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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Burnt Sugar is ecstatic to be taking part in a residency at Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center. “The residency will culminate in two evenings of music – the first night will feature music generated from Lawrence D. “Butch” Morris’ Conduction system for collective improvisation. The second night will feature the groups’ repertoire of re-invented sonic resources culled from the
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GUREJE INC. cordially invites you to their Art Auction and Benefit Weekend of Events featuring New York’s finest Musicians, Poets, Dancers and More, Weekly thru January 2013. Support a VISION to better serve the community through the Arts. Presenting; Burnt Sugar Arkestra & Chicava Honeychild and Essence Revealed of Brown Girls Burlesque with Special Guest
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We are pleased to be a part of The Downtown Dayton Revival Music Festival’s inaugural year, including performances by Train, John Legend, Guided by Voices, Guster, Rusted Root, Tony Lucca, Ivan Neville’s Dumpstaphunk, and Burnt Sugar the Arkestra Chamber conducted by Vernon Reid! We’ll be playing 2 shows: Friday, September 7th – Downtown Revival Festival
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Burnt Sugar returns to Philadelphia in September, 2012 for 3 performances. We begin on Friday, September 12. First, we visit local treasure, JazSound – Sound of Market for an instore performance and record signing. (5-7pm) Next, we make our way to Temple University’s WRTI 90.1FM, where we’ll visit friend of Sugar, J Michael Harrison, host
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