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The 6th annual festival is the culmination of venues and individuals working together to showcase the talent in our community and expose it to New Yorker's and the world. The theme for the 6th Annual Central Brooklyn Jazz Festival is "Drop Me Off in Brooklyn"

The 6th annual festival runs from the opening gala event on Thursday, March 30 featuring violinist Billy Bang (see below) to the closing event at Janes United Methodist Church on Saturday, April 30 with Ron Anderson and The Versatiles featuring vocalist Jann Parker.

Other performing artists and acts appearing during the festival include; Dizzy Gillespie's Bebop Reunion, Barry Harris, Bob Cunningham, Reggie Workman, James Spaulding, Jimmy Owens, a musical tribute to Romare Bearden with Tulivu-Donna Cumberbatch, Bertha Hope, Jeff King, Eric Frazier, Ahmed Abdullah, Ray Abrams Swing Dance Band, a conversation with Montreal Jazz Festival Founder Rou Doudou Boicel, Cliff Smalls, Robert Glasper, poetry, dance, fashion and a Youth Jazz Jamboree on Saturday, April 16 among other events.

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During the month of April, Brooklyn will become an entertainment destination. Tell your audiences why they should be Dropped Off in Brooklyn.

Bus 38 - Nostrand Avenue, Bus 44 - DeKalb Ave / G train to Bedford/Nostrand
From Manhattan: Tell Driver to "Drop Me Off in Brooklyn"

LIVE PERFORMANCE 8:00 PM / $20 ADMISSION

BILLY BANG / CURTIS FOWLKES QUINTET

HARRY CONSTANT-piano, ALEX BLAKE-bass, CHARLI PERSIP-drums CURTIS FOWLKES-trombone & BILLY BANG-violin

Billy Bang plays an instrument more closely identified with a concert hall than a Jazz club, but there is no mistaking his primary source of inspiration - JAZZ. A free Jazz that was prevalent in the lofts of downtown Manhattan where the Avant-garde music of the day was housed. Billy Bang was an integral part of that loft scene. Mr. Bang was inspired by the music of John Coltrane and Ornette Coleman, he is moved by THE MUSIC of the SPIRIT.

Visit Sistas' Place on Tuesday, April 5 to hear a panel discussion on, Jazz: Music of the Spirit.
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