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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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, October 20th at 9 and 10:30 pm, we present Organ Monk.

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Sistas’ Place, 456 Nostrand Avenue, at the corner of Jefferson and Frederick Douglass Square, where Jazz: A Music of the Spirit Lives and Culture is our Weapon, is in its 26th year with the music of Resistance, Resilience, and Resurgence. Sistas’ Place is a Historic Landmark Institution!

On Saturday, June 4th, for the last performance of the Central Brooklyn Jazz Festival@Sistas’ Place, we present the Hank Bolden Trio featuring the leader on tenor saxophone, Organ Monk aka Greg Lewis on Hammond B-3 Organ and multi-percussionist Joe Blaxx.

Hank Bolden aka the Atomic Veteran, 85 years on this planet, just graduated from The Hart School, the Jackie McLean Institute of Jazz created by one of the progenitors of Jazz: A Music of the Spirit! Hank Bolden, has a phenomenal story to tell on his instrument and verbally. This brother was the subject of experimentation post World War ll, when the government of this country, which obviously has little regard for African people, decided to see how Africans could withstand the radiation fallout from nuclear weapons, and therefore put him in a company of other African soldiers to monitor their reaction to atomic radiation. This brother and one other are the only ones who survived this cruel experimentation! After decades of hiding this information, finally in the 1990s during the Clinton Administration, the abuse of these soldiers was made public. However, it took another generation for this brother, Hank Bolden, to receive reparations for the inhumane treatment he received. When he received his paltry payment, a few years back, he decided to do two things, one was to buy a house for his family and the other was to go back to school and earn the degree he was entitled to!

This performance will close out our season with the heightened need for Reparations for African people and a celebration of Brother Hank Bolden, who received a partial payment! Don’t miss this!!! Call for Reservations at (718) 398-1766!

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Sistas’ Place, 456 Nostrand Avenue, at the corner of Jefferson and Frederick Douglass Square, where Jazz: A Music of the Spirit Lives and Culture is our Weapon, is in its 27th year with the music of Resistance, Resilience, and Resurgence. Sistas’ Place is a Historic Landmark Institution!

On Saturday, December 3rd, at 9 and 10:30 pm we continue our 2022-23 season with the Organ Monk aka Greg Lewis Trio featuring guitarist Kevin McNeil, multi-percussionist Taru Alexander and the leader on Hammond B3 Organ. Greg Lewis, who arrived on this planet in the boro of Queens, always brings it! And one should never miss one of his performances at our venue because he always rises to even greater heights!!!

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Sistas’ Place, 456 Nostrand Avenue, Frederick Douglass Square (formerly Nostrand & Jefferson Aves.), where Jazz: A Music of the Spirit Lives and Culture is our Weapon, is in its 29th year with the music of Resistance, Resilience, and Resurgence. Sistas’ Place is a Historic Landmark Institution!

On Saturday, December 23rd, Sistas’ Place proudly presents the Organ Monk Trio featuring Greg Lewis. This Trio includes Bed-Stuy’s own, Greg Lewis bringing a Hammond organ with a Leslie cabinet and shaking the house with his stellar band. The group will play selections from Greg’s excellent new recording, Going Home. Join us!

Reservations are a must–call (718) 398-1766 (no credit card required).

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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, October 14, 2017, at 9 and 10:30 pm, Organ Monk (Greg Lewis) performs Thelonius Monk Centennial Celebration.

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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 21st season with the music of Resistance, Resilience, and Resurgence. On Saturday, May 27th, 2017, at 9 and 10:30 pm, there will be a celebration of the 45th year of African Liberation Day with the music of Organ Monk aka Greg Lewis featuring trumpeter Riley Mullins, guitarist Ron Jackson, and drummer Jeremy “Bean” Clemons. This is a CD release event!

Organist/composer/arranger Greg Lewis, has just released a recording called “The Breathe Suite,” original music which deals with the principle of resistance to the forces that have attempted to render African people in this country and in the Diaspora as less than human. This totally appropriate and timely concert will close out this phase of our stellar concert series in which we have had some of greatest music imaginable.

There will be other concerts coming in June and July so stay tuned!

Our 22nd season opens on Saturday, September 23, 2017, with the Chico Freeman Quartet featuring Anthony Wonsey, Kenny Davis and Jerome Jennings playing the music of John Coltrane!

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

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Sistas’ Place, 456 Nostrand Avenue, Frederick Douglass Square (formerly Nostrand & Jefferson Avs.), where Jazz: A Music of the Spirit Lives and Culture is our Weapon, is in its 30th year with the music of Resistance, Resilience, and Resurgence. Sistas’ Place is a Historic Landmark Institution!

On Saturday, October 12, 2024, Sistas’ Place proudly presents Organ Monk — Greg Lewis performing a tribute to Thelonious Monk.

Reservations are a must for guaranteed seating — call (718) 398-1766 to reserve $30 tickets (no credit card required). Walk-in tickets are $35 and first come, first served.

Sistas’ Place, 456 Nostrand Avenue, Frederick Douglass Square (formerly Nostrand & Jefferson Aves.), where Jazz: A Music of the Spirit Lives and Culture is our Weapon, is in its 30th season with the music of Resistance, Resilience, and Resurgence. Sistas’ Place is a Historic Landmark Institution!

Join us this Saturday, March 1st to see the Organ Monk/Greg Lewis Band featuring Raina Welch, Kevin McNeal (Guitar),  Joe Blaxx (Drums), and the Bandleader Greg Lewis (Organ).

Reservations are a must–call (718) 398-1766 (no credit card required). $35 cash at door (and only cash accepted) and in advance it costs only $30 if you post in CashApp: $HTFLH (https://cash.app/$htflh) and your name.

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Sistas’ Place, 456 Nostrand Avenue, Frederick Douglass Square (formerly Nostrand & Jefferson Aves.), where Jazz: A Music of the Spirit Lives and Culture is our Weapon, is in its 30th season with the music of Resistance, Resilience, and Resurgence. Sistas’ Place is a Historic Landmark Institution!

Join us at Sistas’ Place this Sat., October 18, 2025 with the Organ Monk (Greg Lewis) Group. A versatile musician whose work crosses divides of jazz, blues, and funk, Greg Lewis is a modern jazz master of the Hammond B-3 organ and a Thelonious Monk specialist. Lewis is known for his soul-drenched keyboard work with blues diva Sweet Georgia Brown, Brooklyn Funk Essentials vocalist Stephanie McKay, vocalist Lezlie Harrison, and saxophonist Sam Newsome.

Reservations are a must–call (718) 398-1766 (no credit card required). $35 cash at door (and only cash accepted); and in advance you can purchase with CashApp: $HTFLH (https://cash.app/$htflh) and put your name for only $30. 

Questions? Call 718-398-1766.

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