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Red Hook Jazz Festival — Day One at Red Hook Jazz Festival at Urban Meadow
Courtesy of James Keepnews | Posted on April 11, 2017
Where
Urban Meadow
Red Hook Jazz Festival
Van Brunt St.
Brooklyn, NY
Map
212-353-6971
When
Sun, June 11, 2017
1:00 pm
At Door
Save the date
Musicians
William Parker
bassCooper-Moore
pianoThana Alexa
vocalsJane Ira Bloom
saxophone, sopranoBobby Previte
drumsEric Person
saxophoneBryan Carrott
vibraphoneAbout
“The Red Hook Jazz Festival exists contentedly on the margins, like its namesake neighborhood and much of the music on its bill…The mood in the audience was neighborly, with a higher ratio of small children to youngish adults than I’ve seen at any musical event not expressly pitched as a kids’ show.”
— Nate Chinen, New York Times
“The lineup seems to get better every year at the Red Hook Jazz Festival, held on two successive Sundays at the Urban Meadow. These bands have widely varying instrumentation but a shared independent spirit, an ethic as purposeful and rigorous as it is experimental.”...