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, September 22nd at 9 and 10:30 pm, our season-opening show is the Rene McLean Band featuring Rene McLean the acclaimed multi-reed instrumentalist (alto, tenor, soprano saxophones, flutes, ney, shakuhachi), composer, bandleader, educator, and producer.

For reservations and more information call (718) 398-1766.

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Sat., October 30, 2021,
One set at 10:30 pm,
$20 in advance,
Call (718) 398-1766 to reserve.

Rene McLean is inviting you to an afternoon chat with the Great Saxophone Colossus Sonny Rollins.

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The Institute of Pan-African Music Arts and Culture was born out of necessity and the spiritual & philosophical inspiration of our ancestors, sheroes/Heroes, and cultural icons whose lives, music & scholarship continue to give inspiration. These icons of the African Diaspora/Culture whose philosophies are predicated on the beliefs that as people of African descent in the diaspora we must create institutions that are reflective of who we are as a people, intellectually, spiritually & culturally. The nucleus of this philosophy emanates from the bandstand as the sacred ground where our predecessors’ spirits, rituals & cultural practices are honored, praised (elevated), and where our future is envisioned & innovated. There are specific artists whose work and life’s commitment to Pan-African culture have set the foundation for the work we continue to propagate.

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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, January 27, 2018, at 9 and 10:30 pm, come experience Rene McLean and his band!  (Note: Rene McLean replaces the Reggie Woods Quintet.)

Celebrating Hugh Masekela and Willie Kgositsile: Music of the Spirit: Rene McLean (Saxes/Flutes), Hubert Eaves III (Piano), Dezron Douglas (Bass), and Baba Neil Clark (African percussion).

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Sat., May 28, 2016.
Two Sets: 9 & 10:30pm.

$20 in advance. Call (718) 398-1766 for reservations.
$25 at door.

Sistas’ Place, 456 Nostrand Avenue, at the corner of Jefferson Avenue, where Jazz: A Music of the Spirit Lives and Culture is our Weapon, closes out it’s 20th Historic Landmark Season. As usual our last show of the season celebrates African Liberation Day. This year we are fortunate enough to close out with a celebration of one of the progenitors of Jazz: A Music of the Spirit, Jackie McLean, whose son saxophonist/composer/bandleader/educator Rene McLean, will do the honors with a magnificently powerful band that includes trumpeter Lesedi Ntsane, pianist Alan J. Palmer, bassist Aaron James, drummer Ronnie Burrage and percussionist Baba Neal Clarke.

Jackie McLean has been designated one of the progenitors of our music because of his illustrious contribution to the music as one of the great alto saxophonists, composers, educators and bandleaders and because of the decision he made to build an institution (along with his wife Dolly McLean), the Artist Collective in Hartford Connecticut. This is an institution, like Sistas’ Place, that projects, protects and develops the music of the African Diaspora and Rene McLean continues in the grand tradition of his father!

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Sistas’ Place, 456 Nostrand Avenue, at the corner of Jefferson Avenue, Brooklyn, NY
(A, C to Nostrand Ave.)

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 Sat., May 17th  to hear Rene McLéan and his band.

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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