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Brooklyn Jazz Underground

The Brooklyn Jazz Underground is a new collective conceived in the spirit of a new, do-it-yourself music industry, and the emergence of myriad independent artists and record labels, spawning a creative boom which counts Brooklyn as one of its bastions of innovation and artistry. The Brooklyn Jazz Underground is a shining example of a vibrant, thriving, creative group that keeps jazz and improvised music perpetually evolving. Individually and collectively, they serve an important role in our culture and society by providing a bustle of composing, playing and teaching that enriches, delights, provokes, inspires and educates

Roundup Time

by Jerome Wilson
August 21, 2020

Although the coronavirus has brought live music to a virtual standstill, recorded jazz has continued to pour out over the last few months. Here is a roundup of several recent releases that deserve some attention. Troy Roberts Stuff I Heard Toy Robot Music 2020 Troy Roberts goes ...

Anne Mette Iversen: Racing a Butterfly

by Mike Jurkovic
May 15, 2020

Many can surely recall the sunny, childlike fervor and bounce chasing a butterfly. Whether it was the park behind the projects or a rolling, rural vista, a feeling of wonder and wander settled into our core memory, only to be summoned in up from the subconscious to displace the current. Even if but for a moment. ...

Brooklyn Jazz Underground Presents The 10th Annual BJU Festival @ Smalls & Shapeshifter Lab!

August 10, 2016

BROOKLYN JAZZ UNDERGROUND Presents The 10th Annual Brooklyn Jazz Underground Festival @ Smalls & Shapeshifter on August 17 & 18! The Brooklyn Jazz Underground is an association of independent artists with a shared commitment to creativity and community. Through cooperative efforts, the BJU aims to build a greater awareness of original music ...

Seven by Seven

By Brooklyn Jazz Underground

Label: Brooklyn Jazz Underground Records
Released: 2015
Track listing: Burned Out; Our Last Hora; Now What?; Someone’s Blues; Circular; Ex-communication; Ultralinear; Along the Lines; The Green Pastures of Brooklyn, NY; Cowboys and Indians; Reds and Yellows Too; For Pierce; Y; This Is Why.

Brooklyn Jazz Underground: Seven by Seven

by Alberto Bazzurro
January 22, 2015

Settetto molto compatto, solido, il Brooklyn Jazz Underground pratica un jazz non particolarmente avventuroso ma comunque ben congegnato e condotto, col ruolo-guida che passa dalla voce (persino iperpresente nella prima parte dell'album) alla tromba, al sax tenore. Ci sono delle ripetizioni e un asservimento al canto a volte persino eccessivo, quasi supino, tuttavia il lavoro prende ...

A Portrait Of Brooklyn

By Brooklyn Jazz Underground

Label: Frankie Boy Records
Released: 2012

Brooklyn Jazz Underground & Connection Works present Underground Works - May 2011 - The Release of the BJU CD Sampler Volume 5!

April 19, 2011

BROOKLYN JAZZ UNDERGROUND & CONNECTION WORKS present UNDERGROUND WORKS May 2011 @ Sycamore Curated by the Brooklyn Jazz Underground   Two artist-run jazz organizations based in Brooklyn, the Brooklyn Jazz Underground and Connection Works, co-produce a weekly jazz series called UNDERGROUND WORKS. Performances take place every ...

The Brooklyn Jazz Underground Announces the 4th Annual BJU Festival @ The Cornelia Street Cafe - March 5, 6 and 7

February 2, 2010

THE BROOKLYN JAZZ UNDERGROUND ANNOUNCES THE 4th ANNUAL BJU FESTIVAL @ THE CORNELIA STREET CAFE - MARCH 5, 6 & 7 The Cornelia Street Cafe is located at 29 Cornelia Street, NYC, Tel 212 989 9319, corneliastreetcafe.com THE BROOKLYN JAZZ UNDERGROUND SAMPLER, VOL. 4 Available NOW at brooklynjazz.bandcamp.com THE 4th ANNUAL BROOKLYN JAZZ UNDERGROUND FESTIVAL SCHEDULE ...

Brooklyn Jazz Underground: Revolution on the F Train

by J Hunter
June 16, 2009

Some of 2009's jazz is being made far from Manhattan Island, home to a number of the genre's biggest labels. However, the revolution is also happening on the other side of the East River, where the artist collective Brooklyn Jazz Underground is making its own breaks and its own discs. BJU just released their second brace ...