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Esperanza Spalding Headlines Free Concert At Celebrate Brooklyn!

Source: Matt Gross
June 2, 2015

BRIC is pleased to announce that Esperanza Spalding will headline a free concert at the Celebrate Brooklyn! Performing Arts Festival (Prospect Park Bandshell, 9th St. & Prospect Park West), which is presented by Squarespace, on Friday, June 12. The concert, free to the public (with a suggested $3 contribution at the gate), begins at 7:30 P.M. with an opening performance by acclaimed vocalist José James. The captivating bassist and singer Esperanza Spalding’s “sprawling collage of jazz fusion, Brazilian, and even ...

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Tony Danza Makes Café Carlyle Debut, June 16-27

Source: Matt Gross
May 19, 2015

ACTOR/SINGER TONY DANZA MAKES CAFÉ CARLYLE DEBUT, JUNE 16-27, 2015 Beloved star of stage and screen, Tony Danza makes his Café Carlyle debut to close the spring season, June 16-27. The two-week engagement, entitled Tony Danza: Standards and Stories, will feature a selection of highlights from the Great American Songbook and more. Perhaps best known for starring on some of television's most cherished and long-running series, including Taxi and Who's the Boss?, Danza has also established himself as a Broadway ...

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Upcoming Free Jazz Events At Bric's Celebrate Brooklyn!

Source: Matt Gross
May 14, 2015

SATURDAY, JUNE 27, 7:30 P.M. JASON MORAN’S FATS WALLER DANCE PARTY | BUTLER, BERNSTEIN & THE HOT 9 The astonishingly inventive pianist and composer Jason Moran unleashes his fun side in this “joyous and foolish and graceful” (The New York Times) event, a spectacle complete with dancers and costumes that takes the stride innovator Fats Waller as a jumping off point to dig into grooves that flirt with everything from Motown to house to hip-hop. For all Moran’s skill and ...

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Recording

St Germain Announces First Album In 15 Years

Source: Matt Gross
May 5, 2015

NONESUCH RECORDS TO RELEASE FIRST ALBUM IN 15 YEARS FROM FRENCH ELECTRONIC ARTIST ST GERMAIN St Germain (aka Ludovic Navarre), whose albums Boulevard (1995) and Tourist (2000) originated a genre of French electronic music that later included artists like Daft Punk, has returned to the studio to create his first album in 15 years. The self-titled record marries percussive grooves, which have always been central to St Germain’s sound, with a new element: traditional Malian music. Today the artist reveals ...

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BRIC Announces 2015 Celebrate Brooklyn! Lineup including Esperanza Spalding And Ghost Train Orchestra

Source: Matt Gross
April 29, 2015

CELEBRATE BROOKLYN! 2015 LINEUP WEDNESDAY, JUNE 3, 8:00 P.M. Chaka Khan Opening Night Concert (FREE) With ten Grammys, ten #1 Billboard hits, 22 albums, and a career spanning 40 years and influencing countless other singers, Chaka Khan truly is the “Queen of Funk.” Songs from her time with multiracial trailblazers Rufus and as a solo artist —“Tell Me Something Good,” “Ain’t Nobody,” “I’m Every Woman,” and “I Feel for You” to name just a few — are dance floor staples ...

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JD Souther Celebrates New Album With One Night Engagement At Café Carlyle

Source: Matt Gross
April 29, 2015

SINGER-SONGWRITER/ACTOR JD SOUTHER CELEBRATES NEW ALBUM, TENDERNESS, WITH ONE NIGHT ENGAGEMENT AT CAFÉ CARLYLE ON MAY 9 An architect of the Southern California sound and a huge influence on modern songwriting, JD Souther has written and co-written hits by the Eagles, Linda Ronstadt, Bonnie Raitt and the Dixie Chicks among many others. On the heels of his highly anticipated new album, Tenderness, JD Souther will perform at Café Carlyle in a one night engagement, May 9. The performance will take ...

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Performance / Tour

Megan Hilty Returns To Café Carlyle, May 19-30

Source: Matt Gross
April 21, 2015

SINGER/ACTRESS MEGAN HILTY RETURNS TO CAFÉ CARLYLE WITH NEW SHOW, SONGS FOR MY DAUGHTER, MAY 19-30, 2015 Having garnered acclaim for performances on stage and screen, Megan Hilty makes her return to Café Carlyle in a two-week engagement, May 19-30. In Songs For My Daughter, Hilty will perform the classics that shaped her childhood and which she’ll pass on to her recently-born daughter. Of her previous engagement at the Café, Stephen Holden of The New York Times exclaimed, “Ms. Hilty ...

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Upcoming Music Events At Harlem Stage (marcus Strickland, José James, Nona Hendryx, More)

Source: Matt Gross
April 17, 2015

WHEN THE MOON TURNS GREEN: THE MYTH AND MUSIC OF BILLIE HOLIDAY Harlem Stage Gatehouse Tuesday, April 28 Time: 7:30pm Free with RSVP Join us as Dr. Robert O’Meally, author of Lady Day: The Many Faces of Billie Holiday, Dr. Farah Jasmin Griffin, author of If You Can’t Be Free, Be A Mystery and Dr. John Szwed, author of the forthcoming Billie Holiday: A Musical Biography, explore the mythand music of the ...

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