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13th Annual Central Brooklyn Jazz Festival

13th Annual
Central Brooklyn Jazz Festival-Jazz: A Music of the Spirit, March 30
until April 30, 2012 presented by the Central Brooklyn Jazz Consortium.
This music series is New York City’s longest continuously running
grassroots festival dedicated to jazz. More than 500 artists will be
performing in 40 events at venues from Coney Island to Williamsburg in
Brooklyn. For information contact CBJC at 718.773.2252 or
[email protected].

Brooklyn jazz has a rich past and its legacy
is celebrated every April, nationally known as Jazz Appreciation Month.
CBJC’s chairperson Clarence Mosley, Jr. states, “CBJC enters its
thirteenth season in presenting the African American art form jazz to
the underserved populations of Brooklyn. We continue to recognize the
contributions and creativity of the jazz community of Brooklyn, past and
present. Our forty plus member organization strives to provide jazz
education programs and enhance the economy of our community via cultural
tourism”. Internationally recognized musicians will perform in
community centers, clubs, colleges, and cultural and faith-based
institutions. This jazz festival is accessible to all, with 85% percent
of the events free or at a cost of less than twenty dollars.

Central
Brooklyn Jazz Festival has grown from a nine day neighborhood event to a
highly anticipated month-long borough-wide celebration. Performers this
year will include Bilal Sunni Ali, Kenyatta Beasley, Gloria Cooper,
Steve Cromity, Bob Cunningham, Lou Donaldson, Eric Frazier, Winard
Harper, Eric Lemon, Sam Newsome, Houston Person, Beareather Reddy,
Elijah Shiffer, James Spaulding, The Last Poets, Salim Washington, Rudi
Wongozi, Eric Wyatt and more.

Performances include a salute to
Gil Scott-Heron with Abiodun Oyewole and a tribute to Gloria Lynne by
Lil Phillips. Other concerts: Pucho and his Latin Soul Brothers, Arturo
O’Farrill and the Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra, and a celebration of the
music of Kenny Dorham and Cecil Payne by the Long Island University
Brooklyn music faculty. Jazz great, Bob Cunningham, will be inducted
into the Brooklyn Jazz Hall of Fame by way of an all star jam session.
Jazz performers of tomorrow are showcased during a Youth Jazz Jamboree
at Bedford Stuyvesant Restoration Plaza. For a full calendar of events
see attached schedule.

CBJC activities are made possible by the
following sponsors: NYS Assembly Members Annette Robinson and Karim
Camara; NYS Senators Velmanette Montgomery and Eric Adams; NYC Council
Members Albert Vann and Leticia James; CBJC member organizations. CBJC
programs are supported, in part, by public funds from the New York State
Council on the Arts, NewYork City Department of Cultural Affairs,
Brooklyn Arts Council andits JP Morgan Chase Regrant Program, New York
City Department For The Aging, Bedford Stuyvesant Restoration
Corporation, Brooklyn Tourism and Visitors Center, and Long Life
Information & Referral Network.

Central Brooklyn Jazz
Consortium/CBJC founded in 1999, is an amalgam of patrons, entertainment
venues, faith -based institutions, community organizations and
musicians. Over the past twelve (12) years CBJC has presented an annual
spring festival, established a Brooklyn Jazz Hall of Fame & Museum
(TM), and produced yearly programs that feature local jazz talent. CBJC
is a nonprofit corporation committed to preserving, promoting and
supporting live music within the underserved communities of Brooklyn.

CENTRAL BROOKLYN JAZZ FESTIVAL CALENDAR of EVENTS

13th ANNUAL CENTRAL BROOKLYN JAZZ FESTIVAL – Jazz: A Music of The Spirit
March 30 – April 30, 2012

Fri. March 30 – Sharon Ahnee Freeman Trio, JAZZ966, 966 Fulton St. @ Grand Ave., 8-10pm, $15, 718.638.8910, www.jazz966.com />

Fri.
March 30 – Mz. Lezlie Harrison with Eric Lemon Trio- “Soulful Alto and
Distinctive Blend of Jazz Classic”, BrownstoneJAZZ at Sankofa Aban Bed
& Breakfast, 107 Macon St. @ Nostrand Ave., 8–11pm, $20,
917.704.9237, www.sankofaaban.com />

Fri. March 30- Salute to Gil
Scott-Heron (Abiodun Oyewole, Bilal Sunni Ali, others) presented by
National Black Writers Conference & Central Brooklyn Jazz
Consortium, For My Sweet, 1103 Fulton St. @ Classon Ave., 9:30pm, $20
advance/$25 door, tixs-1.800.838.3006 ext.1, www.brownpapertickets.com />

Fri.
March 30 – The New Cookers – Hip/Hard Bop Jazz, BAMcafe, Brooklyn
Academy of Music, 30 Lafayette Pl., 10-11pm, FREE, 718.636.4100,
www.bam.org />

Fri. March 30 – WMC Allstars Jam Session,
Williamsburg Music Center, 367 Bedford Ave. @ South 5th St., 10-2am, $10
min, 718.384.1654, www.wmcjazz.org />

Sat. March 31– Lil
Phillips/Tribute to Gloria Lynne, Sistas’ Place, 456 Nostrand Ave. @
Jefferson St., 2 sets 9 & 10:30pm, $20 reservations/$25 door,
718.398.1766, www.sistasplace.com />

Sat. March 31 – Eric Wyatt
Quartet, BAMcafe, Brooklyn Academy of Music, 30 Lafayette Pl., 10-11pm,
FREE, 718.636.4100, www.bam.org />

Mon. April 2 – Sankofa Soulz
feat King Tut, For My Sweet, 1103 Fulton St. @ Classon Ave., 2 shows –
7:15 & 9:15pm, $10, 718.857.1427, [email protected]

Tues.
April 3 – Eric Frazier Open Mic Jam Session – Danny Mixon, Rome Neal,
Sheryl Renee, Rustik Tavern, 471 DeKalb Ave. @ Franklin Ave., 8pm, $5,
347.406.9700, www.rustiktavern.com />

Wed. April 4 – Pucho and his
Latin Soul Brothers, Dweck Center Brooklyn Public Library, 10 Grand Army
Plaza, 7pm, FREE, 718.230.2100

Thurs. April 5 –Tribute to Kenny
Dorham & Cecil Payne presented by Long Island University Brooklyn
Music Faculty, Kumble Theater, 7-8:30pm, FREE, 718.488.1624,
www.kumbletheater.org />

Fri. April 6 – Houston Person Quartet, JAZZ966, 966 Fulton St. @ Grand Ave., 8-10pm, $20, 718.638.8910, www.jazz966.com />

Fri.
April 6 –Rudi Wongozi ft. Eric Lemon Band, BrownstoneJAZZ at Sankofa
Aban Bed & Breakfast, 107 Macon St. @ Nostrand Ave., 8–11pm, $20,
917.704.9237, www.sankofaaban.com />

Fri. April 6 -WMC Allstars Jam
Session, Williamsburg Music Center, 367 Bedford Ave. @ South 5th St.,
10-2am, $10 min, 718.384.1654, www.wmcjazz.org />

Sat. April 7 –
Kenyatta Beasley Quintet/Tribute to Frank Foster, Sistas’ Place, 456
Nostrand Ave. @ Jefferson St., 2 sets 9 & 10:30pm, $20
reservations/$25 door, 718.398.1766, , www.sistasplace.com

Sun.
April 8 – Steve Cromity and his Trio ft. TC III open mic jam, Two Steps
Down, 240 DeKalb Ave. @ Vanderbilt Ave., 6-9pm, $10, 718.399.2020,
www.stevecromity.com />

Mon. April 9 – Bilal Sunni Ali & ‘The
Singing Chef” Ras Chemash Lamed with Song of Life Ensemble, For My
Sweet, 1103 Fulton St. @ Classon Ave., 2 shows – 7:15 & 9:15pm, $10,
718.857.1427, [email protected]

Fri. April 13 – Bob Cunningham Quartet, JAZZ966, 966 Fulton St. @ Grand Ave., 8-10pm, $15, 718.638.8910, www.jazz966.com />

Fri.
April 13 – Pucci Amanda Jhones, ft. Eric Lemon Trio, BrownstoneJAZZ at
Sankofa Aban Bed & Breakfast, 107 Macon St. @ Nostrand Ave., 8–11pm,
$20, 917.704.9237, www.sankofaaban.com />

Fri. April 13 -WMC
Allstars Jam Session, Williamsburg Music Center, 367 Bedford Ave. @
South 5th St., 10-2am, $10 min, 718.384.1654, www.wmcjazz.org />

Sat.
April 14 – James Spaulding Expressions, Sistas’ Place, 456 Nostrand
Ave. @ Jefferson St., 2 sets 9 & 10:30pm, $20 reservations/$25 door,
718.398.1766, , www.sistasplace.com

Mon. April 16 – The Last
Poets Originators of Revolutionary Poetry, For My Sweet, 1103 Fulton St.
@ Classon Ave., 2 shows – 7:15 & 9:15pm, $15, 718.857.1427,
[email protected]

Thurs. April 19 – Arturo O’Farrill and
the Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra, Brooklyn College Jazz Ensemble with Salim
Washington, Brooklyn College, 2900 Bedford Ave., 7pm, FREE,
718.951.5655, www.depthome.brooklyn.cuny.edu/isam/ />

Fri. April 20 – Lou Donaldson, JAZZ966, 966 Fulton St. @ Grand Ave., 8-10pm, $20, 718.638.8910, www.jazz966.com />

Fri.
April 20 – Frank Senior with Eric Lemon Trio, BrownstoneJAZZ at Sankofa
Aban Bed & Breakfast, 107 Macon St. @ Nostrand Ave., 8–11pm, $20,
917.704.9237, www.sankofaaban.com

Fri. April 20 – WMC Allstars
Jam Session, Williamsburg Music Center, 367 Bedford Ave. @ South 5th
St., 10-2am, $10 min, 718.384.1654, www.wmcjazz.org />

Sat. April 21 – Jazz! The Women’s ViewPoint, TBA, 718.773.2252, www.cbjcjazz.org />

Sat.
April 21 – Beareather Reddy’s Music of The Soul Big Eyed Blues, 499
Halsey St. @ Stuyvesant Ave., 8pm, $15, 718.919.0697,
www.bigeyedblues.com />

Sat. April 21 – Reggie Nicholson Concept,
Sistas’ Place, 456 Nostrand Ave. @ Jefferson St., 2 sets 9 &
10:30pm, $20 reservations/$25 door, 718.398.1766, , www.sistasplace.com />

Mon.
April 23 – L.A. Blacksmith and Band, For My Sweet, 1103 Fulton St. @
Classon Ave., 2 shows – 7:15 & 9:15pm, $10, 718.857.1427,
[email protected]