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Sunday Jazz in the Cellar Series at Queen of All Saints Church

Posted on June 11, 2010 by The Changeling

[ June 13, 2010; 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm. ]

Sunday, June 13th, at 3:00 PM, brings another installment of the 2nd Sunday Jazz in the Cellar series at Queen of All Saints Church (300 Vanderbilt Ave., Brooklyn). The Q Jazz Express jazz ensemble will fill the bill exclusively to warm things up in anticipation of the summer.

Tickets are $7.00 for adults and $5.00 for [...]

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The Little Jazz Giants

Posted on March 22, 2010 by The Progressive Southside

[ March 27, 2010; 3:00 pm; ]

The Little Jazz Giants is a musical ensemble of young men between 10-16 years old.  They will be in concert on Saturday, March 27th at 3PM at Siloam Presbyterian Church (260 Jefferson Avenue at Marcy Avenue).  Donation for adults: $20 and children under 13: $10.  Donation includes exhibition, concert and refreshments.   For more information, [...]

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Friday Night Jazz at Afroart Designs

Posted on March 10, 2010 by The Progressive Southside

If you feel like staying local on a Friday evening, grab a bottle of wine and head over to Afroart Designs (316 Stuyvesant Avenue at Halsey Street) at 8PM for some live jazz.  Admission is $10, featuring The Jeff King Band.
Lately, Friday nights at this home furnishing/interior design gallery have been jumping.   It seems to [...]

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Film&Thought4Talk: Miles Davis Documentary

Posted on November 6, 2009 by Alexa11221

[ November 7, 2009; 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm. ]

There are several Miles David documentaries out, but I think this must be the new one,  “The Miles Davis Documentary,” released this past June. Written and directed by Christopher Wilkinson, who was also involved in 2001′s biopic “The Miles Davis Story,” it features appearances by George Clinton, Marcus Miller, and Jimmy Heath as well as [...]

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The Jazzmobile Presents Vanessa Rubin

Posted on July 14, 2009 by The Changeling

[ July 20, 2009; 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm. ]
The Macon Street Block Association (between Patchen and Ralph Avenues) invites you to join them on Monday, July 20th for an evening of jazz with vocalist, composer, and producer, Vanessa Rubin. She will be performing from 7:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.

This event is sponsored by the Jazzmobile, and I highly recommend it. I [...]

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Sistas’ Place Needs Your Love

Posted on June 12, 2009 by Alexa11221

[ June 20, 2009; 1:00 pm; ] A blog reader contacted me via Twitter and asked if I had heard that Sistas’ Place, the jazz performance venue on Nostrand Avenue, was going to move. She wanted to know the details. Here’s what I managed to track down:

“For over 14 years, December 12th Movement’s Coffee & Culture House “Sistas’ Place” has produced [...]

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The Art of Jazz, Sat. 4/25

Posted on April 23, 2009 by Alexa11221

[ April 25, 2009; 3:00 pm to 9:00 pm. ] Afroart Designs Presents:

Meet the Artist Symposium & Concert

The Art of Jazz: Fine Art by Willie Torbert  & Answered Stewart

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Music by The Jeff King Band
Host: Shandra King
Time Saturday, April 25, 3 PM to 9 PM
Refreshments will be served.
Call for more information  718.573.6110
Afroart Designs
316 Stuyvesant Ave
Brooklyn NY 11233
www.afroart-designs.net

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Brooklyn Jazz Fest: Women’s POV

Posted on April 17, 2009 by Alexa11221

[ April 18, 2009; 2:00 pm; ] Jazz: The Women’s View Point

An amazing lineup of poets, writers, dancers, vocalists, musicians and performers explore the past 10 years of jazz by women.

Panel Discussion & Performance

Panelists: Ntozake Shange, Mickey Davidson, Akua Dixon, Carline Ray, Camille Yarborough, moderated by Monique Ngozi Nri
Suggested donation $10 – 718.569.1896

Featured performance: Antoinette Montague with special guest Akua Dixon (cello), [...]

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All About April: Poetry & Jazz

Posted on April 2, 2009 by Alexa11221

[ April 4, 2009; 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm. 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm. ] First of all, April is National Poetry Month. Here’s a poem I shared yesterday on my personal twitter:

Untoward Occurrence at Embassy Poetry Reading

Thank you. Thank you very much. I’m pleased
to be here tonight. I seldom read
to such a varied audience. My poetry
is what it is. Graves, yes, said love, death
and the changing of the seasons
were [...]

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