The Burnt Sugar Arkestra is thrilled to announce our SFJAZZ debut with a four night residency in which we bring our mix of euphoric funk, space jazz, power-packed rock, sweet soul and avant-garde experimentation to the music of Max Roach, Prince, Steely Dan, and David Bowie. July 11 – 14, 2019Joe Henderson Lab @ SFJAZZ
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The Burnt Sugar Arkestra is happy to be a part of the 13th annual Anson B. Nixon Park Summer Concert Series in Kennett Square. Pennsylvania. We’ll be “caramelizing” Prince & Bowie with a cherry on top “Groiddest Schizznits” encore! In its 13th season, the Summer Concert Series returns to Anson B. Nixon Park in June.
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Due to the inclement weather forecast for May 31, we’ll be rescheduling the screening & performance of Sweet Sweetback’s Baadasssss Redux, Remix & Requiem to Saturday, June 8th. Melvin Van Peebles’ Sweet Sweetback’s Baadasssss Song was a cinematic milestone; within weeks of its April 1971 release it became the most successful independent feature in American film history. Van
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Burnt Sugar The Arkestra Chamber celebrates two decades of “never playing anything the same way once.” Founder (and acclaimed writer and cultural critic) Greg Tate and Business Manager ( and original member and electric bassist) Jared Michael Nickerson offer their thoughts on “20 Years of Avant Groiddnuss.” Burnt Sugar The Arkestra Chamber always gives tribute
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Burnt Sugar Arkestra presents: “NOTHING IS: How Sun Ra, Amiri Baraka, and Octavia Butler Supercharged the Black Arts With Post-Apocalyptic Cosmic Consciousness” with a Black Power Anthems set & a Groiddest Schizznits Mixtape Volume Two set with Special Guests Carl Hancock Rux, Bazaar Royale, Vijay Iyer & Ronny “Head” Draytone. Between sets, Greg Tate offers
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Join Burnt Sugar The Arkestra Chamber in an avant-celebration of two decades of “never playing anything the same way once.” As always, the collective pays tribute to its sonic sensei, the Maestro Lawrence Butch Morris (1947–2013), for showing its members THE WAY of Conducted Improvisation. Over the course of 18 albums, Burnt Sugar has covered
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The Brooklyn Museum of Art’s “Soul of a Nation: Art in the Age of Black Power” exhibit shines a light on a broad spectrum of Black artistic practice from 1963 to 1983, one of the most politically, socially, and aesthetically revolutionary periods in American history. Black artists across the country worked in communities, in collectives,
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The live music from BSAC and the BSAC Baby Bands will commence at 2pm and wrap up at 9 pm. The lineup will be : Burnt Sugar Arkestra (RAW/Smokehouse Edition) : Greg Tate – conduction/ electric guitar/laptop Shelley Nicole – vocals/conduction Mikel Banks – vocals/conduction Karma Mayet Johnson – vocals Lewis “Flip” Barnes – trumpet
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Bazaar and Beverly Bond put this on for their neighborhood and then invite the world to come through and party! A neighborhood worldly get together thrown by one of the preeminent power couples on the planet … it doesn’t get any better than that!
BSAC gives tribute to our sonic Sensei, The Maestro Lawrence Butch Morris(1947-2013) for showing us THE WAY of Conducted Improvisation. Over the course of 18 albums we’ve covered a broad panopoly of styles and genres. Here’s just a Three Mixtape Taste … Volume One Volume Two Volume Three VOLUME ONE THE CREPESCULARIUM (AT MIDNIGHT) 00:00
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