Sistas’ Place, 456 Nostrand Avenue, at the corner of Jefferson Avenue, where Jazz: A Music of the Spirit Lives and Culture is our Weapon, is in its 24th season with the music of Resistance, Resilience, and Resurgence. On Saturday, October 19th at 9 and 10:30pm, Ahmed Abdullah’s Diaspora Meet Francisco Mora Catlett’s AfroHORN with saxophonists Sam Newsome and Don Chapman; vocalist and poet Monique Ngozi Nri; pianist Aruan Ortiz; bassist RaDu ben Judah; percussionists Roman Diaz and Reggie Nicholson; multi-percussionist Francisco Mora Catlett; and trumpet, flugelhorn and vocals, Ahmed Abdullah.

Six months ago the bands of Diaspora (Dispersions of the Spirit of Ra) and AfroHORN went into the studio to document the historic pairing of the two groups. The result, Diaspora Meets AfroHORN, Music of the Spirit, Out of Sistas’ Place, will be presented this Saturday. The leaders of the combined ensembles, Ahmed Abdullah and Fransisco Mora Catlett are veterans of the Sun Ra Arkestra and what they have accomplished on this CD is a synergistic musical experience that can best be described as a “happening!”

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Read more about Ahmed Abdullah and Diaspora, and the liner notes for Ahmed Abdullah’s Diaspora Meets Francisco Mora Catlett’s AfroHORN.

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, October 12th at 9 and 10:30 pm, Sistas’ Place presents Organ Monk in Tribute to Thelonious Monk.

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On Saturday, September 28th at 9 and 10:30 pm, Sistas’ Place presents vocalist/songwriter Carla Cook and her Group. Sistas’ Place, 456 Nostrand Avenue, at the corner of Jefferson Avenue, where Jazz: A Music of the Spirit Lives and Culture is our Weapon, is in its 24th season with the music of Resistance, Resilience, and Resurgence. On Saturday, September 28th at 9 and 10:30 pm, the very fabulous vocalist and bandleader Carla Cook will be in residency with pianist Nat Adderley Jr, bassist Beldon Bullock, and drummer Alvester Garnett. Carla Cook comes from the “D” (Detroit for those not in the know), where folks come out of the womb smoking. Whenever she comes to Sistas’ Place it’s an event, so…Don’t Miss This!

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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 Sunday, August 25th from 5 to 9 pm, Sistas’ Place presents pianist/composer Kenny Gates and Friends in our final show of the 23rd season.

As anyone who has touched a piano knows, it’s easy to sound notes. Therefore it is refreshing to find a pianist who is not in love with notes for their own sake (like some long-winded speaker) and whose interpretive talent befits the magnificence of the instrument. Mr. Gates has an instantly recognizable articulation, and you could swear (as in People Will Say We’re In Love) that he’s talking to you. His fills, as on Pannonica, are not just neighboring scale tones, but parenthetical asides that display a brilliant awareness of the intricacies of bop.

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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 22nd season with the music of Resistance, Resilience and Resurgence.

On Saturday, March 17th at 9 and10:30 pm, we continue our Women’s History Month Celebrations with bassist Endea Owens leading a band consisting of vocalist Melanie Charles, pianist Brianne Ford and drummer Camille Gainer Jones.

Over the last couple of years, Endea Owens has captured the attention of the Sistas’ Place audience as a great young talent with a bright future and for her debut as a bandleader, she has put together a band of some bad young Sistas who are going to rock the house on Saturday.

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Music of the Spirit will sustain you through the challenging times we are experiencing.

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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, April 20th, Craig Harris’ Tailgator’s Tails graces the stage at Sistas’ Place featuring Craig Harris on Trombone; Eddie Allen on Trumpet; Calvin Jones on Bass; Tony Lewis on Drums; Adam Klipple on Keyboards; and, Jay Rodriguez on Reeds.

This is also a Release Performance of Craig’s new Tribute CD, Brown Butterfly, dedicated to Muhammad Ali.

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Brown Butterfly is a timeless soundtrack to Muhammad Ali’s divine,
eternal dance–and the liner notes soar also. Read the liner notes.

Hear excerpts and purchase Brown Butterfly tribute CD. Vinyl coming soon.

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, March 23rd, at 9 and 10: 30 pm, vocalist Charenee Wade, with a trio featuring pianist Oscar Perez, bassist Endea Owens and drummer Reggie Quinterly, performs. This week, the series titled Phenomenal African Sistas in our History celebrated by Phenomenal Present Day African Sistas, honors the Freedom Fighter/Writer Ida B. Wells. Charenee Wade is a product of the District 13, the educational district where Sistas’ Place resides. We are therefore proud to honor this Phenomenal Sista as we pay tribute the great Ida B.Wells

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