Author: Jared Michael Nickerson

The live music from BSAC and the BSAC Baby Bands will commence at 2pm and wrap up at 9 pm.  The lineup will be :

Burnt Sugar Arkestra (RAW/Smokehouse Edition) :
Greg Tate – conduction/ electric guitar/laptop
Shelley Nicole – vocals/conduction
Mikel Banks – vocals/conduction
Karma Mayet Johnson – vocals
Lewis “Flip” Barnes – trumpet
V. Jeffrey Smith – alto/tenor saxes & electronics
Avram Fefer – tenor sax
Dave “Smoota” Smith – trombone
“Moist” Paula Henderson – bari sax
Bruce Mack – keyboards/vocals
Leon Gruenbaum – keyboards/samchillean
Ben Tyree – electric guitar
Dré Lassalle – electric guitar
Chris Eddleton – drums
Jared Michael Nickerson – electric bass

Stage Manager – LaRonda Davis

– 2pm Event Starts with BSA RAW Funk Twenty-Minute Improvisation conducted by Greg Tate

– 2:30pm – 3:10pm – 1st Act Digital Diaspora :
Mikel Banks – vocals, freekaphone, harmonica, electronics
Shawn Banks – percussion, electronics
Gregory Kage – electric guitar, electric bass, electronics
V. Jeffrey Smith – saxes, electronics
Faro Z rap vocals, electronics
Chris Eddleton – drums

– 3:20pm – 4pm – 2nd Act Rivers On Mars :
Avram Fefer – tenor sax
Greg Tate – laptop
On Ka’a Davis – electric guitar
Chris Eddleton – drums

– 4:10pm – 4:50pm – 3rd Act Creative Apocalypse :
Leon Gruenbaum – looping with samchillian, keyboards, voice

– 5pm – 5:40pm – 4th Act Dope Sagittarius :
Luqman Brown – vocals, electric guitar
Ernest D’Amaso – electric bass, vocals
Asim Barnes – electric guitar
Entrfied McCloud – electric keys
Howard Alpher – drums

– 5:50pm – 6:30pm – 5th Act BT3 :
Ben Tyree – electric guitar
Leon Gruenbaum – keyboards, samchillean
Chris Eddleton – drums

– 6:40pm – 7:10pm – 6th Act André Lassalle’s Premonition :
André Lassalle – electric guitar, digital loops
Karma Mayet Johnson – vocals

– 7:20pm – 9pm BSA Set to close the night.

~ Free Admission

~ Family Activities from 2pm-to-5pm will feature Chalk Art, Giant Bubbles ( C’mon … We all Love Giant Bubbles !!!), Hands-on Art Activities and Face Painting.

~ Helados de Coco Italian Ice and Quick Bites Food Trucks on site.

Support for this event comes from the Evelyn W. Preston Memorial Trust Fund, Bank of America, N.A., Trustee.

This will be the 13th edition of Bazaar Royale’s BROOKLYN BAZAAR.

Bazaar and Beverly Bond put this on for their neighborhood and then invite the world to come through and party!  A neighborhood worldly get together thrown by one of the preeminent power couples on the planet … it doesn’t get any better than that!

BK Bazaar Set Times:

~ BSAC – 1pm

~ LoveJoi & BSAC’s Aretha Tribute – 4pm

~ BSAC – 7pm

Love Joi

Joi “LoveJoi” Bowles, the Petersburg Va. native began her singing career at a very young age in church and at home. Over the years she has advanced as a powerhouse vocal performer and an exceptional song writer. LoveJoi has traveled nationally and internationally and worked with acts such as Chrisette Michelle (singing background), Bazaar Royal (Def Jam Records), and Trey Songz in his early career, and has graced the stage with artists such as The O Jays, Music Soulchild, and Charlie Wilson just to name a few. Her soulful and dynamic voice is one that not only touches each listener but also takes the audience on a musical journey with each song performed. Over the years LoveJoi has also performed as lead singer on the Richmond Jazz Festival stages, and the 2 Street Festival stages as well as other public and private venues and events, with the local bands “Chkn Grese” and The Tunji Band.  Last year LoveJoi had the opportunity to dance on stage and perform an amazing breath taking vocal performance with The Isley Brothers at the Richmond Jazz Festival. She is now making major raves throughout the Richmond Metro area with her own band of talented noted musicians at multiple local venues such as GoodTymesRVA. She just released her first single “Your Comfort” on her upcoming debut self titled album, “LoveJoi”, which is available on iTunes. Her talent, drive, and love for the stage is definitely something to talk about and witness first hand at this year’s edition of the “Brooklyn Bazaar”.

Bazaar Royale

Bazaar Royale is a rock star and the creator of the “Ghetto Metal” movement, Royale has built a new sound that is full of rock optimism, spiked with a gritty dose of reality—the hard times millions of people are going through around the world. On his most recent CD, “The Ride” Royale takes us on a journey of self-discovery; Who am I as an individual and What role do I play in society?Bazaar works with some top-notched musicians to create a multi-layered Hip Hop, Soul/Funk in your face Rock sound. He has performed with artists such as, DMX, and Autoslave. His Ghetto Metal movement has already got some world class fans spreading the word. George Clinton, the innovative, poetic leader of Parliament Funkadelic explains it like this: “Ghetto Metal is aggression rock & roll that repossessed its own soul.” Mark Ronson, the legendary music producer who has worked with; Amy Winehouse, Christina Aguilera and Macy Grey says, “Ghetto Metal. The term sounds amazing because it just rings. It’s hip hop and rock. And not just any kind of Rock, it’s HARD Guitar Rock. There’s a raw energy that comes from Bazaar.”

Beverly Bond

Beverly Bond first came to New York when she was 17 years old to pursue a modeling career, eventually landing at Wilhelmina Models, where she was booked by such clients as Diesel Jeans, Guess, Nike and Nordstroms. An avid record collector, Beverly turned her passion for the turntables into a new career move. She started out spinning at local clubs just for fun, and within a year’s time Beverly turned into one of New York’s top DJs. In 2006, Bond founded BLACK GIRLS ROCK!, which debuted its signature event on BET in 2010. Beverly Bond’s work as a community leader has earned her a number of prestigious recognitions. Most recently Bond was recognized as one of Essence magazine’s 40 Fierce and Fabulous Women Who Are Changing the World, placing her in the company of such notables as First Lady Michelle Obama. Bond was also recently named as one of Ebony’s Most Influential Blacks in America.

Black Girls Rock! is an annual award show, founded by former DJ and model Beverly Bond, that honors and promotes Black women in different fields involving music, entertainment, medicine, entreprenuership, and visionary aspects; the categorized awards include “The ‘Rock Star’ Award,” “Social Humanitarian,” “Who Got Next?,” “Living Legend,” “Shot Caller,” “Trailblazer,” “Motivator,” “Young, Gifted & Black,” “Star Power,” and “Visionary.” The program also features musical performances by female recording artists in the R&B and Soul music genres.

The show’s ceremony made its official debut on the television screen in November 7, 2010 on BET, where it was hosted by actress Nia Long and featured acknowledgements and musical performances by performers such as SWV, Coko, Ruby Dee, Teresa Clark, Iyanla Vanzant, Kelly Price, Keyshia Cole, Marsha Ambrosius, Jill Scott, Ledisi, Keri Hilson, Ciara and Missy Elliot, who was previously honored with the “Creative Visionary” award in 2007.

In 2013 the show was shown on BET.

The 2015 event took place at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center in Newark N.J.

At the 2016 awards show Hillary Clinton attended and introduced Bond.

Sugar Nation it’s good to be appreciated at “home”.

After debuting our “caramelized” David Bowie songbook in 2011 at Lincoln Center’s David Rubenstein Atrium in Manhattan N.Y., seven years later BSAC is “doubling down” at The Brooklyn Museum, in, yes, you guessed correctly … Brooklyn N.Y.!   Timing being paramount … a well received and attended BSA Sun Ra tribute at this past January at BKM’s “Target First Saturdays” event, along with “proper” BSA’s Bowie video documentation* doubly impressed Lauren Zelaya, BKM’s Assistant Curator of Public Events and “viola” the deal was done.

 

Enough about us though … This Right Here is going to be a Major event!  Here’s a bit of info to let You know this is a Must Go!

 

A blizzard can delay but as you are witness cannot stop the Burnt Sugar Arkestra’s Lincoln Center sticky take on the Dayton Ohio Funk Songbook. We’ll be “caramelizing” the Ohio Players, Zapp, Lakeside, Junie Morrison, Heatwave, Slave and Aurra, while also bringing back the old school “slow drag” where you’d least suspect it.  Bring your partner, come and meet someone new on the dance floor; we plan on creating a tighten up old acquaintances & bump into new friends party atmosphere!

Let’s give a “shout out” to  Jordana Leigh, David Rubenstein Atrium’s Director and Viviana Benitez & Meera Dugal, respectively Associate Producer & Programming Manager for quickly providing a “snow date”.  Let us also say, if you know the Dayton Ohio songbook you know, season appropriately, we’ll only be touching the tip of the funky iceberg!  So please join us for “Live from Das Funk-Capital of the Buckeye Nation : Burnt Sugar Arkestra Freaks Dayton Ohio’s Sweet Sticky Thangbook” … Part One.