Sistas’ Place, 456 Nostrand Avenue, at the corner of Jefferson Avenue, where Jazz: A Music of the Spirit Lives and Culture is our Weapon, announces its 24th season of bringing the greatest artists on the planet back into the African American community of Bedford-Stuyvesant.

On Saturday, November 30th at 9 and 10:30 pm, Sistas’ Place presents the Ku-umba Frank Lacy Quartet.

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Sistas’ Place, 456 Nostrand Avenue, at the corner of Jefferson Avenue, where Jazz: A Music of the Spirit Lives and Culture is our Weapon, announces its 24th season of bringing the greatest artists on the planet back into the African American community of Bedford-Stuyvesant.

On Saturday, November 2nd at 9 and 10:30 pm, Sistas’ Place presents the George Gray Coalition featuring George Gray (Multi-Percussionist), David Lee Jones (Woodwinds), Frank Lacy (Trombonist and Trumpeter), Brandon McCune (Pianist) and Alex Blake (Bassist).

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Sistas’ Place, 456 Nostrand Avenue, at the corner of Jefferson Avenue, where Jazz: A Music of the Spirit Lives and Culture is our Weapon, continues its 23rd season with the music of Resistance, Resilience and Resurgence.

On Saturday, May 4th at 9 and 10:30 pm, the 20th Central Brooklyn Jazz Festival at Sistas’ Place continues with the Frank Lacy Sextet featuring trumpeter/flugelhornist Josh Evans, saxophonist Stacy Dilliard, pianist Jon Elbaz, bassist Radu Ben Judah, and drummer Taru Alexander.

Frank Lacy is one of the geniuses of this music. His work with greats like Art Blakey, Lester Bowie, Slide Hampton, Roy Hargrove, Henry Threadgill, McCoy Tyner, and his longstanding relationship with the Mingus Dynasty, has established him as an artist of world-class status. One of the things to help establish Sistas’ Place, as a Historic Landmark Institution, was the fact that we initiated Conversations, a forum that was geared to educate the African American community to the great artists in our midst. With Mr. Lacy’s initial performance at Sistas’ Place during this Central Brooklyn Jazz Festival, we have decided to re-initiate Conversations with Frank Lacy, which will be between the 1st and 2nd sets!

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Sistas’ Place, 456 Nostrand Avenue, at the corner of Jefferson Avenue, where Jazz: A Music of the Spirit Lives and Culture is our Weapon, continues its 23rd season with the music of Resistance, Resilience and Resurgence.

On Saturday, January 12, 2019, at 9 and 10: 30 pm, pianist/vocalist Donald Smith will lead an incredible quartet featuring Frank Lacy on frumpet and trombone, bassist Stanley Banks and drummer Dwayne “Cook” Broadnax. The Donald Smith Quartet, which this writer heard a couple of weeks ago, is very special. The leader sings some of his classic hits and beautiful standards while playing in his characteristic style that is beyond category. Frank Lacy plays the frumpet (an instrument created by the great Art Farmer) with complete abandonment like a man possessed of some creative muse that is between him and the Creator. Stanley Banks and Dwayne”Cook” Broadnax lock the rhythm section down while freeing it at the same time. No-one plays the bass like Stanley keeping time with one foot playing the tambourine and swinging. Dwayne lives up to his middle name cause he is always cooking. If you miss this exciting quartet that Donald Smith put together, you have only yourself to blame, so don’t miss it!

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Note: the previously scheduled event with Francisco Mora-Catlett’s AfroHORN is being replaced by this event

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What’s coming up?

Saturday, February 16, 2019, at 8:30 and 10:30 pm, Out of the Collective with Reggie Workman, Buster Williams, Jason Moran and Lenny White! Read more and buy tickets.

Sistas’ Place, 456 Nostrand Avenue, at the corner of Jefferson Avenue, where Jazz: A Music of the Spirit Lives and Culture is our Weapon, continues its 23rd season with the music of Resistance, Resilience and Resurgence.

On Saturday, December 1, 2018, at 9 and 10: 30 pm drummer Taru Alexander will lead a band that pays Tribute to the life of his father, tenor saxophonist Roland Alexander and the recently deceased trumpeter Roy Hargrove, both of whom he worked with. The band will feature alto saxophonist Justin Robinson, trombonist Frank Lacy, pianist Mimiko Watanabe, bassist Radu Ben Judah as well as vocalist Hanka Gregusova. This promises to be a very exciting band with a Tribute to two of this music’s finest, you can’t lose.

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What’s coming up?
New Year’s Eve with Kenny Gates features, saxophonist Pete Chavez, bassist Beldon Bullock, and drummer Webb Thomas.

Sat., December 4, 2021,
Two sets at 9 and 10:30 pm,
$25 per set,
Call (718) 398-1766 to reserve.