.org
- Tribute to Kenny Dorham & Cecil Payne
- Friday, April 6
- Houston Person Quartet
JAZZ966, 966 Fulton St. @ Grand Ave., 8-10pm, $20, 718.638.8910
http://www.jazz966.com - Rudi Wongozi featuring Eric Lemon Band
BrownstoneJAZZ at Sankofa Aban Bed & Breakfast, 107 Macon St. @ Nostrand Ave., 8–11pm, $20, 917.704.9237
http://www.sankofaaban.com - WMC Allstars Jam Session
Williamsburg Music Center, 367 Bedford Ave. @ South 5th St., 10-2am, $10 min, 718.384.1654
http://www.wmcjazz.org
- Houston Person Quartet
- Saturday, April 7
- Kenyatta Beasley Quintet/Tribute to Frank Foster
Sistas’ Place, 456 Nostrand Ave. @ Jefferson St., 2 sets 9 & 10:30pm, $20 reservations/$25 door, 718.398.1766
http://www.sistasplace.com
- Kenyatta Beasley Quintet/Tribute to Frank Foster
- Sunday, April 8
- Steve Cromity and his Trio featuring TC III open mic jam
Two Steps Down, 240 DeKalb Ave. @ Vanderbilt Ave., 6-9pm, $10, 718.399.2020
http://www.stevecromity.com
- Steve Cromity and his Trio featuring TC III open mic jam
- Monday, April 9
- Bilal Sunni Ali & ‘The Singing Chef” Ras Chemash Lamed with Song of Life Ensemble
For My Sweet, 1103 Fulton St. @ Classon Ave., 2 shows – 7:15 & 9:15pm, $10, 718.857.1427
http://jazzymondays@gmail.com
- Bilal Sunni Ali & ‘The Singing Chef” Ras Chemash Lamed with Song of Life Ensemble
- Friday, April 13
- Bob Cunningham Quartet
JAZZ966, 966 Fulton St. @ Grand Ave., 8-10pm, $15, 718.638.8910
http://www.jazz966.com - Pucci Amanda Jhones, featuring Eric Lemon Trio
BrownstoneJAZZ at Sankofa Aban Bed & Breakfast, 107 Macon St. @ Nostrand Ave., 8–11pm, $20, 917.704.9237
http://www.sankofaaban.com - WMC Allstars Jam Session
Williamsburg Music Center, 367 Bedford Ave. @ South 5th St., 10-2am, $10 min, 718.384.1654
http://www.wmcjazz.org
- Bob Cunningham Quartet
- Saturday, April 14
- James Spaulding Expressions
Sistas’ Place, 456 Nostrand Ave. @ Jefferson St., 2 sets 9 & 10:30pm, $20 reservations/$25 door, 718.398.1766
http://www.sistasplace.com
- James Spaulding Expressions
- Monday, April 16
- The Last Poets Originators of Revolutionary Poetry
For My Sweet, 1103 Fulton St. @ Classon Ave., 2 shows – 7:15 & 9:15pm, $10, 718.857.1427
jazzymondays@gmail.com
- The Last Poets Originators of Revolutionary Poetry
- Thursday, April 19
- Arturo O’Farrill and the Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra, Brooklyn College Jazz Ensemble with Salim Washington
Brooklyn College, 2900 Bedford Ave., 7pm, FREE, 718.951.5655
http://www.depthome.brooklyn.cuny.edu/isam/
- Arturo O’Farrill and the Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra, Brooklyn College Jazz Ensemble with Salim Washington
- Friday, April 20
- Lou Donaldson
JAZZ966, 966 Fulton St. @ Grand Ave., 8-10pm, $20, 718.638.8910
http://www.jazz966.com - Frank Senior with Eric Lemon Trio
BrownstoneJAZZ at Sankofa Aban Bed & Breakfast, 107 Macon St. @ Nostrand Ave., 8–11pm, $20, 917.704.9237
http://www.sankofaaban.com - WMC Allstars Jam Session
Williamsburg Music Center, 367 Bedford Ave. @ South 5th St., 10-2am, $10 min, 718.384.1654
http://www.wmcjazz.org
- Lou Donaldson
- Saturday, April 21
- Jazz! The Women’s ViewPoint
1368 Fulton Street in Restoration's Multi Purpose Room, 1:30pm to 4:00pm, suggested donation is $10, 718.919.0697
http://www.cbjcjazz.org - Beareather Reddy’s Music of The Soul Big Eyed Blues
499 Halsey St. @ Stuyvesant Ave., 8pm, $15, 718.919.0697
http://www.bigeyedblues.com - Reggie Nicholson Concept
Sistas’ Place, 456 Nostrand Ave. @ Jefferson St., 2 sets 9 & 10:30pm, $20 reservations/$25 door, 718.398.1766
http://www.sistasplace.com
- Jazz! The Women’s ViewPoint
- Monday, April 23
- L.A. Blacksmith and Band
For My Sweet, 1103 Fulton St. @ Classon Ave., 2 shows – 7:15 & 9:15pm, $10, 718.857.1427
jazzymondays@gmail.com
- L.A. Blacksmith and Band
- Wednesday, April 25
- Brooklyn Jazz Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
SugarHill Supper Club, 609 Dekalb Ave. @ Nostrand Ave., 5-10pm, $20 min, 718.467.1527
http://www.cbjcjazz.org
- Brooklyn Jazz Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
- Friday, April 27
- Harlem Renaissance Big Band
JAZZ966, 966 Fulton St. @ Grand Ave., 8-10pm, $15, 718.638.8910
http://www.jazz966.com - Elijah Shiffer, with Eric Lemon Trio
BrownstoneJAZZ at Sankofa Aban Bed & Breakfast, 107 Macon St. @ Nostrand Ave., 8–11pm, $20, 917.704.9237
http://www.sankofaaban.com - Bob Cunningham Tribute
Williamsburg Music Center, 367 Bedford Ave. @ South 5th St., 10-2am, $10 min, 718.384.1654
http://www.wmcjazz.org
- Harlem Renaissance Big Band
- Saturday, April 28
- Youth Jazz Jamboree/Wellness Day
Bedford Stuyvesant Restoration Plaza, 1358 Fulton St. @ Brooklyn Ave., 9:30-5pm, FREE ALL WELCOMED, 347.262.3483
http://www.cbjcjazz.org - CBJC Gala Jazz Concert
Location TBA, 718.773.2252
http://www.cbjcjazz.org - Winard Harper Group/Tribute to Bob Colley
Sistas’ Place, 456 Nostrand Ave. @ Jefferson St., 2 sets 9 & 10:30pm, $20 reservations/$25 door, 718.398.1766
http://www.sistasplace.com
- Youth Jazz Jamboree/Wellness Day
- Sunday, April 29
- Jazz Vespers with Brandon Sanders Quintet ft. Warren Wolf
Emmanuel Baptist Church, 279 Lafayette Ave. @Washington Ave., 3-4:30pm, $20 Donation, 718.622.1107
http://www.ebcconnects.org - William Spaulding Jazz Quintet
Jazz By The Sea @ Coney Island, venue TBA, 3-5pm, FREE, 718.467.1527
- Jazz Vespers with Brandon Sanders Quintet ft. Warren Wolf
- Monday, April 30
- Dee Alexander and Friends Direct from Chicago’s Southside
For My Sweet, 1103 Fulton St. @ Classon Ave., 2 shows – 7:15 & 9:15pm, $10, 718.857.1427
jazzymondays@gmail.com
- Dee Alexander and Friends Direct from Chicago’s Southside
Practical Info:
Slideshow photo credits:
- In order of appearance — Photos by William Thomas
- Houston Person performing at venue JAZZ966 on April 6, 2012
- Pucho and His Latin Soul Brothers performing at Dweck Center-Brooklyn Public Library during 13th Annual Central Brooklyn Jazz Festival, April 4th.
- 2012 Festival poster
- Note — Both performances part of the 13th Annual Central Brooklyn Jazz Festival.
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