with Special Guest:Napoleon Maddox ( ISWHAT?!) With an Ohio-laced rhythmic flow and vocal gymnastics, poet Napoleon Maddox spans the worlds of jazz and hip hop, taking in everything from Thelonious Monk via Gil Scott-Heron to Outkast. Napoleon has traveled the world with his own group ISWHAT?! and collaborated with Public Enemy’s Chuck D & saxophonist Archie Shepp. Napoleon is featured on Shepp’s album Phat
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Debut­ing on Thurs­day, June 4th and con­clud­ing on Sat­ur­day, June 27th, Green-Wood, Mapp Inter­na­tional Pro­duc­tions and Full Spec­trum Inc. present DARK WONDERLAND, four long week­ends of inno­v­a­tive per­for­mances to mark the 150th anniver­sary of Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adven­tures in Won­der­land, and com­ment on the fan­tas­ti­cal dual nature of New York City. Per­form­ers include Ali­cia Hall
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The Millennium Stage was created and underwritten by James A. Johnson and Maxine Isaacs to make the performing arts accessible to everyone in fulfillment of the Kennedy Center’s mission to its community and the nation. Additional funding for the Millennium Stage is provided by The Isadore and Bertha Gudelsky Family Foundation, Inc., The Meredith Foundation,
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Burnt Sugar Smokehouse – Bringin you smokin Grooves non-stop from Six to Eleven The Delancey 168 Delancey Street New York, NY 10002 Sunday, February 15th MC – Luqman Brown of FunkFace Smokehouse Line-up: 6:00pm – Blak Diamondz 6:40pm – Andre Lassalle’s Premonition 7:20pm – MazzMuse Breakdown (Mazz Swift & LaFrae Sci) 8:00pm – Digital Diaspora
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Bronx-born artist Abigail DeVille will construct a historical maze displayed in vacant storefront spaces in the heart of Anacostia with collected materials from a ten-day road trip from DC to Florida in a new work, entitled The New Migration.  The New Migration will explore the implications of the mass flight and migratory return of African
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Celebrate the 30th anniversary of Prince’s “Purple Rain” LP with a conversation featuring Karen Good Marable and Zaheer Ali and moderated by Ebony.com’s Miles Marshall Lewis., a screening of the film, and special guests. A garden party with Burnt Sugar Arkestra “sugarizing” the LP will follow the panel discussion. This event is sold out, but
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On April 26, 2014 , The Burnt Sugar Arkestra will be freaking the Steely Dan songbook (conducted by Vernon Reid) at The Walker Arts Center in Minneapolis. This is the first time we’ve played this venue and we couldn’t be more excited. Hit this link for details and tickets. ‘Round that time, our splinter group,
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Jimi Gureje of The Village @ Gureje / Art Cafe is honored and extremely excited to facilitate the collaboration of Lekan Babalola, former Cassandra Wilson percussionist now living in London England, and the Burnt Sugar Arkestra who permeate the great state of all things Funk in the New York City area. It goes down this
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Burnt Sugar is honored to perform at this event celebrating Ralph Ellison 100th birthday. Follow this link for details

Burnt Sugar Triple threat! Vernon Reid conducts the Burnt Sugar Arkestra: The Steely Dan Songbook Melvin Van Peebles wid Laxative Rebellum Friday – January 10th @ 11:15pm Winter Jazz Festival The Bitter End 147 Bleecker St. New York, NY 10012 winterjazzfest.com/2014/ (Scroll down for ticket info) Greg Tate – conduction/guitar / Melvin Van Peebles –
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