4/16- 'TULANI KINARD' @ BSJAZZ FEST APPRECIATION MONTH CONCERT, FISH FRY, OPEN MIC

BROWNSTONE JAZZ APPRECIATES

vocalist

'TULANI KINARD'

with

JAZZ ENSAMBLE

KENNY DAVIS bass, KATSUKO TANAKA piano, NEIL CLARKE percussionist, and BRANDON SANDERS drums

Artist:

Tulani Kinard's musical career began with the Grammy award winning group Sweet Honey in The Rock. Tulani is a recipient of the Fannie Lou Hammer Award. The New York Times calls her vocal performance “Astonishing”.

Tulani's spoken word and music collaboration with bestselling author Iyanla Vanzant, led to a performance of one of her compositions on the Oprah show.

Tulani's gift of composing in the musical genres of jazz, rhythm and blues, hip hop, African chants and traditional gospel music has produced inspirational messages .

Tulani's music, “Good News” is the voice of love, truth and the power of the spirit of peace.

Venue:

Discover a Jazzfest and Fishfry at a Historical Landmark Brooklyn Brownstone

THE ROOM HAS ACOUSTIC SOUND, PLUS AN INTIMATE JAZZ FEEL EXPERIENCE

The Historical 19th Century 1880's Victorian Townhouse Bed and Breakfast parlor floor, living room concerts right in an original jazz community, Bedford Stuyvesant, Brooklyn. Owned by the same family for six generation Arriving to the community around the same time JAZZ did. Actually even before.

An up close and personal jazz room that features some of todays Best JAZZ ARTISTS, keeping America’s first original music alive. Jazz Artists that have played, studied, toured, jammed and recorded on the major jazz scene for years.

Find some of NYC'S best performances, with engaged audiences from all over the world that recognize some of the musicians that they’ve seen or heard before in their own countries playing an intimate room right in front them.

TOUR WITHOUT A TOURIST FEEL

See the inside of what is considered to be a beautiful detailed Townhouse called, Brownstones.

You're invited to a magical evening of music as Debbie and Eric takes you behind the scene of this undercover jazz venue. You can get there early to meet the performers, and as you take a seat for a jazz fest experience of a lifetime,

these two host will present you with today's best Jazz Artist.

Included in your evening will be a traditional Southern fish fry buffet. Cooked on site in a traditional way.

We also celebrate Pianist Randy Weston, this month “Gospel music, the blues, and especially the highly diversified music known as jazz are a special contribution of the American black people to the culture of America and of the world . . . “ HAPPY BIRTHDAY