Friday, February 9, 2024 Presented by: Slam Junk / Avant Groiddest Musica Radegast Hall & Biergarten 113 North 3rd Street Williamsburg, Brooklyn NY 11249 Website
9pm – Midnight 21+ FREE for The People
Burnt Sugar The Arkestra Chamber (Radegast Edition) Bruce Mack – Vocals/Conduction Ms. Olithea – Vocals/Electronic Soundscapes Dave Smoota Smith – Trombone V. Jeffrey Smith – Soprano & Tenor Saxes Ben Tyree – Electric Guitar Leon Gruenbaum – Keyboards/Samchillian/Talk Box Sly Stone’s Maestro Rhythm King – Drums & Percussion Jared Michael Nickerson – Electric Bubble Bass
Burnt Sugar The Arkestra Chamber is thrilled that these brick & mortar record stores are carrying Angels Over Oakanda vinyl. Stop on by and ask for an in-store play, and get complimented for your sonic good taste.
Omega Music 318 East Fifth Street Dayton Ohio 45402 (937) 275-9949 omegamusicdayton.com
Tunes 225 Washington Street Hoboken NJ 07030 (201) 653-3355 tuneshoboken.com
Downtown Music Gallery (International Shipping) 13 Monroe Street New York N.Y. 10002-7351 (212) 473-0043 downtownmusicgallery.com
Extended Play 149 Rehoboth Avenue – Unit 8B Rehoboth Beach DE 19971 (302) 226-8469 Connect on Facebook
Dusty Groove Chicago Record Store & Warehouse 1120 North Ashland Avenue Chicago IL 60622 (773) 342-5800 dustygroove.com
Rocket Number Nine Records 50 North Font Street Kingston N.Y. 12401 (845) 331-8217 Connect on Facebook
BURNT SUGAR SMOKEHOUSE 2024 … where you come for an appetizer of being throughly entertained … a just-too-astonished entree with a sizzlin side of amazement … topped off with a whut a lovely after-glow feeling dessert !!
We’re kicking off a year of SmokeHouse festivities celebrating 25 years of never playing the same song once! Join us at David Rubenstein Atrium at Lincoln Center for 2 nights of performances featuring Burnt Sugar family members.
There are two ways to access this free event: 1. General Admission, first-come first-served. Just show up! 2. Fast Track, (recommended!) opening the Monday before the event at noon. Click here to learn more and reserve.
January 26th
BS-Smk-Hs MC LaRonda Davis BS-Smk-Hs Stage Manager Aalics Bronson BS-Smk-Hs DJ DJ Sugarfree BK (Honeychild Coleman/The 1865) w Jared Michael Nickerson’s Bubble BaSS on da BoTToM
7:30 – 7:45 The Smoota Těte-A-Těte Dave “Smoota” Smith – Trombone Tony Jarvis – Bass Clarinet/Flute Morgan Price – Bass Clarinet/Flute Yusuke Yamamoto – Vibraphone Jason DiMatteo – Acoustic Bass Dylan Fusillo – Percussion
7:55 – 8:10 Paradigm Shift V. Jeffrey Smith – Vocals/Electric Guitar Lisala Beatty – Vocals Marcus Machado – Electric Guitar Christopher Paultre – Vocals/Keyboards Melanie Athena – Vocals/Electric Bass James “Biscuit” Rouse – Vocals/Drums
8:40 – 8:55 JS & The Squadron JS – Trumpet Charmel Rogers – Electric Guitar Christopher Paultre – Keyboards Gary Foote – Electric Bass Tony Lewis – Drums
9:05 – 9:20 Shelley Nicole’s blaKbüshe Shelley Nicole – Vocals Ernie D’Amaso – Vocals/Electric Bass Jerome Jordan – Vocals/Electric Guitar Leon Gruenbaum – Keyboards/Samchillian V. Jeffrey Smith – Soprano & Tenor Saxes Matsu – Drums
January 27th
BS-Smk-Hs MC LaRonda Davis BS-Smk-Hs Stage Manager Aalics Bronson BS-Smk-Hs DJ DJ Sugarfree BK (Honeychild Coleman/The 1865) w Jared Michael Nickerson’s Bubble BaSS on da BoTToM
7:30 – 7:45 Shrine For The Black Madonna Brian Tate – Electric Vocals Jared Hassan-Foles – Electric Guitar Jarius B. Odom – Electric Bass Gintas Janusonis – Drums
7:55 – 8:05 Mazz Muse Mazz Swift – Vocals/Violin/Compositions
8:15 – 8:30 A.S.T.R.O vs Rivers On Mars Avram Fefer – Tenor Sax/Compositions Graham Haynes – Trumpet Anders Nilsson – Electric Guitar Luke Haynes – Acoustic Bass Chad Taylor Drums
8:40 – 8:55 Ben Tyree’s Activator Trio Ben Tyree – Electric Guitar/Compositions Leon Gruenbaum – Samchillian/Keyboards Chris Eddleton – Drums
9:05 – 9:15 Atomik FreaQuency Sharrif Simmons – Spoken Word André Lassalle – Electric Guitar/Programming
9:25 – 9:40 Moisturizer “Moist” Paula – Bari Sax “Moist” Gina – Electric Bass Chris Eddleton – Drums
A musical tribute to a Black Revolutionary, Haitian General Toussaint L’Ouverture
This Quartet features Napoleon Maddox, Jowee Omicil & musical guests.
Burnt Sugar Arkestra performs featuring Cincy-Nancy Sister City Association w/ youth spoken word performances, inspired by pen-pal letters between Cincinnati College Preparatory Academy (CCPA) and Loritz Lycee School (Nancy, Fr).
STOCKBOY featuring Brent Olds, John Gentry, and Michael Taylor.
***Sponsored by Common Good Alliance – Haile Foundation – Cincy-Nancy Sister Cities Association***
Official Music Video: The Liberation of L’Ouverture’s Spirit by the Black Napoleon:
The Underworld Jazz Festival was launched in 2018 to amplify rich, colorful and nuanced Black art traditions. They use the word “underworld” because despite the revenue it generates, Black art remains marginal to mainstream society. They use the term “jazz”; less as genre and more as a way to think about approach to music, creativity and life.
In 2022, the Jazz festival was crowned as the “Black Arts” Festival to truly demonstrate our dedication to 360° of Black Creativity.
Underworld Jazz & Black Arts Festival exercises traditions such as the Mobilization of Congo Square [Pop Up Improvised Jazz] and the cultivation of collaborations between Cincinnati based, regional and International artists. Here Napoleon Maddox, UNDERWORLD Jazz Festival’s executive Director, explains the “Mobilization of Congo Square” project :
The UNDERWORLD Black Arts Jazz Festival is sponsored by the Common Good ALLIANCE, Arts Wave, BLINK, Black Spirits Legacy, Cincinnati Arts Association and Trinity Films Entertainment Group.
Burnt Sugar The Arkestra Chamber (BRIC Jazz Festival Edition) Shelley Nicole – Vocals/Conduction ~ Bruce Mack – Vocals/Synthesizer/Conduction ~ Ms. Olithea – Vocals ~ Abby Dobson – Vocals ~ Lewis “Flip” Barnes – Trumpet ~ V. Jeffrey Smith – Soprano/Tenor Sax ~ Avram Fefer – Bari Sax ~ Dave “Smoota” Smith – Trombone ~ Leon “Misha” Gruenbaum – Electric Keys/Samchillian ~ Ben Tyree – Electric Guitar ~ Shawn Banks – Percussion ~ Chris Eddleton – Trap Drums ~ Jared Michael Nickerson – Electric “Bubble” Bass
Before and after BSAC’s set DJ Spinna will be throwing down on the ones and twos.
The Downtown Brooklyn Partnership is a not-for-profit local development corporation that serves as the primary champion for Downtown Brooklyn as a world-class business, cultural, educational, residential, and retail destination. Working together with the three Business Improvement Districts (BIDs) that it manages – the MetroTech BID, Fulton Mall Improvement Association, and Court-Livingston-Schermerhorn BID – the Partnership’s diverse activities include attracting new businesses and improving the environment for existing companies, facilitating the construction of public spaces and street scapes that promote an active and cohesive community, supporting and promoting Downtown Brooklyn’s cultural assets, and encouraging a sense of place and an engaged civic community. For more information, visit www.downtownbrooklyn.com.
At the corner of Flatbush and Lafayette, The Plaza at 300 Ashland is Downtown Brooklyn’s newest public space in the heart of the Brooklyn Cultural District. Managed, programmed and maintained by Downtown Brooklyn Partnership, the plaza hosts events as part of the Downtown Brooklyn Presents series, a calendar of programming including film screenings, concerts, theater performances, dance & fitness classes, readings, community gatherings, and more. These events are all free and open to the public, with the goal of serving the community, the Downtown Brooklyn neighborhood, and NYC’s cultural community at large.
Additional support for programming at the Plaza at 300 Ashland is provided by Two Trees Management Co. and Whole Foods Market.
