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The 19th Annual Central Brooklyn Jazz Festival schedule has been announced, with over 500 musicians performing throughout the month-long festival.
See the dates below, and go to the official Central Brooklyn Jazz website to view the happenings for Central Brooklyn Jazz Consortium’s highly anticipated celebration of “The Music.” Over fifty programs take place from Prospect Lefferts Gardens to Williamsburg sections of the borough, 50 percent of the events are free, or less than ten dollars.
DATES ~ APRIL 13 through MAY 13, 2018
718.773.2252 ext. 103 / CentralBrooklynJazz.org
Apr 13, 8-11:30PM – Pucci Amanda Jhones, JAZZ966, 966 Fulton St, info: 917.593.9776, www.fortgreenecouncil.org/jazz966
Apr every Fri/Sat, 9-12:30AM – BSJAZZ Ensemble, 107 Macon St @Marcy Ave, open mic-11pm, info: 917.704.9237, http://www.ticketweb.com/snl/EventListings.action?orgId=203803
Apr 13/20/27, 10-1AM – Gerry Eastman & Friends + Rogier/Jam Session-11:30, Williamsburg Music Center, 367 Bedford Ave @Williamsburg Bridge, info: 718.384.1654, www.wmcjazz.org
Apr 14, 9-12AM – Neil Clarke, Sistas’ Place, 456 Nostrand Ave @ Jefferson St, info: 718.398.1766, www.sistasplace.org
Apr 14, 9-until –Aaron Burnett & Big Machine, Williamsburg Music Center, 367 Bedford Ave @Williamsburg Bridge, info: 718.384.1654, www.wmcjazz.org
Apr 15, 6-9PM – Jazz for a Sunday Evening hosted by Steve Cromity, Milk River Café, 960 Atlantic Ave, info: 718.686.8600. www.milkriverbrooklyn.com
Apr 15, 10-1AM – Sébastien Bachand & Allegra Krieger/ Edith Boucher-Hazelton @ Williamsburg Music Center, 367 Bedford Ave., info: 718.384.1654, www.wmcjazz.org
Apr 16, 8PM – Tori Gee, jam session follows, Tohma’s Place, 1583 Fulton St @ Albany Ave, info: 504.292.3605
Apr 18, 8-10PM – PLGArts Music Series: Art Lillard’s Blue Heaven, Erv’s, 2122 Beekman @ Flatbush Ave., info: 916.936.2122, 718.926.0091, https://www.facebook.com/ervsonbeekman
Apr 19, 9-until – Eladio Rojas and Aaron Edgcomb, Williamsburg Music Center, 367 Bedford Ave @Williamsburg Bridge, info: 718.384.1654, www.wmcjazz.org
Apr 20, 8-11:30PM – Lonnie Youngblood, JAZZ966, 966 Fulton St, info: 917.593.9776, www.fortgreenecouncil.org/jazz966
Apr 21, 9-12AM – NEA Jazz Master Jimmy Owens, Sistas’ Place, 456 Nostrand Ave @ Jefferson St, info: 718.398.1766, www.sistasplace.org
Apr 21, 10-1AM – Aycee Lovely, Williamsburg Music Center, 367 Bedford Ave @Williamsburg Bridge, info: 718.384.1654, www.wmcjazz.org
Apr 22, 3-5PM – Jazz Vespers @ Emmanuel Baptist Church w/ Ronnie Burrage, 279 Lafayette Avenue @ St. James Pl, donations, info: 718.622.1107
Apr 22, 4-8PM – Trumpets from the African Diaspora (Lesedi Ntsane and Gifton Gelin Bands), Sistas’ Place, 456 Nostrand Ave @ Jefferson St, info: 718.398.1766, www.sistasplace.org
Apr 22, 9-until – Robert Taylor and Haley Haerr-Hartmann, Williamsburg Music Center, 367 Bedford Ave.@Williamsburg Bridge, info: 718.384.1654, www.wmcjazz.org
Apr 23, 8PM – Louis Vega, jam session follows, Tohma’s Place, 1583 Fulton St @ Albany Ave, info: 504.292.3605
Apr 26, 9-until – Rosemary Minkler and Joshua Walker, Williamsburg Music Center, 367 Bedford Ave @Williamsburg Bridge, info: 718.384.1654, www.wmcjazz.org
Apr 28, 12-5PM – Youth Jamboree/Wellness Day, musical tribute to Brooklyn Jazz Hall of Famers Randy Weston; Kenny Barron, youth jazz ensembles, exhibits by health care providers, Bedford Stuyvesant Restoration Corporation’s west pavilion, info: 718.773.2252 x 103, comm@cbjcjazz.org
Apr 28, 9-12AM – Akua Dixon, Sistas’ Place, 456 Nostrand Ave @ Jefferson St, info: 718.398.1766, www.sistasplace.org
Apr 28, 10-1AM – Lisanne Tremblay & Codeswitch/Jam Session-11:30, Williamsburg Music Center, 367 Bedford Ave @Williamsburg Bridge, info: 718.384.1654, www.wmcjazz.org
Apr 29, 9-until – Billy Carrión Jr. and Zerlina Devi, Williamsburg Music Center, 367 Bedford Ave @Williamsburg Bridge, info: 718.384.1654, www.wmcjazz.org
Apr 30, 8PM – Zakiyyah Modeste, jam session follows, Tohma’s Place, 1583 Fulton St @Albany Ave, info: 504.292.3605
May 1, 5-8PM – Jazz & The Spoken Word (artists with/without disabilities) presented by Long Life Referral Network, Brooklyn Borough Hall, 209 Joralemon St., free, poets, musicians, food and beverages served, info: 917.757.0170
May 2, 2018, 6-7PM – Jazz at Walt Whitman Library-Rome Neal Band, 93 Saint Edwards St @ Myrtle Ave, free, info: 718.935.0244, www.bklynlibrary.org/locations/walt-whitman
May 2, 7-9PM – LIU Brooklyn Spring Concert: LIU Choir/LIU Small Jazz Ensemble, directed by Jan Douglas/Yoshi Waki, Kumble Theatre, One University Pl, info: 718.488.1000 x1874
May 3, 9-until – Daniele Germani and Allegra Krieger, Williamsburg Music Center, 367 Bedford Ave @Williamsburg Bridge, info: 718.384.1654, www.wmcjazz.org
May every Fri/Sat, 9-12:30AM – BSJAZZ Ensamble, 107 Macon St @Marcy Ave, open mic-11pm, info: 917.704.9237, http://www.ticketweb.com/snl/EventListings.action?orgId=203803
May 4/11, 10-1AM – Gerry Eastman & Friends/Jam Session-11:30, Williamsburg Music Center, 367 Bedford Ave @Williamsburg Bridge, info: 718.384.1654, www.wmcjazz.org
May 5, 3PM – Jazz! The Women’s Viewpoint, music by Martha Redbone, music industry panel discussion, Lafayette Avenue Presbyterian Church, 85 So. Oxford St., donations, info: 718.773.2252 x 103, comm@cbjcjazz.org
May 5, 10-1AM – Brad Miller, Williamsburg Music Center, 367 Bedford Ave @Williamsburg Bridge, info: 718.384.1654, www.wmcjazz.org
May 5, 9-12AM – Robert Rutledge/George Gray Band, Sistas’ Place, 456 Nostrand Ave @ Jefferson St, info: 718.398.1766, www.sistasplace.org
May 6, 9-until – Francisco Haye and Julian Jimenez, Williamsburg Music Center, 367 Bedford Ave @Williamsburg Bridge, info: 718.384.1654, www.wmcjazz.org
May 7, 8PM – TBA artist, jam session follows, Tohma’s Place, 1583 Fulton St @Albany Ave, info: 504.292.3605
May 9, 6PM – BROOKLYN JAZZ HALL of FAME Ceremony, Billie Holiday Theatre at Bedford Stuyvesant Restoration Corporation, 1368 Fulton St., Irving “Duke” Jordan’s hall of fame induction, info: 718.773.2252 x 103, comm@cbjcjazz.org
May 10, 10-1AM – Max Light and Lisanne Tremblay, Williamsburg Music Center, 367 Bedford Ave @Williamsburg Bridge, info: 718.384.1654, www.wmcjazz.org
May 11, 8-11:30PM – Vinnie Knight, JAZZ966, 966 Fulton St, info: 917.593.9776, www.fortgreenecouncil.org/jazz966
May 12, 9-12AM – Ahmed Abdullah’s Diaspora, Sistas’ Place, 456 Nostrand Ave @ Jefferson St., $20-adv/$25-door, info: 718.398.1766, www.sistasplace.org
May 12, 10-1AM – Aaron Burnett & Big Machine, Williamsburg Music Center, 367 Bedford Ave @Williamsburg Bridge, info: 718.384.1654, www.wmcjazz.org
May 13, 9-until – John Melendez and Danae Greenfield, Williamsburg Music Center, 367 Bedford Ave @Williamsburg Bridge, info: 718.384.1654, www.wmcjazz.org
Click here for the Official Page for the 2018 Central Brooklyn Jazz Festival Schedule.
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Sistas Place is on Jefferson Ave not Street. Thanks!