The festival starts April 17th and lasts until May 17th, with many fun and exciting events happening all month long. Some of the performances are listed below, ranging in prices and times:
Apr 17, 8:00 pm – Dr. Mambo and the Experience Ensemble-“Music of the Feet” concert/dance, The Gallery, 293 Van Duzer St., Staten Island 10304, music @ 9 PM, BYOBB, food available, $20-adv / $$-door, info: 347.776.1089
Apr 18, 12-3:00 pm – Prospect Park Zoo, 450 Flatbush Ave @ Empire Blvd., Free w/ zoo admission, 718.399.7339, www.prospectparkzoo.org
Apr 18, 9:00 & 10:30 pm – Akua Dixon, Sistas’ Place, 456 Nostrand Ave @ Jefferson St., $20-advance/$25-door, info: 718.398.1766, www.sistasplace.org
Apr 23, 7:00 pm – Arturo O’Farrill & Rudresh Mahanthappa, Brooklyn College-Walt Whitman Hall
Apr 24, 9:00 pm – The New Cookers, BAMcafe, Lafayette Ave., Free, 718.636.4100, www.bam.org
Apr 25, 12-4:00 pm – Youth Jamboree/Wellness Day, Restoration Plaza, Bedford Stuyvesant Restoration Corporation, 1368 Fulton St., Free,718.415.3474, www.cbjcjazz.org
Apr 25, 9:00 & 10:30 pm – Derrick Barker (tribute to Roy Ayers & Bobby Hutcherson), Sistas’ Place, 456 Nostrand Ave @ Jefferson St., $20-advance/$25-door, info: 718.398.1766, www.sistasplace.org
Apr 29, 6-8:30 pm – Brooklyn Jazz Hall of Fame Ceremony, Brooklyn Historical Society, 128 Pierrepont St., donations, 718.222.4111,www.brooklynhistory.org
Apr 30, TBA – International Jazz Day, Brooklyn Borough Hall
May 2, 9:00 & 10:30 pm – Robert Rutledge (tribute to Lee Morgan), Sistas’ Place, 456 Nostrand Ave @ Jefferson St., $20-advance/$25-door, info:718.398.1766, www.sistasplace.org
May 8, 3-5:00 pm – “Jazz By The Sea”, William Spaulding Jazz Quintet, New York Aquarium-Coney Island, Surf Ave. & West 8th St., Free
May 9, 9:00 & 10:30 pm – Pianist Alan Palmer, Sistas’ Place, 456 Nostrand Ave @ Jefferson St., $20-advance/$25-door, info: 718.398.1766,www.sistasplace.org
The Central Brooklyn Jazz Consortium is committed to the development of audiences and the nurturing of institutions and individuals throughout Brooklyn that specifically deal with Jazz as well as other African American cultural expressions. Come out and support this year, we look forward to seeing you there!
