Come celebrate 18 years of genre-exploding musical exploits with Village Voice icon Greg “Ionman” Tate, monster groove bassist Jared Michael Nickerson and Shelley Nicole, Mikel Banks, Lisala, Ben Tyree, Julie Brown, Micah Gaugh, LaFrae Sci, Lewis “Flip” Barnes, V. Jeffrey Smith, Avram Fefer, “Moist” Paula Henderson, Leon Gruenbaum, JS Williams, Andre Lassalle, Dave “Smoota” Smith, Bruce Mack, Mazz Swift, Swiss Chris & Abby Dobson and Chris Eddleton, the current crew of New York City’s Burnt Sugar the Arkestra Chamber.
The description “A multiracial jam army that freestyles with cool telekinesis between the lustrous menace of Miles Davis’s On The Corner, the slash-and-om of 1970s King Crimson, and Jimi Hendrix’s moonwalk across side three of Electric Ladyland” (David Fricke, Rolling Stone) provides a hint to the wide swath of the soul, jazz, hip-hop, rock, and avant-garde sonic spectrums BSA will unleash during this three-day event.
BURNT SUGAR The ARKESTRA CHAMBER’s Groidest Schizznits
Uno Dos & Tres
A three-day retrospective covering the fourteen releases & eighteen years of existence of the Burnt Sugar Arkestra.
Parte Uno ~Wednesday, January 4th ~ Downtown
BLOOD ON THE LEAF OPUS 101
NuBlu 151 – 151 Avenue C/East Village N.Y.
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Parte Dos ~ Thursday, January 5th ~ Midtown
RISE OF THE MOJOSEXUAL COTILLION
David Rubinstein Atrium @ Lincoln Center – 61 W 62nd St/ New York N.Y.
Details here
Commissioned by Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts
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Parte Tres ~ Friday, January 6th ~ Uptown
BLACK SEX & RANDOM VIOLETS
Paris Blues – 2021 Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Blvd/Harlem N.Y.
Paris Blues on Facebook
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Burnt Sugar Arkestra’s Groidest Hits Experience (1999–2017) Song List
MOON CHILE * REBEL ON A SINKING SHIP * GOD IS BLACK * JULIETTE AND ROMEO * SPRINGTIME FOR CHILLUN * BLOOD ON THE LEAF * GNAWLICKENLALIBELLA * ROUND MIDNIGHT/AT MIDNIGHT REGGAE–MONK/ CHAKA * NO DIRECTION HOME *CRAZY IN THE DARK *OH SAY CAN YOU SEE? (OCCUPATION AINT LIBERATION) * SOMEBODY TO LOVE YOU * WHOS LOVING YOU NOW? * CHAINS AND WATER * ZIPLOC LATEX * FEAR * KUNGFUCIOUS * TEN YEARS LEFT * WRETCHED OF THE EARTH PAGE 88 * ROCK STAR * GOODYEAR RUBBER * RIDE RIDE RIDE EVERYBODY GONNA GET GENTRIFIED * BLACK FROS BLACK GOLD * OTHER ARRANGEMENTS *4-29-92
BURNT SUGAR ARKESTRA … never smooth jass … just hella bumpy!