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Minnie Jordan Quartet

March 1, 2024

doors 7pm music 8pm, full dinner menu available, seating is first come-first served

performing live in the back room

MINNIE JORDAN QUARTET

Minnie Jordan is a contemporary jazz violinist hailing from Texas and living in Brooklyn. Her compositions draw inspiration from jazz tradition, but are also informed by the distinctive flavor of Texan roots music, as well as diverse non-musical sounds such as bird songs and the occasional printer or leaking faucet.

featuring

Willis Edmundson – drums

Evan Mainkeyboard

Charlie Lincoln – bass

+ special guest LILY TALMERS

“Lily’s sound is rooted in the 60’s folk revival, but includes broader fascinations, like the influence of Greece, Portugal and the European classical music canon all subtly swirl around in her melodies. She strives to to engage with “folk music” as it is most loosely defined: ‘the music of the people.'”

 


Isaiah Collier & The Chosen Few

February 16, 2024

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7pm doors 8pm music, seating first come first serve

performing live in the back room

Isaiah Collier is a Chicago/Brooklyn based multi-instrumentalist, composer, arranger, curator and educator. His style draws from master saxophonists such as John Coltrane, Roscoe Mitchell, and Wayne Shorter. Cosmic Transitions – his most recent album with The Chosen Few – received 5 stars from Downbeat magazine. He is a former fellow of the Dave Brubeck Institute, and one of the last musicians to work with the late Rudy Van Gelder.

with special guest

Shara Lunon a transdisciplinary artist based in Brooklyn, NY. She is the product of the evolution of Black American musical traditions. As a poet, vocalist, composer, and improviser, her art finds the ethereal in the chaotic. With voice as the foundation, Shara’s music is an exploration of text and sound that seamlessly weaves through the ongoing relationship of struggle, resilience, and resolution. Her goal is to challenge lassitude and in its place, instill hope.

and all night-selector 

DADA STRAIN

Rhythm Improvisation Community


Kenneth Jimenez’s ‘verolís’

January 15, 2024

7pm doors 8pm music, full dinner menu available, seating is first come first-served

performing live in the back room 

verolís

is a new project led by composer and bassist, Kenneth Jiménez, and also features Ingrid Laubrock on tenor saxophone and Christopher Hoffman (cello). The trio moves between written music and improvisation, allowing them to explore a wide range of textures and sounds to create shape and form throughout their set. The band takes its name after the flower of the sugar cane plant that blooms during harvesting season. Jiménez draws inspiration from these images that inhabit his earliest memories to put together this band and create this music.

Moritz/Ali/Coast

Jonathan Moritz, Sean Ali, and Carlo Costa have been playing together since 2013 in a variety of ensembles. Since 2017 the three have been performing as a collective trio and over time have honed a distinctive band sound. One of the primary pursuits of the band is to inhabit and explore the acoustic space they perform in. The trio generally never utilizes any amplification and more often than not performs in DIY spaces that are not meant for concerts. By establishing a fragile yet palpable atmosphere the band activates the space and gradually draws the audience into its pool of sound.

$15 at the door (cash/Venmo, no advance tickets)


Brooklyn Maqam Hang featuring Hadi Eldebek & Friends + monthly Arabic music jam

November 17, 2023

Doors 7:30pm $20

Full dinner menu available

Hadi Eldebek is a musician, composer, and cultural entrepreneur based in New York City. He has collaborated with prominent figures and institutions in the Arts, Culture, and Education sectors, including Yo-Yo Ma’s Silkroad Ensemble, Harvard Graduate School of Education, The Kennedy Center, TED, Disney World Imagineering, and others. Hadi is the artistic director of The Brooklyn Nomads, a cross cultural band rooted in Arabic music traditions. He has also co-founded several cultural startups, including grantPA, a tool for artists to find grants and other opportunities.


Heavy Florals 4 curated by Shara Lunon

September 26, 2023

8pm doors, $10-20 sliding scale (cash/Venmo, no advance tickets)

HEAVY FLORALS is a series that creates space for a community of POC musicians & their allies to exhale, curated by Shara Lunon  @heavy_florals

H E A V Y  F L O R A L S  I I I I

featuring live performances by

AFRIKAN SCIENCES Bandcamp 

Eric Douglas Porter is one of the most expansive and intensive musical torch bearers of modern experimental composition. A self taught multi-instrumentalist and a true outsider, he challenges the canon and the limitations of musical expression through complex mind-opening rhythmic sonic woven formations.”

HxH

HxH is the improvisatory electro-acoustic duo of Lester St. Louis and Chris Williams. The duo utilizes a mix of trumpet, cello and electronics to build worlds traversing through acoustic sound, grainy textures, expansive pools of sounds, breaks, cuts and beats.

+ DJ Kalle Miller all night


Baklava Express

2 sets starting at 8pm / $20, no presale (cash/Venmo at the door)

Baklava Express is a Middle Eastern fusion project led by oud player Josh Kaye. The band mostly performs original music, influenced by the traditions of the Arab world, Turkey, and Greece, as well as Jazz, Flamenco, Rock, and Eastern European Folk music.

Josh Kaye – Oud/Composition

Daisy Castro – Violin

John Murchinson– Qanun

James Robbins – Bass


Compass Trio / James Labrosse Trio

$10 at the door (cash/Venmo, no advance tickets)

 

COMPASS TRIO

raga, Latin, and more

Galen Passen – sitar

Tripp Dudley – tabla/percussion

James Labrosse – guitar

 

 

 

 

JAMES LABROSSE TRIO

flamenco & modern jazz with electronic flourishes

James Labrosse – guitar

Marwan Allen – bass

Jeremy Smith – percussion