Brooklyn Jazz Festival Updates

• Wed 4/5 MAKING IT ... in the fashion Field! On Wednesday, April 5th, 2006 @ Amarachi Lounge 325 Franklin Avenue, Brooklyn NY (between Clifton & Green) 7:30pm $10 with registration* $20 without 718-249 0939 check www.a-liners.blogspot.com for full designer show and sale schedule

• Thur 4/6 Solomon's Porch, 307 Stuyvesant Ave, 718-919-8001, 917-602-0865, 8pm Eric Frazier's "Jazz Jam" with The Eric Frazier Trio. Musicians and Singers welcome to come JAM with us. $

• Fri 4/7 Jazz 966, 966 Fulton St. (Grand St.), 718-638-6910, 7pm, “Billie's Bounce” Dance Contest - Lindy Hoppers & Swing Dancers with The Ray Abrams Big Band. Cash Prize for Winners. $

• Fri-Sat 4/7-8 Live @ Williamburg Music Center, 367 Bedford Ave, at S. 5th, 718 384-1654, 10pm, www.wmcjazz.org Hosted by Pope featuring Flasher doing rock & roll, Squeezebox, Avant garde accordion, and Lulla, vocalist/songwriter. Performance followed by open mic. Doors open at 10 To contact Pope: nycpope@gmail.com Cover Charge $

• Saturday, April 8 - N.S.P. Youth Inc., (Non-Stop Productions), Youth Poets Cafe / 3 ~ 6 PM, admission $10, Stuvesant Heights Christian Church, 69 MacDonough St. @ Tompkins Ave., info 718.415.3474
• Sat 4/8 The Jazz Spot, 375 Kosciuszko St, 718-453-7825, 9pm-1am, Great Men In Jazz featuring “Fleet Colley QT” $

• Sat 4/8- Sistas' Place, Nostrand & Jefferson, 718 756-7600, St, Ahmed Abdullah's Ebonic Tones with Billy Bang, Alex Harding, Alex Blake, D.D. Jackson and Alvin Atkinson

• Sat 4/8 4W Circle, 704 Fulton St., 718-875-6500, 8:00 pm Jazz Series featuring the “Eric Frazier Trio” Come browse, shop and listen to great music! $

• Sat 4/8 Stuyvesant Heights Christian Church, 69 MacDonough St. (Tompkins Ave.), 718-15-3474, 3pm-6pm “Youth Poets Cafe” by N.S.P. Youth, Inc.

• Fri 4/14 Jazz 966, 966 Fulton St, 718-638-6910, 8pm, “Good Friday Jazz Vespers” led by the spiritually joyful jazz, blues & gospel savant Kathy Griggs & Company. $

• Sat 4/15 Kumble Theater, Long Island University, Brooklyn Campus, 718-488-1624, www.kumbletheater.org, 7:30pm to 9:30pm “Sabado de Gloria: All Star Salute to the Giants of Latin Jazz” w/ Dave Valentin, Hilton Ruiz, Giovanni Hidalgo, Papo Vazquez and more. Presented by Up Over Jazz Production/United Music Makers, Inc. $

• Sat 4/15 The Jazz Spot, 375 Kosciuszko St, 718 453.7825, 9pm-1am, Great Men In Jazz featuring “Danny Mixon” $

• Sat 4/15- Sistas' Place, Nostrand & Jefferson, 718 756-7600,, Eddie Gale with Dick Griffin

• Monday, April 17 thru April 22 - Sistas' Place presents, Tribute to Jazz: A Music of the Spirit, Sistas' Place, 456 Nostrand Ave., call for schedule 718.398.1766

• Sun 4/16 Solomon’s Porch, 307 Stuyvesant Ave. 718-919-8001, 2pm, Eric Frazier's “CBJC Jazz Brunch” featuring “Eric Frazier Quintet” Call to reserve seats. $

• Tues 4/18 Brooklyn Borough Hall, 907 Joralemon & Court Sts, 718.778.0009, ex 18, 4pm–8pm, Long Life Information & Referral Network presents “Jazz & The Spoken Word” w/Louis Reyes Rivera:The Jazzoets & others. Dinner Served at 4:00 pm

• Tues 4/18 Sista's’ Place, Nostrand & Jefferson St, C, 8pm, Discussion on Jazz: A Music of the Spirit: The Female Projenitors! w/authors Kyra Gaunt, Farah Jasmine Griffin & thesis originators: Monique Ngozi, Ahmed Abdullah & Louis Reyes Rivera $

• Thu 4/20 Sistas' Place, Nostrand & Jefferson, 718 756-7600, 7pm, “Salim Washington Sextet “ premiering with Louis Reyes Rivera, Suite 1 from Jazz in Jail, an epic poem. $

• Fri 4/21 The Crown Heights Youth Collective 915 Franklyn Ave, 718 756-7600, 7pm-9pm "The Joe Knight Group" with Mike Ridley & Friends. A special vocal attraction with the great Art Jenkins. Admissions Free! Donations accepted. Contact RGreen

• Fri 4/21 Jazz 966, 966 Fulton St., 718 638.6910, 8pm, “Randy Weston & his African Rhythms” $

• Fri 4/21 "Live @ Williamburg Music Center", 367 Bedford Ave, at S. 5^th 718-384-1654, 10pm, Hosted by Pope featuring Sub Con, who is celebrating the release of his new album "Subtalk" Feature performance followed by open mic. To contact Pope: nycpope@gmail.com $

• Fri 4/21 Brown Chocolate Café, 1084 Fulton St at Claver Pl 917-754-2956, 7pm, Bedford Stuyvesant Community Legal Services presents their annual fund-raiser “Jazz Concert with Sabor and the Jazz Associates.” 718- 636-1155 $

• Fri 4/21 Sistas' Place, Nostrand & Jefferson, 718 756-7600,, -Andrew Cyrille/Odean Pope

• Sat 4/22 The Jazz Spot, 375 Kosciuszko St, 718 453.7825, 9pm-1am, Great Men In Jazz featuring “Johnny James Quartet” $

• Sat 4/22 Solomon’s Porch, 307 Stuyvesant Ave, 8pm, presents “Bob Cunningham Quartet” with special guest: Bill Saxton, Saxophone, Sharp Radway, keyboards, Tony Mapp, Drums and Bob Cunningham, Bass

• Sun 4/22 Jazzpazzazz Preservation Society hosts, Jazz Connections; Marcy Branch Brooklyn Public Gallery Library, “Jazz Exhibit and Panel discussion” Free! Sugar hill Supper Club “Jazz Fashion Brunch and dance”, items 4 sale 619 DeKalb Ave, , 11am-4pm a 11am -4pm Brunch $20 in advance A-Liners Brooklyn designer show and sale her listen, dance, dine and shop 718-875-1016

• Sat 4/22- Sistas' Place, Nostrand & Jefferson, 718 756-7600,, Charles Tolliver's Music Inc. Continuum with Robert Glasper, Cecil McBee and E.J Strickland!

• Sat-Sun 4/22-23 Jazz Zoom “Carryin' It On Photo Exhibit” Dakar Restaurant, 285 Grand Ave & Clifton Pl., 6 pm, Hosted by DVC Press and Overtime Records $

• Sun 4/23 The Corridor Gallery, 334 Grand Ave, 718-875-53353pm “JAZZ ZOOM TRIO A, Premier Concert” (A. Abdullah, A. Blake & A. Harding) presented by DVC Press and Overtime Records www.thecorridorgallery.com $

• Tues 4/25 Sugarhill Restaurant & Supper Club, 609 DeKalb & Nostrand Aves, 7pm to 9pm, 718.797.1727, presents “Vocalist Cynthia Holiday”

• Fri 4/28 Jazz 966, 966 Fulton St., 718 638.6910, 8pm “The unrivaled Cynthia Scott & Quartet” $

• Fri 4/28 The Comfort Zone, 289 5th Ave (bet 1st & 2nd Ave), 8pm, Publisher, Author Du Ewa M. Frazier host “Word Canvass-Open Mic Jazz Set featuring Eric Frazier $

• Sat 4/29 Bedford Stuyvesant Restoration Amphitheater 1368 Fulton St (bet New York & Brooklyn), 718.415.3474 1pm - 4pm “Youth Jazz Jamboree/Wellness Day” sponsored by the Bedford Stuyvesant Family Health Center, N.S.P. Youth, Inc. & Youth Arts Academy $

• Sat 4/29 Solomon’s Porch, 307 Stuyvesant Ave, 8pm-11pm, 917-602-0865, presents “James Spaulding Expressions” honors the legacy of Duke Ellington. $

• Sat 4/29 The Jazz Spot, 375 Kosciuszko St, 718 453.7825 9pm-1am, Great Men In Jazz featuring “Ben James Ensemble” $

• Sat 4/29 Williamsburg Music Center,367 Bedford Ave., at S. 5th, 718-384-1654, 10pm “A Tribute to Roland Alexander” featuring the Gerry Eastman Quartet. Honoring their saxophonist Roland Alexander who has taken ill earlier this year. Gerry Eastman, Bass, Joe Ford, Horns, Taru, Drums, Mamiko, Keys $

• Sat 4/29- Sistas' Place, Nostrand & Jefferson, 718 756-7600, St, Vanessa Rubin with Trio

• Sun 4/30 “Brooklyn Blow Out”, 1958 Fulton St (bet Ralph & Howard), 718-857-1427, 3pm-10pm, hosted by N.B.U.F. Come hear the best musicians in Brooklyn. featuring A-Liners Brooklyn designer show and sale will be $

Central Brooklyn Jazz Festival up dates can be seen at, www.centralbrooklynjazz.org