Here in 2014 allow the Burnt Sugar Arkestra to introduce it’s avant funk & roll splinter cell … REBELLUM. Gripping the sum of REBELLUM’s parts LIVE demands one apprehends these factions: The two-part super-fly vocal frontline of Mikel Banks & Shelley Nicole; those ace riddim section companeras, The Buckeye Bass Mack Jared Michael Nickerson &
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The Apollo Theater’s James Brown: Get on the Good Foot, a Celebration in Dance is being developed as a major evening-long dance work, which is scheduled to make its world premiere in New York City. Conceived by acclaimed choreographer/artistic director Otis Sallid, Get on the Good Foot is being designed to shed light on Brown’s enormous worldwide influence and as
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Burnt Sugar is moist pleased to be a part of Moist Paula’s 50th birthday celebration. We hope you’ll join us! A note from the Birthday Goddess: “Yes friends, it’s finally happening … I’m wrapping up my first semi-century on the planet and of course I’m going to celebrate by doing what I love to do
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Mashing the Miles, Steely Dan & Sugar songbooks with Special Guest: Brian Jackson (Gil Scott-Heron ) – flute/piano Saturday, June 8, 2013 Ginny’s Supper Club 310 Lenox Avenue Harlem N.Y. 10027 212-421-3821 www.ginnyssupperclub.com $20 ticket (per set) – 21 and over Doors @ 6pm 1st Set – 7:30pm – buy tickets at Ticketfly 2nd
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10:15 p.m., South Terrace Stage Burnt Sugar the Arkestra Chamber ( JB/Bowie edition ) Greg Tate – conduction/guitar Mikel Banks – conduction/vocals Shelley Nicole – vocals V. Jeffrey Smith – tenor sax Lewis ‘Flip’ Barnes – trumpet ‘Moist’ Paula Henderson – bari sax Luqman Brown – trombone/vocals Andre ‘Day-Glo’ Lassalle – guitar Ben Tyree –
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THE UPPER ANACOSTIA –LOWER GOLD COAST SYMPHONIC: DRUMS ALONG THE POTOMAC–A Global Go-Go Fantasia TUALGCS will debut a polyrhythmic and romantic orchestral Go-Go suite inspired by 70s spiritual-jazz balladry and the work of DC’s greatest cartographers in verse– notably Sterling Brown, Essex Hemphill, Jonetta Barras, Edward P. Jones, Rita Dove, Thomas Sayers Ellis, Monica Hand, Toni Asante Lighfoot,
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Just back from thrashin the Steely Dan songbook in Paris for the Sons d’hiver Festival the Burnt Sugar Arkestra presents a blaque magik trick: two performances … by two different prime-time crews … in different countries … on the same night !! Burnt Sugar Cinefhonic Strike Force Presents: Music Inspired by Oscar Micheaux’ 1925 film “Body
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Recorded live at Sons d’Hiver February 5th, 2011. TRUMPET Lewis Flip Barnes Jr. ALTO Micah Gaugh TENOR+BASS CLARINET Avram Fefer VIOLIN Mazz Swift CELLO Will Martina CONTREBASSE Jason Di Matteo ELEC BASS Jared Michael Nickerson GUITARS Andre Lassalle – Asim Barnes DRUMS LaFrae Sci – Chris Eddleton KEYS Bruce Mack – W. Myles Reilly VOICES
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Featuring: DJ Fauzi Brown Girls Burlesque’s Miss AuroraBoobRealis & Chicava Honeychild V. Jeffery Smith’s No Plan B Solo Mazz Muse Micah Gaugh presents puppet & Burnt Sugar the Arkestra Chamber @ The Village @ Gureje 884-886 Pacific Street (between Underhill Ave. & Washington Ave.) Prospect Heights, Brooklyn NY 11238 Thursday, January 10th, 2013 8pm to Midnight $10.00
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The Black Rock Coalition presents: The Million Man Mosh II: Living Colour, 24-7 Spyz A Benefit for Donovan Drayton. With Burnt Sugar The Arkestra Chamber, Nona Hendryx & Ronny Drayton ft. Rev. Kim Lesley. Special Guests: Lenny White, Eddie Martinez & Jef Lee Johnson + Legendary NYC DJ’s: Rockin’ Rob & Chuck City Monday, January 21,
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